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Builder of Investment Models Deviates From Blueprints - Employee’s Rogue Remodeling Costs Builder Plenty

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The SEC’s recent order instituting administrative and cease-and-desist proceedings (OIP) against registered investment advisers Two Sigma Investments LP and Two Sigma Advisers LP illustrates significant risks for investment...more

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SEC Charges Texas School District and Former CFO with Fraud Related to Bond

On March 16, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission charged Crosby (Texas) Independent School District (Crosby) and its former Chief Financial Officer, Carla Merka, with misleading investors in a $20 million municipal...more

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SEC and DOJ Bring Parallel Civil and Criminal Charges Against Five Russians for $82 Million Hack-And-Trade Scheme

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On December 20, 2021, the SEC and DOJ each announced fraud charges against five Russian nationals. The five defendants are charged with a multiyear scheme of hacking into service providers that help public companies make...more

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The $180 Million Chinese Coffee Case for Attempting to Manage Earnings

Last week, on December 16, 2020, Chinese-based coffee chain Luckin Coffee Inc. (“Luckin”) agreed to a $180 million settlement with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Luckin’s American Depositary...more

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Biotechnology Company Settles False Claims Act Charges for $11.5 million

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Biotechnology Company Settles False Claims Act Charges for $11.5 million - The Acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced a settlement with Bio-Reference Laboratories, Inc. (“BRL”), a New...more

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Drug Testing Lab Pays Nearly $12 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations

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Drug Testing Lab Pays Nearly $12 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations - On July 20, 2020, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a civil settlement with Sterling Healthcare Opco, LLC d/b/a Cordant Health...more

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