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SEC Announces Year-End Enforcement Results, Highlighting Record-Breaking Penalties - Capital Markets Compass | Issue 4

On November 15, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) released its summary of enforcement actions brought during the 2022 fiscal year, announcing that in 2022 the SEC filed 760 enforcement actions and recovered an...more

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SEC Exam Priorities for 2023

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Find Out What Companies and Investment Firms Need to Know about the SEC’s Exam Priorities for 2023 - Each year, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) publishes its annual examination priorities. This report...more

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SEC Enforcement Director and SDNY/EDNY Officials Address Enforcement Priorities

SEC Division of Enforcement Director Gurbir Grewal and several high-ranking officials from the U.S. Attorney’s Offices for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and the FBI spoke on November 29, 2022 at a conference...more

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SEC Speaks 2017

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Commission staff highlight key developments and successes in the SEC enforcement program. As they do every year, senior officials from the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or the Commission), including current...more

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The SEC’s Carter’s, Inc. Investigation Yields Another Insider Trading Case

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Carter’s, Inc. is the investigation that just keeps on generating cases. The investigation has yielded seven SEC actions charging insider trading and financial fraud. Hedge fund manager Stephen Slawson became the eight person...more

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SEC – USAO Charge IR Executive With Insider Trading

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The SEC may be developing theme based insider trading cases. In recent weeks the agency brought two insider trading actions centered on golfing friends. SEC v. O’Neill, Civil Action No. 1:14-cv-13381 (D. Mass. Filed August...more

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This Week In Securities Litigation (Week ending June 13, 2014)

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The Commission failed to prove its insider trading claims to the satisfaction of a jury for the second week in a row. This time a Los Angeles jury rejected claims of the agency against a corporate executive that were tied to...more

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This Week In Securities Litigation (Week ending June 6, 2014)

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The SEC had mixed results in court this week. A Manhattan jury returned a verdict against the agency in a high profile and long-running insider trading case where the agency had previously obtained favorable rulings from the...more

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This Week In Securities Litigation (Week ending May 30, 2014)

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In a holiday shortened week, the SEC filed actions based on the malfeasance at a transfer agent, financial fraud, insider trading and investment fund fraud. The action involving the transfer agent stems from an inspection and...more

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This Week In Securities Litigation (The week ending January 10, 2014)

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The insider trading trial of former SAC Capital official Matthew Martoma opened this week in Manhattan with jury selection. The SEC announced the resignation of George Canellos, Co-director of the Division of Enforcement....more

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The SEC: The Future Path of Enforcement (Conclusion)

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Parts I and II of this series looked back at select cases brought by the Commission during 2013. Part III considered the projected path of SEC Enforcement based on remarks by members of the Commission and new initiatives....more

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Two More Municipal Fraud Cases From the SEC

July 2013 was a big month for the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") in its quest to increase enforcement in the municipal market. On July 19, 2013, the SEC charged the City of Miami, Florida ("Miami"), and its...more

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