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Vinson & Elkins LLP

Small Gains Yield Big Pain: How a $2,400 Profit Triggered an SEC, FBI, and FINRA Cavalry

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On July 11, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or the “Commission”) announced that it had settled an enforcement action against two individuals who were alleged to have engaged in insider trading. The SEC’s...more

DLA Piper

SEC Targets Investment Adviser Cherry-picking in Recent Enforcement Actions

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The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has sharpened its focus on “cherry-picking,” a practice in which investment advisers allocate profitable trades to favored accounts – sometimes their own – while assigning less...more

Fenwick & West LLP

SEC v. Binance: Court Decides Majority of Claims Can Proceed but Expresses Skepticism of SEC’s Application of Law to the...

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Of particular importance for the crypto industry, the opinion analyzes the SEC’s allegations that Binance and BAM offered and sold various tokens and programs to investors as investment contracts without registering them with...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Is that ‘Possible Misconduct’ in Cryptocurrency Advertising? FTC Investigates

There is more news of recent investigations and charges involving people in the cryptocurrency world. The FTX cryptocurrency exchange recently collapsed. Its CEO, Sam Bankman-Fried, has been arrested in the Bahamas and...more

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