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The Securities Exchance Act is a United States federal statute enacted in 1934 to govern the secondary securities trading market. In addition, the Securities Exchange Act established the Securities and Exchange... more +

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Troutman Pepper Weekly Consumer Financial Services Newsletter - November 2023 # 4

Troutman Pepper on 11/28/2023

To keep you informed of recent activities, below are several of the most significant federal and state events that have influenced the Consumer Financial Services industry over the past week...more

Do Not Delete: SEC and DOJ Send Serious Messages on Preserving Ephemeral Communications

Holland & Knight LLP on 5/26/2023

Ages ago, hieroglyphics were painstakingly etched into stone. They communicated various types of messages, from fables to business transactions, and lasted thousands of years. Today, we still communicate the same type of...more

SEC and CFTC Fines for Texting Augur Billions More from DOJ

Carlton Fields on 2/17/2023

In September 2022, the SEC and CFTC fined some of the largest financial services firms in the world approximately $1.8 billion for texting. Specifically, for failing to maintain or preserve “off-channel communications” on...more

Red Flag Refresher: Broker-Dealers and the Importance of Strong AML Compliance

Holland & Knight LLP on 7/6/2022

The SEC continues to focus a portion of its enforcement attention on registrants' obligations with regard to anti-money laundering (AML) compliance and transaction monitoring. In this post, we provide a refresher on the...more

Bridging the Week - November 2019 #2

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 11/19/2019

A social media company and its wholly owned subsidiary sued by the Securities and Exchange Commission for conducting an offering of an unregistered digital security claimed that the agency was wrong in its characterization of...more

2015 Mid-Year Securities Litigation and Enforcement Highlights

BakerHostetler on 8/5/2015

Welcome to the 2015 Mid-Year Report from the BakerHostetler Securities Litigation and Regulatory Enforcement Practice Team. The purpose is to provide a periodic survey, apart from our team Executive Alerts, on matters we...more

SEC, DOJ Charge Brokers With Defrauding Clients

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 12/18/2013

The Commission brought charges against three subsidiaries of ConvergEx Group, LLC, and two employees of subsidiaries, based on a scheme to defraud brokerage customers by charging excessive fees. In the Matter of G-Trade...more

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