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Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
The Mormon Church v. the SEC
About a week and a half ago, the SEC announced that it had charged Ensign Peak Advisors and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the Mormon church) with…
Brian J. Murphy Blog
Celebrities and Professional Athletes in Hot Water with SEC Over Crypto Asset Promotion
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has been making headlines recently by enforcing U.S. securities laws surrounding crypto assets. The SEC has also taken an extremely aggressive stance regarding high-profile…
Litigation Finance Journal
Broadridge Class Actions Report Finds Massive Growth In Securities Litigation
By John Freund
Class actions remain a popular target for litigation funders as 2023 progresses, driven by developments in countries’ regulatory framework for these actions, as well as particularly active sectors such as…
The D&O Diary
Inflation Undercuts Company’s Financial Results, Leads to Securities Suit
In my year-end wrap up of the top D&O stories of 2022, I noted the possibilities that various macroeconomic factors could contribute to securities class action lawsuit filings in the…
The D&O Diary
Life Sciences Companies Remained Frequent Securities Suit Targets in 2022
The number of securities class action lawsuits filed against life sciences companies in 2022 declined compared to 2021 but remained relatively steady as a proportion of the total number of…
Beneficially Yours
Corporate Insider Trading Restricted by New SEC Rules
Seyfarth Synopsis: New SEC rules aiming to curb insider trading by directors and officers of public companies took effect on February 27, 2023. On December 14, 2022, the Securities and…
The D&O Diary
Report Ranks Top 50 Plaintiffs’ Firms by 2022 Securities Suit Settlement Values
In its latest annual report, ISS Securities Class Action Services reports that in 2022, for the third year in a row, the Robbins Geller law firm secured the highest dollar…
Government Contracts & Investigations Blog
SEC Showcases Lesser-Known Legal Theory in Crypto Lending Suit
By Christopher Bosch, Elizabette Privat
The Securities Exchange Commission (“SEC” or “Commission”) has taken action against Genesis Global Capital, LLC (“Genesis”) and Gemini Trust Company, LLC (“Gemini”) (collectively, “Defendants”) in a recently-filed complaint alleging that the crypto…
The CLS Blue Sky Blog
Skadden Discusses Suit Alleging NBA “Top Shot” NFTs Were Securities
By Publisher
On February 22, 2023, Judge Victor Marrero of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York issued an order in Friel v. Dapper Labs, Inc., denying Dapper Labs…
Derivatives & Repo Report
February Update: Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow, 6 more months of a FINRA Rule 4210 Deferral
By Perkins Coie
According to Newsweek, Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow on February 2, 2023, signaling 6 more weeks of winter. And, on February 24, 2023, the Financial Institution Regulatory Authority (FINRA) submitted…