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Civil Monetary Penalty Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs)

King & Spalding

PCAOB Division of Enforcement’s First Quarter Continues Record-Setting Pace

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The PCAOB’s Division of Enforcement and Investigations’ 2024 first quarter activity continued the blistering pace of enforcement since Erica Williams became the Board’s Chair. While the Board’s first quarter enforcement...more

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

Nutter Securities Enforcement Update: March 1, 2024

The Nutter Securities Enforcement Update is a periodic update of noteworthy recent securities enforcement activity, settlements, decisions, and charges. We provide brief summaries that highlight recent enforcement action...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Smackdown in SPAC Town: SEC Penalizes Pair of Auditors and PCAOB Tags In

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The SEC did not take time off for the summer when it comes to enforcement activity involving auditors of special purpose acquisition companies (known as SPACs and addressed by us previously). While others may have been...more

Seward & Kissel LLP

SEC Settles Charges with Adviser for Failure to Disclose Conflicts of Interest Related to SPACs

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Who may be interested: Registered Investment Advisers. Quick Take: The SEC settled charges against a registered investment adviser alleging that the adviser failed to timely disclose to its private fund clients its...more

Dechert LLP

SEC Releases 2022 Enforcement Division Results

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The Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) released an annual summary, on November 15, 2022, of actions brought by the Division of Enforcement (“Division”) over fiscal year 2022 (“Enforcement Summary”), providing an...more

Cooley LLP

Blog: Early SEC Enforcement Trends from Chairman Gary Gensler’s First 100 Days

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Gary Gensler was sworn in as chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 17, 2021. Chairman Gensler has promised to strengthen transparency and accountability in the financial markets. Under Chairman Gensler, we...more

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