The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) held its annual SEC Speaks conference—after a hiatus in 2023—on April 3 and 4, 2024 in Washington, D.C. The conference featured remarks from Chair Gary Gensler,...more
On November 14, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC” or the “Commission”) announced its enforcement results for fiscal year (“FY”) 2023, which ended on September 30, 2023. The SEC’s FY 2023 results...more
On Thursday, June 29, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced the filing of four civil insider trading cases involving a variety of alleged insider trading violations. These cases were brought against a...more
On June 22, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court (the “Court”) ruled 8–1 in favor of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) right to seek disgorgement of ill-gotten gains in the landmark case of Liu v. SEC, 591 U.S. __...more
6/26/2020
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Administrative Authority ,
Business Expenses ,
Calculation of Damages ,
Corporate Misconduct ,
Disgorgement ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Equitable Relief ,
Kokesh v SEC ,
Lack of Authority ,
Liu v Securities and Exchange Commission ,
Net Profits ,
Remedies ,
SCOTUS ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Junaid A. Zubairi, Chair of Vedder Price’s Government Enforcement and Special Investigations group, served as co-chair of the 2019 ALI-CLE Accountants’ Liability program on October 17 and 18, 2019 in Washington, DC. The...more
11/7/2019
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Chief Compliance Officers ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Enforcement Statistics ,
FASB ,
Financial Statements ,
GAAP ,
GAAS ,
Internal Controls ,
Lucia v SEC ,
Non-GAAP Financial Measures ,
PCAOB ,
Rule 10b-5 ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC” or the “Commission”) held its annual SEC Speaks conference in Washington, DC on April 8 and 9, 2019. The conference featured remarks from the Chairman and commissioners,...more
4/12/2019
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Enforcement Actions ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Investigations ,
Investment Banks ,
Investors ,
Kokesh v SEC ,
Lorenzo v SEC ,
SCOTUS ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Exchange Act ,
Securities Violations
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or the “Commission”) held its annual SEC Speaks conference in Washington, DC on February 23 and 24, 2018 and provided remarks from the Chairman and commissioners, discussions...more
3/1/2018
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Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) ,
Asset Management ,
Asset Recovery ,
Broker-Dealer ,
Complex Financial Products ,
Cybersecurity ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Insider Trading ,
Investment Adviser ,
Market Abuse ,
OCIE ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Retail Investors ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Whistleblower Protection Policies