On November 28, 2017, the United States Supreme Court heard oral argument on whether whistleblowers are entitled to protection from retaliation under Section 922 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection...more
Welcome to the 2017 Mid-Year Report from the BakerHostetler Securities Litigation and Regulatory Enforcement Practice Team.
The purpose of this report is to provide a periodic survey – in addition to our Practice Team...more
7/31/2017
/ Broker-Dealer ,
CFTC ,
Commodities ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) ,
Hedge Funds ,
Insider Trading ,
Internal Reporting ,
Investment Adviser ,
Kokesh v SEC ,
SCOTUS ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Litigation ,
SLUSA ,
Whistleblower Protection Policies ,
Whistleblowers
Welcome to the 2016 Year-End Report from the BakerHostetler Securities Litigation and Regulatory Enforcement Practice Team.
The purpose of this Report is to provide a periodic survey, apart from our team Executive...more
2/1/2017
/ Broker-Dealer ,
CFTC ,
Commodities ,
Conflicts of Interest ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Markets ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Futures ,
Hedge Funds ,
Insider Trading ,
Investment Adviser ,
Popular ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Litigation ,
SLUSA ,
Whistleblower Awards ,
Whistleblower Protection Policies ,
Whistleblowers
This summer, viewers of the Olympics in Brazil will watch track and field events, in which the members of each team will carry a baton for a leg of the race in their collective effort to win the gold. In case there remained...more
Who can tune out those periodic blaring interruptions to our favorite television programs? This is a test. For the next 60 seconds, this station will conduct a test of the Emergency Broadcast System. This is only a test. In...more
Welcome to the 2015 Year-End Report from the BakerHostetler Securities Litigation and Regulatory Enforcement Practice Team. The purpose is to provide a periodic survey, apart from our team Executive Alerts, on matters we...more
2/25/2016
/ Corporate Counsel ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Halliburton v Erica P. John Fund ,
Hedge Funds ,
Insider Trading ,
Libor ,
RMBS ,
SCOTUS ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
US v Newman ,
US v Salman ,
Whistleblowers
Welcome to the 2015 Mid-Year Report from the BakerHostetler Securities Litigation and Regulatory Enforcement Practice Team. The purpose is to provide a periodic survey, apart from our team Executive Alerts, on matters we...more
8/5/2015
/ 401k ,
Administrative Procedure Act ,
Bank of New York (BNY) Mellon ,
Broker-Dealer ,
CFTC ,
Commodities ,
Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) ,
Conflicts of Interest ,
Cybersecurity ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Duty to Monitor ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
False Statements ,
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Markets ,
Form 10-Q ,
Futures ,
Hedge Funds ,
Insider Trading ,
Interest Rates ,
Investment Adviser ,
KBR (formerly Kellogg Brown & Root) ,
Libor ,
Loss Causation ,
Merrill Lynch ,
Omnicare v Laborers District Council ,
OMWI ,
Pensions ,
Perez v Mortage Bankers Assoc ,
Popular ,
Registration Statement ,
Regulation SHO ,
RICO ,
RMBS ,
Scienter ,
SCOTUS ,
Securities Act of 1933 ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Exchange Act ,
Securities Litigation ,
SLUSA ,
Stocks ,
Tibble v Edison Int ,
Tippees ,
UK ,
US v Newman ,
Whistleblowers