A federal jury in Los Angeles recently convicted the former CEO of Ontrak Inc. (a publicly traded company), Terren Peizer, for engaging in an insider trading scheme using Rule 10b5-1 trading plans. The insider trading...more
Summaries of recent legislative and regulatory developments with respect to:
•The SEC’s Examination Priorities for 2021-
•The SEC’s Focus on Digital Asset Securities-
•The SEC’s New Marketing Rule... ...more
4/1/2021
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Unauthorized Transactions
On November 19, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) released a risk alert (the Risk Alert) identifying common compliance issues related to Rule 206(4)-7 (the...more
12/7/2020
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