Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Regulatory Oversight, Fraud

SEC Enforcement in the First Quarter of the New Administration

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 5/7/2025

The new presidential administration began on January 20, 2025, and change came quickly to many federal agencies, including the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). On Inauguration Day, Paul S. Atkins was nominated...more

SEC Pumps Fun

McDermott Will & Schulte on 3/4/2025

While we anticipated a relaxed US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) under the new administration, even the biggest proponents of a lax SEC did not expect a “meme coin” blessing within weeks of a new SEC chair being...more

Under the new Administration, will Enforcement have a lighter touch?

Cooley LLP on 2/5/2025

Reuters is reporting exclusively that, according to its sources, under the new Administration, some Enforcement staff at the SEC “have been told they need to seek permission from the politically appointed leadership before...more

Crypto Company FTX Files Massive Bankruptcy in Delaware

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP on 11/22/2022

Another domino has fallen. Earlier this year, we wrote about the challenges facing the crypto industry that resulted in the bankruptcy filings of Three Arrows Capital, Celsius Network, and Voyager Digital. We noted that...more

Nota Bene Episode 83: Fraud Enforcement and Policing COVID Relief: What Businesses Need to Know with Chuck Kreindler

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 5/29/2020

With $3 trillion of stimulus money already disbursed and $3 trillion more scheduled to be distributed to the American people in the near future, we’re taking a look at the type of oversight provisions included in the CARES...more

Your daily dose of financial news - The Brief – 9.21.16

Robins Kaplan LLP on 9/21/2016

Testifying before the Senate Banking Committee yesterday, Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf admitted that the illegal sham-account-creation activity at the heart of its recent SEC fine may have begun earlier than first reported....more