Cassava Sciences (SAVA) Faces an Indictment and at Least Two Investigations
Cassava Sciences (SAVA) is a Nasdaq issuer that claims to have developed a treatment for Alzheimer’s disease; the product is currently in…
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Meta Materials (MMAT) Declares Chapter 7 Bankruptcy
On Friday, August 9, 2024, Meta Materials Inc. (MMAT) filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy. This turn of events was reported only in…
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SEC Charges Ideanomics, its former Chairman and CEO, Zheng (Bruno) Wu, current CEO, Alfred Poor, and former CFO, Federico Tovar with Accounting and Disclosure Fraud
On August 9, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC“) announced settled fraud charges against Ideanomics, Inc., formerly known as Seven Stars…
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SEC Awards Whistleblower a Bounty of More Than $37 Million
On July 26, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced an award of more than $37 million to a whistleblower whose…
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OTC Markets Group Guidance on Dilution Risk with Respect to OTCQX and OTCQB Applicants
OTC Markets offers three unique marketplaces for trading over-the-counter (OTC) stocks: the OTC Pink Market, the OTCQB Market and the OTCQX Market.…
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Attorney Mark Basile to Participate in Federal Enforcement Action SEC v. Carebourn Capital L.P. and Chip Alvin Rice
Over the past seven years or so, we’ve followed the Securities and Exchange Commission’s efforts to rein in the excesses of predatory…
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Andrew Left of Citron Research Indicted by the DOJ and Charged by the SEC
On July 26, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced litigation filed against activist short seller Andrew Left and his firm, Citron…
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Important Changes Are in Store for the SEC and Other Federal Agencies
Last week, the Supreme Court handed down two opinions that have the potential to limit the authority of the Securities and Exchange…
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Does FINRA Rule 6490 Impact Going Public Transactions?
FINRA Rule 6490 has had an important impact on going public transactions specifically reverse mergers with public shell companies.
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Benefits of Direct Public Offerings
While going public offers many benefits, it also comes with risks and a large number of regulations with which issuers must become…
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Xeriant, Inc. Fights Toxic Funder Auctus Fund in Appellate Court
Since 2017, the SEC has been bringing enforcement actions intended to curb the excesses of lenders who deal in convertible securities like…
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Meta Materials Executives, John Brda and George Palikaras, charged with Market Manipulation, Fraud and Other Violations
Thanks to an SEC Complaint filed today, MMTLP shareholders finally have the undisputable evidence needed to point their previously misguided blame for…
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What are the SEC Reporting Requirements After My Form S-1 is Effective?
Once the SEC staff declares your company’s Securities Act registration statement on Form S-1 effective, the company becomes subject to the SEC’s…
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SEC Regulation D Rule 506(b) and Regulation D Rule 506(c)
Each offer and sale of a security must be (a) registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC); or (b) subject…
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Going Public Using an S-1
Using a Form S-1 Registration Statement to Go Public Private companies that go public commonly use a registration statement (“Registration Statement”) on…
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Court denies James L. Koutoulas’ petition to quash SEC subpoena
On May 23, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida granted the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (the “SEC“)…
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Why use a Direct Public Offering (DPO) to Go Public on the OTC Markets
An Initial Public Offering or IPO is used by issuers seeking to go public using an underwriter. IPOs are typically conducted by…
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11th Circuit Upholds Unregistered Dealer Justin Keener SEC Judgment
On May 29, 2024, the U.S. Court Of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit entered its Opinion in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s…
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Tips For Going Public With A Direct Public Offering
More and more issuers going public opt for a direct public offering. Unlike an Initial Public Offering (IPO), in a direct public offering, the issuer sells…
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SEC Obtains $5.9 Million Judgment Against John Fierro in Unregistered Penny Stock Dealer Case
On May 21, 2024, Judge Georgette Castner of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey entered a final…
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Are You Ready? T+1 Trade Settlement Begins Next Week
On May 21, 2024, Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler formally announced the U.S. securities market’s switch to a T+1 standard…
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PCAOB Imposes a $400,000 Fine and Sanctions MaloneBailey, LLP for Pervasive Quality Control Violations
Less than a month after one of the biggest auditing firms in the public markets, BF Borgers, and its owner, Benjamin Borgers,…
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SEC Issues BF Borgers Exemptive Order For SEC Reporting Companies
On May 20, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) provided exemptive relief to certain SEC reporting companies affected by the SEC’s…
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CAT’s Cradle – Ongoing Problems with the SEC’s Consolidated Audit Trail
In July 2012, the SEC adopted a new Rule 613 under Section 11A(a)(3)(B) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Exchange Act”).…
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Trump Media’s auditing firm, BF Borgers, busted for “massive fraud”
On May 3, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced an enforcement action against auditing firm BF Borgers CPA PC and its…
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SEC permanently bans BF Borgers and its owner Benjamin Borgers and fines them a combined $14 million for accounting fraud
On May 3, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC“) charged audit firm BF Borgers and Its owner, Benjamin F. Borgers…
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SEC Nails BF Borgers and Ben Borgers – Issuers Must Obtain New Auditors
On May 3, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission provided a statement for issuers impacted by its enforcement action against BF Bofgers…
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SEC Charges Convertible Note Dealer Tri-Bridge Ventures, LLC and John Francis Forsythe, III for Failure to Register
On April 29, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC“) charged John Francis Forsythe, III (“Forsythe”), a resident of New Jersey,…
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SEC obtains final judgment against relief defendant in George Stubos case
On April 15, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York entered a final judgment against relief defendant…
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Companies become subject to the SEC’s periodic reporting requirements in several ways, including by filing a registration under the Securities Act of…
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