Securities Law

SEC Charges VMware with Misleading Investors by Obscuring Financial Performance

September 12, 2022

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged VMware Inc. for misleading investors about its order backlog management practices, which enabled the Palo Alto, California-based technology company to push revenue into future quarters by delaying… Full report at: Read More

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SEC Charges Hudson Advisors and Lone Star Global for Failing to Disclose that Fund Fees Included More Than $50 Million of Owner’s Income Tax Liability

September 12, 2022

The Securities and Exchange Commission announced charges today against registered investment advisers Hudson Advisors L.P. and Lone Star Global Acquisitions Ltd. for including Hudson’s owner’s anticipated income tax liability as a component of certain… Full report at: Read More

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Ambassador Advisors, LLC, Bernard I. Bostwick, Robert E. Kauffman, and Adrian E. Young

September 9, 2022

Court Enters Judgments Against Investment Adviser and Its Principals for Defrauding Clients Through Their Mutual Fund Share Class Selection Practices Read the full report at Read More

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SEC Division of Corporation Finance to Add Industry Offices Focused on Crypto Assets and Industrial Applications and Services

September 9, 2022

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced plans to add an Office of Crypto Assets and an Office of Industrial Applications and Services to the Division of Corporation Finance’s Disclosure Review Program (DRP). The DRP has long had offices to… Full report at: Read More

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SEC Adopts JOBS Act Inflation Adjustments

September 9, 2022

The Securities and Exchange Commission today adopted amendments to its rules to implement inflation adjustments mandated by the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act. The SEC is required to make inflation adjustments to certain JOBS Act rules at… Full report at: Read More

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SEC Charges Two Advisory Firms for Custody Rule Violations, One for Form ADV Violations, and Six for Both

September 9, 2022

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced charges against a number of investment advisers that failed to comply with requirements relating to safekeeping client assets and/or to timely update their SEC disclosures to reflect the status of… Full report at: Read More

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Money Magnet Platinum Membership Initiative LLC and LaKenya Hopkins

September 8, 2022

SEC Charges “Money Magnet” Promoter and Company with Offering Fraud Totaling Approximately $300,000 Read the full report at Read More

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Todd Christopher Doucette

September 7, 2022

SEC Charges Former Vice President of Medical Device Company with Insider Trading Read the full report at Read More

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SEC Charges Perceptive Advisors for Failing to Disclose SPAC-Related Conflicts of Interest

September 6, 2022

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged New York-based investment adviser Perceptive Advisors LLC with failing to disclose conflicts of interest regarding its personnel’s ownership of sponsors of special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs… Full report at: Read More

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SEC Charges Venture Capital Adviser Energy Innovation Capital Management for Overcharging Fees

September 2, 2022

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Energy Innovation Capital Management, LLC (EIC), a California-based exempt reporting adviser, with charging excess management fees from two venture capital funds. EIC has returned $678,681 plus… Full report at: Read More

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