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  1. SEC Actions

    This Week In Securities Litigation  (Week of August 25, 2025)  

    By Thomas Gorman

    The Commission filed 7 new enforcement actions last week.  Those focused on insider trading, offering frauds and false revenue. Be careful this week,  be safe. SEC Enforcement – Filed and…

  2. SEC Actions

    This Week In Securities Litigation  (Week of August 18, 2025)  

    By Thomas Gorman

    The Commission filed five new enforcement actions last week.  They focused largely of Ponzi schemes and similar types of frauds. No additional cases were voluntarily dismissed. Be careful, be safe.…

  3. The D&O Diary

    Guest Post: Inigo’s 2025 Defense Counsel Survey

    By Kevin LaCroix

    In the following guest post, Ed Whitworth, the Head of Financial Lines at Inigo, and Yera Patel, Head of Casualty & Financial Lines Claims and Analytics for Inigo, summarize the…

  4. The D&O Diary

    False Claims Act Defendant Hit with Follow-On Securities Suit        

    By Kevin LaCroix

    Regular readers undoubtedly have noticed that I have been writing a lot lately about the False Claims Act (FCA). That is because the Trump Administration has decided to deploy the…

  5. SEC Actions

    This Week In Securities Litigation  (Week of August 11, 2025)  

    By Thomas Gorman

    The Commission filed three new actions last week.  Those cases involved insider trading and two offering fraud actions. The agency also dismissed another group of cases then pending in the…

  6. The D&O Diary

    NERA Reports on 1H25 Federal Court Securities Class Action Lawsuit Filings

    By Kevin LaCroix

    In a recent study about securities class action lawsuit filings in the first six months of 2025, NERA reports that first half filings represented a tale of two quarters, with…

  7. PrawfsBlawg

    Today in Dynastic-Corruption-Under-Mercantilism News

    By prawfsblawg@gmail.com

    Main Monday, August 04, 2025Today in Dynastic-Corruption-Under-Mercantilism NewsThe Wall Street Journal reports that two members of the Trump Family political/financial criminal enterprise--presidential sons Eric and Donald Jr.--are "helping to launch…

  8. SEC Actions

    This Week In Securities Litigation  (Week of August 4, 2025)  

    By Thomas Gorman

    Last week the Commission filed one new enforcement action.  The agency also resolved two other cases and initiated a subpoena enforcement action based on a pending investigation. Be careful, be…

  9. The D&O Diary

    Cornerstone Research: Securities Suit Filings Steady in Year’s First Half

    By Kevin LaCroix

    The number of securities class action lawsuits filed in the first six months of 2025 was roughly level with the number of securities suits filed in the second half of…

  10. The CLS Blue Sky Blog

    Cornerstone Research Discusses Securities Class-Action Filings So Far in 2025

    By Cornerstone Research

    The number of securities class action filings in the first half of 2025 remained steady in comparison to the second half of 2024 but the overall size of filings increased…