Welcome to the latest issue of Bracewell’s FINRA Facts and Trends, a monthly newsletter devoted to condensing and digesting recent FINRA developments in the areas of enforcement, regulation and dispute resolution. This month,...more
4/29/2024
/ Arbitration ,
Conflicts of Interest ,
Dispute Resolution ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) ,
Influencers ,
Ponzi Scheme ,
Private Equity Funds ,
Regulation BI ,
Securities Act of 1933 ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Social Media ,
Wire Fraud
Welcome to the latest issue of Bracewell’s FINRA Facts and Trends, a monthly newsletter devoted to condensing and digesting recent FINRA developments in the areas of enforcement, regulation and dispute resolution. We dedicate...more
1/26/2024
/ Anti-Money Laundering ,
Bank Secrecy Act ,
Books & Records ,
Broker-Dealer ,
Compliance ,
Conflicts of Interest ,
Consolidated Audit Trail ,
Cryptoassets ,
Cybersecurity ,
Digital Assets ,
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) ,
Over The Counter Drugs (OTC) ,
Regulation BI ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
In April, we analyzed whether a corporation’s purely generic public statements on environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) issues could form the basis of a subsequent securities fraud action. At the time, we identified a...more
6/29/2021
/ Arkansas Teacher Retirement System v Goldman Sachs Group ,
Basic v Levinson ,
Burden of Persuasion ,
Burden of Proof ,
Certiorari ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Conflicts of Interest ,
Goldman Sachs ,
Investors ,
Presumption of Reliance ,
SCOTUS ,
Securities Exchange Act ,
Securities Litigation ,
Shareholders
As we reported in a previous alert, Regulation Best Interest (“Regulation BI”) was recently challenged in the Second Circuit by seven states and the District of Columbia, as well as two groups of investment advisors. On...more
As we reported in a previous alert, the SEC and FINRA recently confirmed that Regulation Best Interest (“Regulation BI”) will go into effect on the scheduled compliance date of June 30, 2020, despite the impact of the...more