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Latest News in Securities
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October 22, 2024
Starbucks Shareholder Sues Execs Over $890M Buyback
A Starbucks Corp. shareholder on Monday accused the coffee giant's former CEO and current and former company directors — including Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella — of misleading investors about future growth and revenues, resulting in a stock buyback program that was allegedly inflated by more than $227 million.
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October 22, 2024
Day Trader Seeks Early Win In Verifone Insider Trading Suit
A day trader moved for an early win in a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission insider trading case alleging the trader was tipped off by a former Francisco Partners consultant about the firm's $3.4 billion purchase of Verifone Systems Inc., arguing there is no evidence that he knew he received material nonpublic information, let alone traded on it.
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October 22, 2024
Anticipating Jarkesy's Effect On Bank Agency Enforcement
Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Jarkesy, federal courts may eventually issue decisions on banking law principles and processes that could fundamentally alter the agencies' enforcement action framework, and the relationship between banks and examiners, says Brendan Clegg at Luse Gorman.
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October 22, 2024
CFTC Anti-Fraud Blitz Is A Warning To Carbon Credit Sellers
With its recent enforcement actions against a carbon offset project developer and its senior executives for reporting false information about the energy savings of the company's projects, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission is staking out its position as a primary regulator in the voluntary carbon credit market, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.
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October 22, 2024
Unpacking State AG Approaches To Digital Asset Enforcement
WAIT FOR 3rd AU's PIC, Attorneys at Cozen O'Connor survey recent digital asset enforcement by attorneys general nationwide driven by concerns over regulatory gaps where technological developments and market changes have outpaced legislation.
Areas of Coverage
- AGENCIES
- U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
- U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission
- U.S. Department of Justice
- Self-regulatory organizations
- State and international securities regulators
- POLICY & REGULATION
- Dodd-Frank Act
- Employee Retirement Income Security Act
- Investment Advisers Act
- Investment Company Act
- Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
- Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
- Sarbanes-Oxley Act
- Securities Act
- Securities Exchange Act
- Securities Investor Protection Act
- International banking legislation and regulation
- ENFORCEMENT
- Fraud investigations
- Insider trading charges
- LITIGATION
- Accounting and securities fraud suits
- Shareholder class actions, including derivative suits
- Suits over mortgage-backed securities, credit-default swaps, and other high-risk assets
- Proxy battles and hostile takeover suits
- Securities disputes in bankruptcy cases
- ERISA suits
- PROFILES
- Personnel moves
- Profiles of securities practices
Readership
- Securities and white collar lawyers at top law firms
- Corporate counsel and compliance officers at Fortune 1000 companies
- Information experts at law firms, agencies, and companies
- Policymakers at federal and state agencies
- Judges and court staff across the U.S.
- Professors, students, and library staff at every accredited law school in the U.S.
- Attorney and law firm marketing professionals