06 Mar, 2024 SEC Targets Crypto and DeFi Platforms with New Rules and an Enforcement Action By David Adams The US Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") recently published an enforcement action against the crypto platform ShapeShift AG and...
03 May, 2022 Crypto is . . . Everywhere . . . and the SEC and other Regulators Are Sprinting to Keep Up By Cory Flashner Crypto seems to be everywhere these days. Just last week Fidelity Investments launched a bitcoin option for its 401(k) plans. The...
17 Sep, 2021 SEC Fines App Annie and Its CEO for $10 Million in Connection with Non-Anonymized Data By Mintz In a first-of-its kind enforcement action, the SEC fined an alternative data provider for the mobile app industry and its former CEO for...
12 Jul, 2021 Didi’s Split Priorities Spelled IPO Trouble By Joel I. Papernik The Didi Global IPO situation will serve as a reminder of the ever present need for continuing “due diligence” through the public...
19 May, 2021 House Passes The Insider Trading Prohibition Act By Jack Sylvia On Tuesday, the House passed the Insider Trading Prohibition Act, an effort to codify and clarify inconsistencies in the case law...
13 Apr, 2021 SEC Issues Risk Alert Concerning ESG Disclosures By Jacob H. Hupart The SEC issued a risk alert from the Division of Examinations concerning "observations of deficiencies and internal control weaknesses...
02 Apr, 2021 Treasury Secretary Focuses on Climate Change By Jacob H. Hupart Treasury Secretary (and former Chair of the Federal Reserve) Janet Yellen, in her opening remarks during her first appearance as head of...
10 Nov, 2020 SEC Dives in Further with Changes to Crowdfunding Regulations By Stephen M. Osborn Regulation Crowdfunding was an exciting part of the JOBS Act back in 2012. The big idea was to open up investing in startups to anyone. ...
09 Nov, 2020 What will the Election's Impact be on the SEC? By Mintz Among the many effects of the change in Presidential administration in January 2021 will be changes at the Securities and Exchange...