On April 4, 2025, the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Corporation Finance (the “Staff”) issued a Staff Statement (the “Statement”) announcing its view that the offer and sale of Covered...more
On February 27, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Corporation Finance (“CorpFin”) issued a Staff Statement announcing its view that meme coin transactions do not involve the offer and sale of...more
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In December 2022, Congress handed would-be whistleblowers reporting money laundering and sanctions violations fresh financial incentives when it passed the Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Whistleblower Improvement Act. The Act...more
On June 23, 2020, the SEC’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (“OCIE”) published a Risk Alert, Observations from Examinations of Investment Advisers Managing Private Funds (the “Risk Alert”), detailing their...more
In the last four years, the Federal Courts of Appeal and the Supreme Court have addressed the significant question of what constitutes a personal benefit in determining whether an insider has breached a fiduciary duty in...more