By: Sara Kropf A confession: I picked this post topic because I kept seeing articles about Bitcoins and still did not understand what the heck they were. So I figured that if I wrote a post about it, then I’d be forced to learn. After some research, I learned enough...
By: Sara Kropf We’ve all seen the headline: “SEC charges S.A.C. Capital’s Steven A. Cohen.” There has been so much press about this investigation, particularly the criminal side of it, that it almost feels as though the SEC had to charge him or risk looking weak. The...
By: Sara Kropf You may not have heard of the SEC’s Cross-Border Working Group but if you are a company with substantial foreign operations that trades in the United States, chances are the Working Group has heard of you. Since it began, the Working Group has led to...
By: Sara Kropf This is the first of what will be recurring posts that offer quick summaries of similar cases. Think of them as the Kay and Peele version of my blog posts, though not nearly as funny and always safe for work. SEC v. Richard Bruce Moore: The SEC charged...
By: Sara Kropf A former corporate executive was recently sued by the SEC for insider trading based on information he learned during meetings of the World Presidents’ Organization (“WPO”). Mark Begelman, who lives in Florida, is no stranger to corporate governance. ...