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Elon Musk’s Tweets and Popular Cryptocurrencies
Back in 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission settled a securities fraud charge with Tesla and Elon Musk. The charge arose as a result of a Musk tweet that he had secured funding to take Tesla private, causing...
Rule 10b5-1 Trading Plans Under Scrutiny: Are They Subject To Insider Trading Abuse?
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is working to overhaul the rule that protects corporate executives from insider trading accusations when they buy or sell their company’s stocks. Executives are regularly...
Reverse Piercing Of The Corporate Veil In Securities Litigation
Reverse veil-piercing has become a limited means to remedy fraud and injustice between shareholders and corporations. Reverse piercing of the corporate veil occurs when a claimant seeks to hold a corporation liable for the...
Investors and Cannabis
Credit Suisse informed investors that it would no longer execute transactions for certain cannabis companies with US operations or hold them on behalf of clients back in March.[1] The weed industry is booming, with Cannabis...
Pharma Industry Takes Advantage of COVID Epidemic to Mislead Investors
Over the past year, several major players in the pharmaceutical industry have faced severe shareholder scrutiny for misleading the public regarding their roles in the production of COVID-19 vaccines. The company to most...
SEC Focuses on the Rise of SPACs
Special purpose acquisition companies, or SPACs, have become the new, go-to structure for taking private companies public. These companies begin as shell corporations listed on public stock exchanges. Often, they report a...
The Curious Case of Corporate Waste
Private jets, million-dollar compensations and bonuses during COVID-19? When does corporate waste get of hand and becomes actionable? Corporate waste is when exchange is “so one sided that no business person of ordinary,...
Diversity, Discrimination, and Derivative Suits
Shareholder derivative suits are brought by an investor on behalf of the corporation itself. In a derivative case, the plaintiff alleges that the actions of the defendants, typically the company’s officers and directors,...
Delaware Supreme Court Issues a Win for Investors in Recent Decision
The Delaware Supreme Court ruled in favor of stockholders when affirming a Court of Chancery decision ordering the production of books and records in response to a Section 220 demand. Defendants in this case,...
FTC Continues Enforcement of Consumer Data Rights in 2021
The FTC showed their continued efforts to defend consumer data privacy in the new year with in reaching a settlement with Flo Health, Inc (“Flo” or “the Company”). The FTC filed a complaint against Flo for sharing the...