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Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

2nd Circ. Adviser Liability Ruling May Shape SEC Enforcement

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on March 13 issued a highly consequential decision in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Rashid, interpreting and applying the mental state for liability of investment...more

Cozen O'Connor

One Year with the Listed Issuer Financing Exemption

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It has been one year since the Canadian Securities Administrators (the CSA) introduced the listed issuer financing exemption (the LIFE Exemption) under Part 5A of National Instrument 45-106 Prospectus Exemptions, which is...more

UB Greensfelder LLP

Determining Chief Compliance Officer Liability Isn’t Really That Confounding

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About a month ago, the SEC announced a settlement in a modest little case that has, nevertheless, managed to garner a lot of attention.  This is a result of the fact that one of the respondents was the CCO, i.e., the Chief...more

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Highlights From SIFMA’s Compliance And Legal Seminar 2022

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I attended the four-day SIFMA Compliance and Legal seminar last week, and there were a bunch of interesting soundbites from regulators that folks might find interesting. The challenge at these conferences is always...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

FINRA Wades into the Controversial Deep-End of CCO Supervisory Liability

The lack of specific guidance regarding failure to supervise liability for chief compliance officers (“CCOs”) has been a controversial and opaque topic that both FINRA and the SEC have struggled with for well over a decade....more

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[Webinar] What's New at the SEC in 2022? - March 2nd, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm EST

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Join Ulmer partner Frances Floriano Goins and Elizabeth Hill, Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel, at Huntington National Bank, as they share an overview of the 2022 exam priorities. They will also discuss...more

Wiley Rein LLP

$140 million SEC Disgorgement Payment Not a “Penalty” and Insurable Under New York Law

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The New York Court of Appeals has held that a $140 million disgorgement payment in an SEC settlement is not a non-covered “penalty” under a professional liability policy. According to the court, the payment had compensatory...more

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TD Ameritrade Latest Victim Of Head-Scratching Arbitration Award

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I was catching up on my reading and came across a column in Investment News by Mark Schoeff that described the results of a recent FINRA arbitration, results which I found a bit alarming. I caution you: reading too much into...more

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