Facing a 35-day government shutdown and new restrictions on the ability to recover disgorgement, it would be perfectly understandable if the SEC’s Division of Enforcement suffered a lackluster year. Nevertheless, according to...more
11/18/2019
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Cryptocurrency ,
Digital Assets ,
Disgorgement ,
Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Kokesh v SEC ,
SCOTUS ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Share Class Selection Disclosure Initiative (SCSD) ,
Statute of Limitations ,
White Collar Crimes
On September 30, 2019, the SEC ordered an additional 16 self-reporting investment advisory firms to pay nearly $10 million in disgorgement. Some have referred to this as the “second wave” of the SEC Division of Enforcement’s...more
On August 29, 2019, the SEC filed a complaint against a registered investment adviser alleging failures to disclose four categories of conflicts of interest and seeking disgorgement of $10 million in undisclosed compensation....more
9/12/2019
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Disclosure Requirements ,
Disgorgement ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Failure To Disclose ,
Investment Adviser ,
OCIE ,
Revenue Sharing ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Self-Reporting ,
Share Class Selection Disclosure Initiative (SCSD) ,
Share Classes