News & Analysis as of

Filing Requirements Disclosure Requirements Securities Violations

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

SEC Brings Suit Against Elon Musk for Failure to Report Twitter Ownership

On January 14, 2025, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) sued Elon Musk over his 2022 acquisition of Twitter, Inc. stock and alleged failure to timely disclose a 5% ownership stake in Twitter, as required...more

Bracewell LLP

US Supreme Court Holds That Pure Omissions Are Not Actionable Under Federal Anti-Fraud Rule

Bracewell LLP on

In a unanimous decision, the US Supreme Court held that pure omissions are not actionable under Rule 10b-5(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Rather, the Court found that Rule 10b–5(b) prohibits half-truths, not...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Public Companies & the Law

SEC Launches Enforcement Sweep for Violations of Section 13(d) and Section 16

On September 27, 2023, the SEC announced a series of enforcement actions against six officers, directors and major stockholders of public companies, as well as five companies, for repeated failures to report information...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Public Companies & the Law

The SEC Continues its Efforts to Improve Option Grant Practices

The SEC’s recent Rule 10b5-1 rulemaking has drawn attention to its efforts to crack down on illegal trading by corporate insiders. (See our related post here.)  But less attention has been paid to part of the rulemaking that...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Investment Management Update - June 2019

In the inaugural issue of Investment Management Update, we summarize regulatory, litigation and industry developments from February 2019 to May 2019 impacting the investment management sector....more

Stinson - Corporate & Securities Law Blog

SEC Fines Director $25,000 for Two Missed Section 16 Filings

In a settled enforcement action, the SEC assessed a civil money penalty against a director of Medient Studios, Inc. for two missed Section 16 filings. But there was really only one transaction that was missed. One was a...more

6 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide