Securities Fraud, Financial Markets, Investment

Securities Class Action Filings Remain Steady While Size of Filings Increased Substantially in First Half of 2025

Cornerstone Research on 7/30/2025

The number of securities class action filings in the first half of 2025 remained steady in comparison to the second half of 2024 but the overall size of filings increased considerably, according to a report released today by...more

SEC Releases Strategic Plan for Comment

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives on 8/31/2022

The Securities and Exchange Commission recently released for comment a draft strategic plan for fiscal years 2022 to 2026. In the accompanying message from Chair Gary Gensler, the Chair notes that the strategic plan focuses...more

Jury Convicts Theranos Founder Elizabeth Holmes of Four Counts of Conspiracy and Fraud

Robins Kaplan LLP on 1/4/2022

Back at it for ’22. Hope all had a good holiday season. After deadlocking on several claims on their 7th day of deliberations, jurors weighing the fate of former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes ultimately found her guilty on 4...more

The ABCs of Investing in ICOs

Troutman Pepper Locke on 2/2/2018

Initial coin offerings (ICOs) have recently become very popular, causing investors of all levels of sophistication to consider buying ICO tokens (or coins). Originally published in Crowdfund Insider - February 1, 2018. ...more

SEC and CFTC Issue Joint Statement on Virtual Currency Enforcement Actions

Ballard Spahr LLP on 1/22/2018

The following joint statement was issued this last week from the Enforcement Directors of the Securities Exchange Commission and Commodity Futures Trading Commission...more

Enforcement Sweep Snares Issuers for Paid Stock Promotions

Stinson - Corporate & Securities Law Blog on 4/11/2017

The SEC announced enforcement actions against 27 individuals and entities behind various alleged stock promotion schemes that left investors with the impression they were reading independent, unbiased analyses on investing...more