Becton Dickinson to Pay $175 Million to Settle SEC Probe December 17, 2024 By Lydia Beyoud Becton, Dickinson & Co. has agreed to a $175 million fine over Securities and Exchange Commission claims it repeatedly misled...
Death of Nasdaq Diversity Rule Signals More Trouble for DEI December 16, 2024 By Simone Foxman, Jeff Green and Katherine Doherty The message from Nasdaq as the Black Lives Matter movement exploded across the US: push for diversity – or prepare...
US Appeals Court Tosses Nasdaq Board Diversity Rules December 13, 2024 By Nate Raymond A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday ruled that Nasdaq could not impose rules designed to increase diversity in corporate America...
Trump Picks Atkins, Ex-SEC Commissioner, to Succeed Gensler December 5, 2024 By Lydia Beyoud and Nicola M. White Paul Atkins is President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to lead the US Securities and Exchange Commission, suggesting four years of relaxed...
Zoom Offers $18 Million to Settle SEC Privacy Probe From 2020 December 2, 2024 By Brody Ford Zoom Communications Inc. has offered $18 million to settle a four-year-old US Securities and Exchange Commission probe related to its...
SEC’s Penalties, Relief Hit All-Time Record of $8.2 Billion November 25, 2024 By Nicola M. White The US Securities and Exchange Commission’s fines and investor relief hit an all-time record in fiscal 2024. The agency’s enforcement...
Facebook, Nvidia Ask Supreme Court to Spare Them From Securities Fraud Suits November 4, 2024 By John Kruzel The U.S. Supreme Court is set to consider bids by two tech giants – Meta’s Facebook and Nvidia – to...
SEC Says JPMorgan Chase Settles Five Enforcement Cases, to Pay $151M November 4, 2024 By Jonathan Stempel JPMorgan Chase will pay $151 million to settle five U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission enforcement cases, including accusations that the...
SEC Accuses Four Firms of Downplaying SolarWinds-Related Hacks October 23, 2024 By Nicola M. White Four hacked companies will pay a total of almost $7 million to settle US Securities and Exchange Commission allegations that...
SEC to Increase Scrutiny of AI Tools Used by Financial Brokers, Advisers October 22, 2024 By Nicola M. White The US Securities and Exchange Commission’s examiners will step up scrutiny of financial firms’ use of artificial intelligence next year,...