Supreme Court Upholds But Curbs SEC’s Power to Force Ill-Gotten Gains in Fraud Cases June 22, 2020 By Lawrence Hurley and Andrew Chung The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday placed limits on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s practice of forcing defendants to surrender...
SEC Accuses Two Companies of Making Misleading COVID-19 Claims May 14, 2020 The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged two companies it says claimed to offer products to combat the COVID-19 virus....
Supreme Court Upholds SEC on Scope of Securities Fraud Liability March 27, 2019 By Greg Stohr The U.S. Supreme Court reinforced the Securities and Exchange Commission’s powers, upholding sanctions against an investment banker found to have...
Supreme Court Weighs Liability for Sharing Fraudulent Securities Information December 4, 2018 By Andrew Chung U.S. Supreme Court justices on Monday appeared reluctant to further limit the scope of who can be held liable for...
Jury Convicts Press Release Hackers Involved in Illegal Trading Scheme July 9, 2018 By Jonathan Stempel A federal jury in Brooklyn, New York on Friday convicted two men for their roles in an international scheme to...
Supreme Court to Hear Appeal Over Liability for Securities Fraud June 18, 2018 By Andrew Chung The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear an appeal by a New York investment banker banned from the...
New York Insurance Broker Sentenced in $1M Fraud Scheme March 20, 2017 An Albany insurance broker has been sentenced to nine years in prison for a $1 million securities fraud scheme. Lawrence...
Ex-CFO of Bankrupt Enron Offers D&O Lessons from Accounting’s ‘Gray’ Areas February 15, 2017 By Elizabeth Blosfield Andrew Fastow, former chief financial officer (CFO) of Enron Corp., a now-defunct energy trading company swept up in a massive...
Supreme Court Deals Blow to Insider Trading Prosecutors October 8, 2015 By Greg Stohr and Patricia Hurtado The U.S. Supreme Court let stand a major insider-trading ruling that threatens at least 10 convictions and creates what the...
New York Drop of Damages Claim Against Greenberg Avoids Test of AG’s Power May 3, 2013 By Karen Freifeld When New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman gave up a claim for damages against former AIG chief Hank Greenberg, he...