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- Enforcement News: SEC Settles Charges Against Registered Broker-Dealer for Violating Reg BI
BI”). 1 See here . 2 As a general matter, Reg BI requires a broker, dealer, or associated person to act LLC (“TC Services” or “Respondent”), a subsidiary of Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America conduct beyond existing suitability obligations, by requiring broker-dealers to, among other things: act This includes a disclosure that the firm or representative is acting in a broker-dealer capacity; the See Regulation Best Interest: The Broker-Dealer Standard of Conduct, Exchange Act Release No. 34-86031
- Information and Belief Allegations Do Not Suffice to State a Claim for Fraud
inducement claim, the Court held that such pleading was “per se defective.” 1 Rosenberg is a class action Plaintiffs commenced the action on September 20, 2021, asserting seven causes of action. Relevant to this article, in their fifth cause of action, plaintiffs alleged that defendants fraudulently to sustain allegations of fraud.” 4 The motion court held that plaintiffs failed to state a cause of action American Int. Grp., Inc. , 30 N.Y.3d 288, 310 (2017) (quoting Eurycleia Partners, LP v.
- Enforcement News: Cherry-Picking Revisited
order ( here ), the SEC found that Glenn and GlennCap violated Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder, Section 17(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, and Sections 206(1) and 206(2) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. dealer, municipal advisor, or nationally recognized statistical rating organization, as well as from acting
- Agritech, Inc. v. Resh: U.S. Supreme Court Holds Equitable Tolling Not Applicable to the Filing of Successive Class Actions
In American Pipe , the Court held that the filing of a class action lawsuit tolls the statute of limitations is tolled under American Pipe . But American Pipe does not permit the maintenance of a follow-on class action past expiration of the discovery and deferral of a lead-plaintiff ruling (required under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act “institutional investors will no longer be able to ‘wait and see’ whether to opt out of Securities Act
- BCL § 630(a): The 10 Largest Shareholders and Suing for Compensation
If the laborer, servant or employee files an “action to enforce such liability”, then the action must unsatisfied against the corporation upon a judgment recovered against it for such services.” 1 An action Plaintiffs are former employees of nonparty IntegraMed America, Inc. During the pendency of IntegraMed America’s bankruptcy, plaintiffs sued Sagard Capital Partners, L.P. , plaintiffs negate that allegation by repeatedly … admitting defendant actually owns three “shell” entities
- FAPA and Statutes of Limitation Revisited
The Foreclosure Abuse Prevention Act (“FAPA”), “represents the Legislature’s response to litigation strategies (the “First Action”). The First Action was voluntarily discontinued in 2016 by court order. was commenced more than six years after the First Action. relationship between the statute of limitations, acceleration and the Foreclosure Abuse Prevention Act
- Enforcement News: SEC Charges Movie Actor With Unlawfully Touting Cryptocurrency Offering
securities, for making false and misleading statements in connection with the sale of securities, and for acting On February 27, 2020, the SEC announced (here) that it settled charges against the movie actor Steven Section 17(b) of the Securities Act of 1933 makes it unlawful for any person to promote a security without findings, and to settle the charges, Seagal agreed to pay $157,000 in disgorgement, which represented his actual
- Conspiracy Theory Jurisdiction. Who Knew?
personal jurisdiction over a non-domiciliary who “in person or through an agent … commits a tortious act that the defendant was a member. 9 The plaintiff must also “demonstrate the commission of an overt act ; and (c) the co-conspirators acting in New York acted at the direction or under the control, or at the ’ acted at BRHI’s request, direction or control. or acts.
- Enforcement News: Penny Stocks and the Importance of Registering as a Broker
that person is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).1 Whether a person is acting as a “broker” is governed by Section 3(a)(4)(A) of the Exchange Act, 15 U.S.C. §78c(a)(4)(A). According to the SEC, from 2019 through at least May 2022, the individual defendants, acting through SEC charged defendants with violating the registration requirement of Section 15(a) of the Exchange Act Footnote Section 15(a)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, 15 U.S.C. §78o(a) (“Exchange Act”).
- First Department Concludes the Automatic Stay of Discovery Under the PSLRA Does Not Apply During the Pendency of an Appeal
Haber Under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (“PSLRA), a mandatory stay of discovery is imposed “ n any private action arising under” the Securities Act of 1933 (“Securities Act”) “during Plaintiff, Camelot Event Driven Fund (“Camelot”), commenced the action in August 2021, against Defendants for violations of the Securities Act in connection with public offerings of preferred and common stock state or federal court” 1 as opposed to subsection (a) of 15 U.S.C. § 77z-1, which “applies only to actions
- Court Affirms Denial of Motion to Dismiss Aiding and Abetting a Fraud Claim, Finding All Elements Adequately Pleaded
of a false statement or omission, an aiding‑and‑abetting theory turns on whether the defendant had actual primary wrongdoing and provided substantial assistance that helped bring about the fraudulent result.¹ Actual facilitating transactions integral to the scheme, helping to conceal or disguise the misconduct, or failing to act It further alleged that, acting in conjunction with the other defendants, Bahram omitted certain information must allege that the defendant (1) affirmatively assisted, helped conceal, or by virtue of failing to act
- Enforcement News: SEC Charges Los Angeles-Based Actor and His Company with Operating a $690 Million Ponzi Scheme
Zach Avery, a Los Angeles-based actor known for low budget features such as “Trespassers” and “The White

