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Jefferies to Pay Nearly $4 Million for Improper Handling of ADRs
December 09, 2019The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that broker-dealer Jefferies LLC will pay nearly $4 million to settle charges of[...]
Read ArticleSEC Obtains Touting and Fraud Judgment Against Colorado Cannabis Stock
December 09, 2019A Colorado stock promoter and two of his companies agreed to pay $4.2 million to settle the U.S. Securities and Exchange[...]
Read ArticleSEC Charges Multinational Telecommunications Company With FCPA Violations
December 06, 2019The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Sweden-based Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson was charged with engaging in a large-scale bribery[...]
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SEC Proposes to Modernize Regulation of the Use of Derivatives by Registered Funds and Business Development Companies
December 06, 2019The Securities and Exchange Commission has voted to propose a new rule designed to enhance the regulation of the use[...]
Read ArticleSEC Charges Trucking Executives With Accounting Fraud
December 05, 2019The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged two former top executives of Indiana-based trucking company Celadon Group Inc. for their participation in an[...]
Read ArticleSEC Releases Report on 38th Annual Small Business Forum
December 05, 2019The Securities and Exchange Commission today released a report on the 38th Annual Government-Business Forum on Small Business Capital Formation.[...]
Read ArticleSEC Charges Iconix Brand Group and Former Top Executives With Accounting Fraud
December 05, 2019The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged brand-management company Iconix Brand Group Inc. and three of its former top executives with fraud. Iconix[...]
Read ArticleSEC Issues Agenda for Dec. 11 Meeting of Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee
December 04, 2019The Securities and Exchange Commission today released the agenda for a Dec. 11 telephonic meeting of its Small Business Capital[...]
Read ArticleSEC Names Paul Munter as Deputy Chief Accountant
December 03, 2019The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced the appointment of Paul Munter as a Deputy Chief Accountant (International) in the agency's[...]
Read ArticleSEC Names John Vanosdall as Deputy Chief Accountant
December 03, 2019The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced the appointment of John Vanosdall as a Deputy Chief Accountant (Accounting Group) in the[...]
Read ArticleKristina Littman Named Chief of the Cyber Unit
December 02, 2019The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Kristina Littman has been named Chief of the Division of Enforcement’s Cyber[...]
Read ArticleChief Administrative Law Judge Brenda Murray to Retire
November 27, 2019The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Chief Administrative Law Judge Brenda Murray is retiring after 50 years of federal[...]
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