SEC
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Finance
Finance Docket: Is Everything Insider Trading?
The SEC's 'shadow insider trading case' is just one potential broadening of insider-trading liability. -
Finance
The New American Dream In 3 Easy Steps: Become A Whistleblower, Call The SEC, Cash In
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Document Automation For Law Firms: The Definitive Guide
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Finance
Finance Docket: Activists Heat Up, SEC To Cool Them Down
The regulator last week slashed the amount of time activists have to report stakes of 5% or more.
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Finance
Taylor Swift: Better Crypto Due Diligence Than The SEC, Plus Integrity In Wielding Influence
Perhaps SEC head Gary Gensler, who dodged a congressional hearing question six times about whether the cryptocurrency ether was a commodity or a security, should have phoned Swift to bring him up to speed. -
Technology
Unexpected Threats To Cybersecurity/Confidentiality: The SEC And ChatGPT
Has the SEC lost its mind? -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 02.22.23
* Elon Musk asks court to lift protections designed to keep him from committing more SEC violations. What could possibly go wrong? [CNBC]
* The Supreme Court may still want to blow up the internet, but they don’t seem like they want to do it over this case. [SCOTUSBlog]
* Delaware lowers bar passage score. Apparently global climate change has made hell freeze over. [Reuters]
* Hogan Lovells net income down 13 percent. Starting to see why they might be in the merger market. [American Lawyer]
* Put aside four days in the office… could we really operate on a four-day work week? Yes, reports obvious study. [Courthouse News Service]
* Law firms band together to oppose SEC request for the names of Covington clients targeted in cyberattack. [Law360]
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Finance
Stephen Buyer, Republican Who Served Nearly 2 Decades In Congress, Arrested For Insider Trading
Given the misbehavior from various lawmakers that we’ve all had to begrudgingly endure in recent years, the idea that a former congressman should know better than to insider trade almost seems quaint. -
Biglaw, Sponsored Content
From The SEC To Private Practice: Rising Law Firm Demand For SEC Officials
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Are Small Firms Going Big On Legal Tech?
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Continuing Legal Education / CLE, Sponsored Content
ESG Evolves: What You Need To Know Now
There’s never been a better time to get up to speed on the latest developments in ESG and the risks and opportunities facing your clients. -
Finance
Apparently With Nothing Better To Do, SEC Launches Another Pointless Elon Musk Investigation
This is a dumb investigation and a waste of taxpayer money for a number of reasons. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 12.15.21
* Judicial discretion is one thing, but come on: Michelle Odinet in hot water after hard R’ing a suspect. [The Advocate]
* Not this time, Texas! Social media law gets blocked because it’s unconstitutional. [EFF]
* Let’s talk about SEC, baby: the tightening of insider trading rules and money market fund changes may be upon us. [Reuters]
* The immaculate scholarship: St. Mary’s School of Law receives a $1.8M endowment from the heavens. [Law.com]
* Raid gone wrong results in a $2.9M settlement. It is a shame they tried to fault her for circulating the video — would have been $29 if she didn’t. [NPR]
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Continuing Legal Education / CLE, Sponsored Content
Securities Experts Address The Changing Regulatory And Enforcement Landscape
Leading securities practitioners discuss this year’s Institute on Securities Regulation, which includes around 20 panel discussions on the hottest securities regulatory and corporate governance topics. -
Finance
SEC’s New Report On GameStop Stock Surge Is Pretty Wild
The SEC stopped short of making any new policy recommendations, but the agency did strongly imply that it would be taking a closer look at Robinhood Markets.
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Finance, Government
Know Your Regulator: MIT Professor, Cryptocurrency Lecturer Gary Gensler Sworn In As SEC Chairman
The new leader of the Securities and Exchange Commission is a bitcoin nerd, former Goldman Sachs partner, and fierce investor advocate all rolled into one. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 08.27.20
* New Jersey gyms are being allowed to reopen with restrictions for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began. Now people can once again gym, tan, laundry in the Garden State. [NBC News]
* A lawsuit has been filed against the Trump Administration over a policy that allegedly makes it more difficult to obtain green cards. [CNN]
* The Florida bar exam has officially been rescheduled for October 13th. [Tampa Bay Times]
* President Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen allegedly helped Jerry Falwell, Jr. block the release of racy photos. [CNN]
* The SEC alleges that a Florida man used investor funds to pay for his divorce lawyer. Maybe his divorce made him better able to serve clients? [Bloomberg Law]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 04.29.20
* New lawyers in Texas are now being allowed to take their attorney oaths through Zoom and other teleconferencing apps. Hopefully they aren’t shirtless and in bed when they are sworn in. [Houston Chronicle]
* Former New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin is the latest high-profile figure to be released from prison early because of COVID-19. [NBC News]
* The SEC has scored a slam dunk against an attorney who allegedly defrauded NBA star Charles Barkley of millions of dollars. [Bloomberg Law]
* A New Jersey petting zoo operator has been charged with animal cruelty for allegedly abusing dozens of pigs. Wonder if he calls himself “Pig King,” although the name doesn’t have a ring to it. [New Jersey Herald]
* Former presidential candidate Andrew Yang has sued the New York State Board of Elections for canceling New York’s Democratic presidential primary. [Politico]
* The Supreme Court narrowly held that Georgia could not place its entire state code behind a paywall. Along similar lines, hopefully the Supreme Court will soon find that PACER fees should be eliminated. [New York Times]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 08.30.19
* Brexit is going to be a real problem for law firms. [Law.com]
* Former paralegal sues firm alleging it “fosters a ‘party culture’ rife with drug use and sexual harassment.” [Philly Voice]
* Law firms are feasting on the Sears bankruptcy. [NY Post]
* 2020 could be a monster year for Biglaw fundraising. [American Lawyer]
* What happens to intellectual property when artificial intelligence starts inventing things? [The Recorder]
* Even the Second Circuit doesn’t want to fly Spirit. [Law360]
* SEC targets investment fund that allegedly preyed upon brain-damaged NFL players to enrich themselves. Team owners, meanwhile, face no repercussions. [Daily Business Review]
* The DOJ makes secret laws? Super. [Politico]
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Finance
If Elon Musk Violated SEC Rule With His Tweet, Donald Trump Violates The Same Rule Almost Daily
Let's look at just a few of the times that Trump has tweeted false and misleading things which did and could have affected sales and purchases of securities. -