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On June 21, a jury in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California found the former CEO and Chairman of Ontrak, Inc., a publicly traded healthcare company guilty on one count of securities fraud and two...more
Each month, we publish a roundup of the most important SEC enforcement developments for busy in-house lawyers and compliance professionals. This month, we examine: •The permanent suspension of an audit firm and its owner for...more
On June 21, 2024, a jury in California federal court found a former chief executive officer of a publicly traded healthcare company guilty of insider trading in United States v. Peizer, the first criminal insider-trading case...more
On March 1, 2023, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) unsealed an indictment charging Terren S. Peizer, the CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Ontrak Inc., a publicly traded health care company, with engaging in...more
The SEC seeks to regulate trading through internal compliance processes. The SEC settled insider trading charges in relation to misuse of a Rule 10b5-1 plan established in the name of a British Virgin Islands entity owned...more
A recent Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) enforcement action charged two executives with insider trading violations despite the fact that the executives had adopted a purported 10b5-1 trading plan....more
In order to provide an overview for busy in-house counsel and compliance professionals, we summarize below some of the most important and interesting SEC enforcement developments from the past month, with links to primary...more
In October, the SEC settled charges against Andeavor, an energy company formerly traded on the NYSE and now wholly owned by Marathon Petroleum, in connection with stock repurchases authorized by its board in 2015 and 2016. ...more
House leaders are out with a new Covid stimulus effort—slimmed down from earlier packages but, at $2.2 trillion, a sizeable proposal that they say “is needed to support American households and businesses still experiencing...more
On February 21, 2018, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) released interpretive guidance to assist public companies in the proper disclosure of cybersecurity risks and incidents (“New Guidance”) – seven years...more
On Feb. 21, 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued interpretive guidance on its expectations for corporate disclosures on cybersecurity risks. The guidance delineates where it believes existing SEC rules...more
Deutsche Borse CEO Carsten Kengeter announced yesterday that he’ll step down in the wake of insider-trading allegations related to the exchange’s now-defunct merger with the London Stock Exchange Group....more
"Wherefore Art Thou Due Process?" Part III - Why it matters: It is time for another installment in our continuing "Wherefore Art Thou Due Process?" coverage into the ongoing constitutional challenges to the SEC's...more
On March 13, 2015, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced settlement proceedings against officers, directors, and major shareholders of several companies that were recently taken private for failing to update...more
After bringing a series of insider trading cases as administrative proceedings in recent weeks, the Commission returned to its more traditional approach. The agency filed settled insider trading charges against a CEO and...more