Securities Law

SEC Charges Global Transportation Company Greenbrier and Former CEO for Failing to Disclose Perks and Payments

March 2, 2023
SEC Charges Global Transportation Company Greenbrier and Former CEO for Failing to Disclose Perks and Payments

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced settled charges against Oregon-based freight transportation supply company, The Greenbrier Companies Inc., and its founder and former CEO and Chairman, William A. Furman, for failing to disclose… Full report at: Read More

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SEC Charges Ontrak Chairman Terren Peizer with Insider Trading

March 1, 2023
SEC Charges Ontrak Chairman Terren Peizer with Insider Trading

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Terren S. Peizer, Executive Chairman of the Santa Monica, California-based healthcare treatment company Ontrak Inc., with insider trading for selling more than $20 million of Ontrak stock between May… Full report at: Read More

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Fee Rate Advisory #3 for Fiscal Year 2023

March 1, 2023
Fee Rate Advisory #3 for Fiscal Year 2023

Pursuant to Section 31(j)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Commission has determined that a mid-year adjustment to the Section 31 fee rate for fiscal year 2023 is not required. These adjustments do not directly affect the amount of funding… Full report at: Read More

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SEC Charges Nishad Singh with Defrauding Investors in Crypto Asset Trading Platform FTX

February 28, 2023
SEC Charges Nishad Singh with Defrauding Investors in Crypto Asset Trading Platform FTX

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Nishad Singh, the former Co-Lead Engineer of FTX Trading Ltd. (FTX), for his role in a multiyear scheme to defraud equity investors in FTX, the crypto trading platform started by Singh along with… Full report at: Read More

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SEC Investor Advisory Committee to Discuss the Growth of Private Markets, Oversight of Investment Advisers, and Open-End Fund Liquidity Risk Management at March 2nd Meeting

February 24, 2023
SEC Investor Advisory Committee to Discuss the Growth of Private Markets, Oversight of Investment Advisers, and Open-End Fund Liquidity Risk Management at March 2nd Meeting

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Investor Advisory Committee will hold a virtual public meeting on March 2 at 10:00 a.m. ET. The meeting will be webcast on the SEC website. The committee will host three panels to discuss: Growth of… Full report at: Read More

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SEC Charges Cousins for Insider Trading in Kodak Stock Ahead of Company’s Planned Govt. Partnership to Assist in Response to COVID-19

February 23, 2023
SEC Charges Cousins for Insider Trading in Kodak Stock Ahead of Company’s Planned Govt. Partnership to Assist in Response to COVID-19

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Andrew Stiles for insider trading in the stocks of Eastman Kodak Company and Novavax, Inc. based on nonpublic information related to both companies’ planned government partnerships to assist in the… Full report at: Read More

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SEC Charges Ozy Media and its CEO Carlos Watson with Widespread Scheme to Defraud Investors

February 23, 2023
SEC Charges Ozy Media and its CEO Carlos Watson with Widespread Scheme to Defraud Investors

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged media and entertainment company Ozy Media Inc., its CEO Carlos R. Watson, Jr., its former COO Samir Rao, and its former Chief of Staff Suzee Han with defrauding investors of approximately $50 million… Full report at: Read More

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SEC Charges African Gold Acquisition Corp. with Internal Controls, Reporting, and Recordkeeping Failures

February 22, 2023
SEC Charges African Gold Acquisition Corp. with Internal Controls, Reporting, and Recordkeeping Failures

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced settled charges against African Gold Acquisition Corp., a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), for internal controls, reporting, and recordkeeping violations. These failures… Full report at: Read More

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SEC Charges The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Its Investment Management Company for Disclosure Failures and Misstated Filings

February 21, 2023
SEC Charges The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Its Investment Management Company for Disclosure Failures and Misstated Filings

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced charges against Ensign Peak Advisers Inc., a non-profit entity operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to manage the Church’s investments, for failing to file forms that would… Full report at: Read More

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SEC Charges NBA Hall of Famer Paul Pierce for Unlawfully Touting and Making Misleading Statements about Crypto Security

February 17, 2023
SEC Charges NBA Hall of Famer Paul Pierce for Unlawfully Touting and Making Misleading Statements about Crypto Security

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced charges against former NBA player Paul Pierce for touting EMAX tokens, crypto asset securities offered and sold by EthereumMax, on social media without disclosing the payment he received for the… Full report at: Read More

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