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SEC Charges Publisher for Manipulation Scheme Targeting Retail Investors

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Who may be interested: Investment Advisers - Quick Take: The SEC filed a complaint in federal court charging activist short publisher Andrew Left and Citron Capital, LLC, an investment adviser he operated, with securities...more

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Second Circuit Opinion Allows Market Manipulation Claims Based on Hedging Activity

On April 27, the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit released its opinion in Set Capital LLC v. Credit Suisse Group AG, No. 19-3466 (2d Cir. 2021). The decision is noteworthy because the Court permitted market...more

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SEC Enforcement’s Third Quarter: More Cases, Broader Reach

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The Commission frequently increases the rate at enforcement actions are filed in advance of the September 30th fiscal year end. That fiscal year end is followed by Congressional budget hearings where statistics are at least...more

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New Commission Moves Quickly on Enforcement

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Within a week of the ceremonial swearing in of its last commissioner, the now fully formed Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission or CFTC) issued 17 enforcement orders and filed one complaint. These initial...more

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UK Courts Raise the Bar to US Extradition

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On 31 July 2018, the Administrative Division of the High Court of England and Wales blocked the extradition of Stuart Scott to the United States. As the second case this year in which the High Court has blocked extradition to...more

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Bridging the Weeks - July 2018 #2

A commodity merchandising firm was fined US $6.55 million by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Chicago Board of Trade combined for attempting to manipulate the prices of wheat futures contracts. However, its...more

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HSBC Enters Into Deferred Prosecution Agreement To Settle Charges Arising From Traders' Alleged FX Front-Running

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On January 18, 2018, HSBC Holdings Plc (“HSBC”) entered into a deferred prosecution agreement with the Department of Justice, Criminal Division, Fraud Section (“DOJ”) pursuant to which it will pay $101.5 million in criminal...more

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Bridging the Week - January 2018 #3

SEC Not Feeling Groovy About Cryptocurrencies – Tells Registered Investment Funds: Slow Down, You Move Too Fast: The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Investment Management issued a letter to two industry...more

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SEC – DOJ Charge Author of False Stock Tweets

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“What could you arrest them for?” asked the Scottish tweeter who just made $97 total manipulating two stocks. “@dunragit are you serious? Did you read my post? It’s called securities fraud.” It would be difficult to find the...more

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This Week In Securities Litigation

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The SEC’s apparent preference for administrative proceedings as a venue for its enforcement actions continues to draw criticism. H.R. 3798 is now pending in the House of Representatives. The bill is tilted the “Due Process...more

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This Week In Securities Litigation

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September 30th Madness dominated this week. The drive for stats was evident as the Commission stacked up cases like cord wood at a pace seldom seen. Twenty-two municipal bond actions were filed in one swoop; an insider...more

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This Week In Securities Litigation

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The Commission responded to critics of its administrative proceedings this week, proposing changes to the Rules of Practice which govern them. If adopted the new rules would modify the time period within which the actions...more

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Fraud Means a “Fairer” Price: In re Dole Finds CEO and COO Personally Liable for Over $148 Million in Damages

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On August 27, 2015 the Delaware Court of Chancery issued a post-trial decision, In re Dole Food Company, Inc. Stockholder Litigation, that held two of Dole’s directors, David Murdock and Michael Carter, personally liable for...more

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Bridging the Week - September 2015

Alleged Flash Crasher's Formal Indictment Provides More Details Regarding His Purported Spoofing - The US Department of Justice filed a formal indictment against Navinder Singh Sarao in a US federal court in Chicago on...more

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This Week In Securities Litigation

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The SEC filed three actions following-up on its settled proceeding against Oppenheimer for selling millions of shares of unregistered penny stocks. Each individual settled with the agency. In addition, the Commission brought...more

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Corporate & Financial Weekly Digest - Volume X, Issue 27

In this issue: - Court of Appeals for Third Circuit Overturns District Court Ruling Regarding Exclusion of Shareholder Proposal From Proxy Statement - FINRA Updates Its Interpretation of the SEC's Financial...more

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Bridging the Week - June 2015

Non-Recognition of US CCPs as Subject to Equivalent Regulation May Require European-Based Funds to Restrict Trading in US Centrally Cleared Derivatives - An opinion by the European Securities and Markets Authority...more

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This Week In Securities Litigation

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The Department of Justice unsealed criminal charges against a U.K. trader who is alleged to have contributed to the flash crash almost five years ago. The trader is alleged to have manipulated the market for certain...more

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SEC Obtains Freeze Order In Microcap Manipulation Action

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Microcap fraud is an on-going enforcement priority of the Commission. In SEC v. Craven, Civil Action No. 15-cv-1820 (S.D.N.Y. Filed March 11, 2015), the Commission brought a manipulation action against a father and son team,...more

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This Week In Securities Litigation

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The Commission brought two FCPA cases this week, one of which was in conjunction with the DOJ. Both centered on the payments for gifts and travel in China. In addition, the SEC filed three manipulation cases, an action...more

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SEC Continues To Focus On Microcap Fraud

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The Commission continues to focus on microcap fraud actions with two new manipulation cases involving penny stocks. In one a former registered representative acted as an unregistered broker and then engaged in a series of...more

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This Week In Securities Litigation

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This week the SEC and the DOJ filed a settled FCPA action. The disgorgement paid by the issuer put the case at number ten on the list for the largest such amounts paid in an SEC FCPA case....more

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