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King & Spalding

Fewer Cases So Far, with a Focus on Retail Investor Fraud – A Look at the First Six Months of SEC Enforcement Under the New...

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The enforcement results for the first six months of the new administration show that while the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) has instituted substantially fewer new enforcement actions as compared to the same...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

SEC Staff Clarifies That Meme Coins Are Not Securities

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The Staff stated that most meme coins are not subject to federal securities laws or SEC fraud enforcement; who will oversee meme coins remains an open question. On February 27, 2025, the Securities and Exchange...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

JPEX Is Test Case for Hong Kong’s New Regulatory Regime for Virtual Asset Exchanges

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Hong Kong regulators recently brought criminal enforcement actions against virtual asset trading platform JPEX and individuals associated with the platform. This case has become the first opportunity for local authorities to...more

Blank Rome LLP

Regulatory Update and Recent SEC Actions - April 2023

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REGULATORY UPDATES - Recent SEC Leadership Changes - On January 10, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) announced the appointment of Cristina Martin Firvida as director of the Office of the Investor...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

SEC Delays Enforcement of Rule 15c2-11 Compliance

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In 2021, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) took the industry off-guard by announcing its new position that Rule 15c2-11 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Rule) and its amendments apply to fixed-income...more

Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

Wealth Begets Wealth: The Limited Expansion of the Accredited Investor Definition

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With the increased focus on the lack of access to capital in certain communities, and the generational impacts of such deficit, the SEC’s expanded definition of accredited investor takes a step in the right direction, but...more

Goodwin

Financial Services Weekly Roundup: SEC Proposes Modified Disclosure Framework For Funds

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In the News. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed modifying the disclosure framework for mutual funds and exchange-traded funds (funds), which would create a new layered disclosure regime that attempts to...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

SEC Strategic Plan

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The Securities and Exchange Commission recently released its Strategic Plan for fiscal years 2018 to 2022. The plan identifies three goals. ...more

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