/securities?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Securities Copyright 2025 sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½. en-US Fri, 29 Aug 2025 22:32:02 +0000 /securities/articles/2382312?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /securities/articles/2382312 Federal Reserve Board Governor Lisa Cook didn't walk away from her Friday emergency hearing with the temporary restraining order she was looking for, but a D.C. federal judge said she was willing to expedite briefing over the president's attempt to strip Cook of her position. Fri, 29 Aug 2025 22:15:29 +0000 /securities/articles/2382641?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /securities/articles/2382641 A Texas federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked the state attorney general from enforcing a new state law that requires proxy advisory firms to disclose when their advice stems from factors such as diversity and inclusion, siding with the companies that argued the law breaches the First Amendment. Fri, 29 Aug 2025 21:26:38 +0000 /securities/articles/2382425?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /securities/articles/2382425 The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is pushing back on cryptocurrency project Mango Labs' bid to undo a nearly $700,000 settlement, saying the project's crypto policy pivot and subsequent dismissal of certain crypto enforcement actions aren't reasons to remedy its "buyers' remorse" over the deal. Fri, 29 Aug 2025 20:52:22 +0000 /securities/articles/2381736?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /securities/articles/2381736 As the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission prepares to welcome a new enforcement director after nearly a year without someone permanently in the role, securities industry insiders are waiting to see how the former military judge will leave her mark on an agency that is already in the midst of transformation. Fri, 29 Aug 2025 20:36:45 +0000 /securities/articles/2382579?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /securities/articles/2382579 The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission was not in the wrong for withholding information related to a 2022 internal information breach from a conservative civil rights organization that requested documents on the matter, a Washington, D.C., judge determined on Friday, citing the attorney work-product doctrine. Fri, 29 Aug 2025 20:05:02 +0000 /securities/articles/2382569?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /securities/articles/2382569 A divided Ninth Circuit on Friday revived a proposed investor class action suit accusing Robinhood Markets Inc. of failing to disclose a downturn in user interest ahead of its $2.1 billion initial public offering, ruling that corporations planning to go public have a duty to disclose material financial information even from quarters that have just ended. Fri, 29 Aug 2025 19:13:05 +0000 /securities/articles/2382596?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /securities/articles/2382596 The Delaware Court of Chancery ruled Friday that an executive's January removal from the board of kids phone company Gabb Wireless was invalid, saying the stockholder vote to strip Stephen Dalby from his position was orchestrated by obscuring that the company's early investors were behind the ouster. Fri, 29 Aug 2025 18:56:47 +0000 /securities/articles/2382085?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /securities/articles/2382085 A Georgia federal court has determined that fraud and racketeering claims from a group of Chinese and American investors in a real estate investment suit alleging a group of fraudsters duped them out of millions of dollars with bogus representations are barred by merger clauses and federal securities regulations. Fri, 29 Aug 2025 18:31:33 +0000 /securities/articles/2382393?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /securities/articles/2382393 A proposed class action by Walmart investors claiming the company misled them by failing to disclose a federal opioid investigation was rejected Friday by the Third Circuit, which held the retailer's U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filings were not false or misleading. Fri, 29 Aug 2025 17:51:30 +0000 /securities/articles/2382041?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /securities/articles/2382041 A real estate investment firm owner who transferred investor money to his friends' companies without permission and advertised to his own less-educated Amish community was properly sentenced to eight years in prison, the Seventh Circuit has ruled. Fri, 29 Aug 2025 17:37:03 +0000 /securities/articles/2382581?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /securities/articles/2382581 Vanguard Advisers Inc. agreed on Friday to pay $19.5 million to resolve claims from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that it failed to adequately disclose conflicts of interest in connection with its recommendation to clients to enroll in its managed account program. Fri, 29 Aug 2025 17:23:33 +0000 /securities/articles/2381943?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /securities/articles/2381943 A California couple who say they lost $600,000 in a so-called pig butchering investing scam have sued several financial institutions, including three banks and two fintech payment platforms, alleging the banks chose to "bury their heads in the sand" as the purported scammers took advantage of their targets. Fri, 29 Aug 2025 17:04:21 +0000 /securities/articles/2380762?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /securities/articles/2380762 Three recent conviction reversals from New York federal courts highlight the challenges that prosecutors face in establishing fraud and market manipulation allegations, suggesting that courts are increasingly reluctant to find criminal liability when novel theories are advanced, say attorneys at WilmerHale. Fri, 29 Aug 2025 16:33:42 +0000 /securities/articles/2381748?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /securities/articles/2381748 Attorneys at Greenberg Traurig discuss how the March and June amendments to the Delaware General Corporation Law affect the drafting of corporate and M&A documents, including board resolutions, governing documents, and books and records demands. Fri, 29 Aug 2025 16:13:25 +0000 /securities/articles/2380820?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /securities/articles/2380820 Nikki Hurtado at The Ferraro Law Firm tells her story of being a first-generation lawyer and how others who begin their professional journeys without the benefit of playbooks handed down by relatives can turn this disadvantage into their greatest strength. Fri, 29 Aug 2025 16:07:37 +0000 /securities/articles/2382410?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /securities/articles/2382410 The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and Elon Musk have both moved for early victories in a lawsuit accusing Musk of failing to timely disclose a beneficial ownership stake in Twitter, with the billionaire owner of the social media site calling the case one of "gross governmental overreach." Fri, 29 Aug 2025 15:38:38 +0000 /securities/articles/2382460?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /securities/articles/2382460 Attorneys for a concrete company taken private in an $11.5 billion merger in February have called for dismissal of a stockholder's document suit, saying he lost standing to sue for deal-related books and records when he dropped an earlier books demand and challenged the merger outright. Fri, 29 Aug 2025 15:34:38 +0000 /securities/articles/2382348?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /securities/articles/2382348 PepsiCo Inc. said on Friday it has acquired $585 million of newly issued 5% convertible preferred stock in Celsius Holdings Inc., part of a broader effort to fine-tune its presence in the U.S. and Canadian energy drink markets, in a deal guided by four law firms. Fri, 29 Aug 2025 14:53:21 +0000 /securities/articles/2382358?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /securities/articles/2382358 North American oil producer Strathcona Resources Ltd. has unveiled plans to up its stake in Canadian oil sands producer MEG Energy by 5%, a move that marks an attempt to block Cenovus Energy's planned CA$7.9 billion ($5.7 billion) takeover of MEG. Fri, 29 Aug 2025 13:23:54 +0000 /securities/articles/2379809?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /securities/articles/2379809 President Donald Trump's recent executive order on the practice of closing or refusing to open accounts for high-risk customers has heightened scrutiny on "debanking," but practical steps can help financial institutions reduce the likelihood of becoming involved in investigations, say attorneys at Winston & Strawn.