Securities, Misrepresentation, Securities Violations

[Podcast] Deceiving Your Way to the American Dream: The George Santos Story

Wiley Rein LLP on 7/18/2025

In this jaw-dropping episode of Wicked Coin, hosts Diana Shaw and Tatiana Sainati are joined by their Wiley colleague Rob Walker – former Chief Counsel to both the House and Senate Ethics Committees – for an unflinching look...more

SEC Targets NFTs as Securities for the First Time

Latham & Watkins LLP on 8/31/2023

In its first enforcement action involving NFTs, the SEC focused on issuer marketing that promised outsized returns on investment and platform building. On August 28, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a...more

Should Influencers Be Held Liable for the Promotion of Digital Assets?

DarrowEverett LLP on 5/16/2023

The world’s ever-changing technological landscape has led to the formation of new mediums of creativity — mediums that the sports and entertainment industry cannot ignore. Digital currencies, virtual universes, and enhanced...more

Ontario Court of Appeal Provides Further Guidance on the Leave Test for Securities Misrepresentation Claims

Bennett Jones LLP on 10/12/2022

The test for leave to bring a secondary market securities misrepresentation claim under section 138.3 of the Ontario Securities Act (OSA) has been the source of much confusion and conflicting jurisprudence. In a series of...more

Assessing Impact of Second Circuit's Rio Tinto Decision on Scheme Liability

Holland & Knight LLP on 8/25/2022

When it comes to the federal securities laws, clear answers can occasionally be hard to find. There may be no better example than the question around the overlap of the "misstatement liability" and "scheme liability"...more

Inside the Courts – An Update From Skadden Securities - June 2017

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 6/9/2017

This quarter’s issue includes summaries and associated court opinions of selected cases principally decided between February 2017 and April 2017. The cases address developing trends in class actions, ERISA, fiduciary duties,...more

SDNY Refuses to Dismiss Executive’s Dodd-Frank Retaliation Claim

Proskauer - Whistleblower Defense on 9/26/2016

On August 24, 2016, the Southern District of New York denied Defendants’ motion to dismiss a Dodd-Frank whistleblower retaliation claim brought by its former co-CEO and Executive Chairman of its Board of Directors, finding...more

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