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Securities Enforcement Roundup – August 2025

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In this issue of our monthly Securities Enforcement Roundup, we highlight top securities enforcement developments from August 2025. ...more

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CFTC’s 2022 Enforcement Results Confirm Continued Commitment to Robust Program

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or the Commission) released its enforcement results for fiscal year 2022 on October 20, 2022. The enforcement results detail the 82 enforcement actions the CFTC filed in 2022 and...more

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Twitter Brings Suit Against Musk in Delaware Court of Chancery Seeking Specific Performance

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On July 12, 2022, Twitter, Inc. brought a civil action in the Delaware Court of Chancery against Elon Musk, the co-founder and CEO of Tesla Motors, Inc., for breach of contract in an attempt to force Musk to complete his...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

CFTC Enforcement Update: A Spoofing Record Breaker & More on “Insider Trading”

On August 19, 2020, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) issued three orders filing and settling charges against a bank with a provisionally registered swap dealer (the “Firm”) requiring the Firm to pay $127.4...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Legal Alert: DOJ and CFTC team up on spoofing enforcement

On September 16, 2019, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) indicted three precious metals traders for allegedly violating six criminal statutes, including the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Bridging the Week - August 2019

Both the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange brought and settled charges against a CFTC-registered floor broker, claiming he engaged in spoofing trading activity on the CME. The two...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Bridging the Week - January 2019 #3

Last week the Securities and Exchange Commission filed an enforcement action against nine defendants related to its 2017 discovery that its Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval (EDGAR) system used for receiving...more

Morgan Lewis

Trading and Markets Enforcement Report - January 2017

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January 2017 - The last several years have seen law enforcement and regulatory bodies sharpen their focus on trading activity in the securities and derivatives markets. This focus has coincided with the advent of new and...more

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2015 Year-End Cross-Border Government Investigations and Regulatory Enforcement Review

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Globalization has connected people, companies, and products across national borders more than ever. Goods and services developed in one part of the world are readily available in other parts of the world and technology is...more

K&L Gates LLP

Highlights from the SEC Speaks — 2016 Enforcement Priorities

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Senior members of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC” or “Commission”) Division of Enforcement (“Division”) addressed the defense bar on February 19, 2016, during the Practising Law Institute’s annual “SEC Speaks”...more

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This Week In Securities Litigation

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This was the period of admissions. The SEC secured admissions in three actions over the period with beginning the week of Thanksgiving and continuing into the beginning of December. Cases filed during the period include: A...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Bridging the Week - October 2015 #2

SEC-Sanctioned Trader Began Alleged Spoofing After Complaining About Spoofing by Others to NYSE - Eric Oscher and Briargate Trading, LLC, a company 50 percent owned by Mr. Oscher, agreed to pay an aggregate fine of US...more

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