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Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Short Selling Financial Markets

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Fifth Circuit Remands SEC Securities Lending and Short Sale Rules for Further Economic Analysis

On August 25, 2025, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued an opinion in National Association of Private Fund Managers v. SEC addressing Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or the “Commission”)...more

Burr & Forman

Stonk Trading’s Not a Game

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During the height of the GameStop (NYSE: GME) mania, Slate author Jordan Weissman explained that “[A]t a moment that the markets are being overrun, for better or worse, by posters who’ve basically dedicated themselves to...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

When Davids on Social Media Topple the Goliath of Wall Street

Social media started out as a way to connect with old friends and distant relatives. Not anymore. Now, social media is being weaponized by everyday people to topple the giants of Wall Street. Recently, posters on Reddit and...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Financial Daily Dose 1.28.2021 | Top Story: GameStop’s Wild Ride Continues, Pummeling Hedge Funds Along the Way

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GameStop’s continuing surge this week has gone from something of a lark to a collective small-trader effort to stick it to Wall Street hedge funds and institutionalists, with share-price fundamentals discarded entirely in...more

K2 Integrity

Who Is That Masked Short Seller?

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Lisa Silverman, Managing Director at K2 Intelligence, discusses SEC chair Mary Jo White’s recent comments regarding requiring disclosures by short sellers. Currently the SEC requires institutional investors and hedge funds to...more

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