In this issue of our monthly Securities Enforcement Roundup, we highlight top securities enforcement developments and cases from May 2025. In May 2025: More ongoing developments in the crypto enforcement area at the US...more
In this issue of our monthly Securities Enforcement Roundup, we highlight top securities enforcement developments and cases from April 2025. In April 2025: Crypto Enforcement Activity and Developments...more
On April 1, the US Circuit Court of Appeals for the First Circuit vacated a $93 million judgment for the SEC against Commonwealth Financial, including a $65 million disgorgement award. The three-judge panel concluded that the...more
In this issue of our monthly Securities Enforcement Roundup, we highlight top securities enforcement developments and cases from March 2025. In March 2025: US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or the Commission)...more
In this issue of our monthly Securities Enforcement Roundup, we highlight top securities enforcement developments and cases from February 2025. In February 2025: The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced a...more
In this issue of our monthly Securities Enforcement Roundup, we highlight top securities enforcement developments and cases from January 2025. In January 2025: The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced the...more
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) brought a number of notable enforcement proceedings against public companies in fiscal year 2024, which ended September 30, 2024, and into the first quarter of fiscal year 2025....more
In this issue of our monthly Securities Enforcement Roundup, we highlight top securities enforcement developments and cases from December 2024. In December 2024: President-elect Trump nominated former SEC Commissioner Paul...more
1/15/2025
/ Broker-Dealer ,
Digital Assets ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Investment ,
Investment Adviser ,
Investment Management ,
Registered Investment Advisors ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Regulation ,
Securities Violations ,
Unregistered Securities
IIn this issue of our monthly Securities Enforcement Roundup, we highlight top securities enforcement developments and cases from November 2024. In November 2024: The US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit issued a decision...more
In this issue of our monthly Securities Enforcement Roundup, we highlight top securities enforcement developments and cases from October 2024. In October 2024: As discussed in a recent LawFlash, the US Securities and...more
In this issue of our monthly Securities Enforcement Roundup, we highlight top securities enforcement developments and cases from September 2024. In September 2024 (the last month of the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s...more
Since December 2021, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) have been conducting a sweep of Wall Street’s “off-channel” communications—such as text messages, iMessages,...more
In this issue of our monthly Securities Enforcement Roundup, we highlight top securities enforcement developments and cases from August 2024. In August 2024: The SEC announced its latest round of “off-channel...more
In this issue of our monthly Securities Enforcement Roundup, we highlight top securities enforcement developments and cases from last month.
In July 2024: A district court dismissed several of the SEC’s claims against...more
On March 18, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced the first AI-related settled actions against two investment advisers—Delphia (USA) Inc. and Global Predictions Inc.—for making false and misleading...more
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) continued its significant focus on public companies in 2023 with its enforcement and rulemaking programs, and this heightened level of attention will continue throughout 2024....more
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted on July 26, 2023 final rules and amendments for mandating disclosure regarding cybersecurity risk management, strategy, governance, and incident reporting, including...more
8/2/2023
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Cyber Incident Reporting ,
Cybersecurity ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Final Rules ,
Form 10-K ,
Form 8-K ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Regulation S-K ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Risk Management ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Department of Justice (DOJ) on June 29, 2023 brought insider trading charges against several defendants in four proceedings. The insider trading cases demonstrate key focus...more
Registered entities continued to be a significant focus of the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC’s or Commission’s) enforcement and rulemaking programs in 2022, and we expect similar attention this year. The SEC’s...more
3/2/2023
/ Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) ,
Broker-Dealer ,
CFTC ,
Cybersecurity ,
Disgorgement ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) ,
Investment Adviser ,
SEC Examination Priorities ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Whistleblower Protection Policies
The US Securities and Exchange Commission recently released its draft Strategic Plan for fiscal years 2022 to 2026 for public comment. The Strategic Plan sets forth the following three key goals for the Securities and...more
In a recent keynote speech, Co-Director of the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Enforcement Steven Peikin made it clear that the Division has made coronavirus (COVID-19) related enforcement matters a top...more
5/15/2020
/ Accounting Fraud ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Failure To Disclose ,
Government Investigations ,
Insider Trading ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Share Redemption ,
Steering Committees ,
Trading Suspension ,
Vaccinations ,
Whistleblowers
Executive Summary -
The Morgan Lewis Year in Review highlights key US Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC or the Commission) and Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) enforcement developments and...more
3/1/2017
/ Anti-Money Laundering ,
Broker-Dealer ,
Conflicts of Interest ,
Custody Rule ,
Customer Protection Rule ,
Data Security ,
Disgorgement ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Investment Adviser ,
Investment Companies ,
Market Access Rule ,
Mutual Funds ,
Popular ,
SEC Examination Priorities ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Senior Investors ,
Short Sales ,
Spoofing ,
Whistleblowers