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Regulation S-K Item 509

Securities Law Blog Issuers filing registration statements on Form S-1 for direct public offerings in their going public transactions must comply with Regulation S-K Item 509. Item 509…

FINRA Brings Transparency to Rule 144A Corporate Debt Transactions

On June 30, 2014, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) began publicly disseminating Rule 144A transaction data in corporate debt securities, bringing…

FINRA Fines Goldman Sachs Execution & Clearing $800,000

Securities Lawyer 101 Blog On July 1, 2014, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) announced that it had fined Goldman Sachs Execution…

Securities Lawyers Gone Wild – Marcus Luna

On June 27, 2014, the U.S. District Court of Nevada issued an order imposing sanctions against a securities attorney, Marcus Luna, three…

SEC Charges 3 Regions Bank Executives

Securities Lawyer 101 Blog On June 25, 2014, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) announced fraud charges against three former senior…

Being Publicly Traded By: The Going Public Lawyers

Securities Lawyer 101 Blog After an issuer completes its going public transaction, an issuer that has filed a registration statement for an…

Regulation S-K Item 507 – Going Public Attorneys

Issuers filing registration statements on Form S-1 must provide the Information required by Item 507 of Regulation S-K. Selling security holder disclosures…

FINRA Bars Success Trade Securities By: Brenda Hamilton Attorney

Securities Lawyer 101 Blog This month Success Trade Securities was ordered to pay $13.7 million in restitution and expelled by a Financial…

Transparency Bootcamp – Custodianship Disclosures In Reverse Mergers

Securities Lawyer 101 Blog Recently custodianship and/or receivership proceedings involving publicly traded companies have been in the spotlight because of the increasing…

Transparency Bootcamp – BrokerCheck 101 By: Brenda Hamilton Attorney

Securities Lawyer 101 Blog Any investor seeking to find out information about a penny stock should begin by investigating management, brokers and…

SEC Extends DTC Proposal Period By: Brenda Hamilton

Securities Lawyer 101 Blog On December 5, 2013, The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) submitted DTC proposals to change SR-DTC-2013-11 (“Proposed Rules”) pursuant…

New OTCQB Requirements, Listing & Quotation – OTCQB Lawyer

Hamilton & Associates Law Group – Client Update The OTC Markets Group recently established new eligibility standards for the securities companies to…

Form S-1 Going Public Bootcamp – Going Public Lawyers

The process of “going public” with a SEC registration statement is complex and at times precarious. While going public offers many benefits it also comes…

Going Public Lawyer Insights About DPOI’s & IPO’s

A private company going public is subject to three federal securities laws, each with its own unique requirements. The three laws are…

SEC Periodic Reports – Going Public Attorneys

Issuers become subject to the SEC’s periodic reporting requirements a number of ways including by filing a registration under the Securities Act…

DPO-IPO Registration Statement Attorneys

Many private companies particularly small businesses are unable to locate an underwriter prior to filing a registration statement to go public. Registration…

SEC Issues Trading Suspensions To Prevent Corporate Hijackings

On June 11, 2014, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced the temporary suspension of trading in the securities of LifeHealthCare, Inc. (LFHE), Smartlinx, Inc.…

SEC Initiates Proceedings Against Six Issuers to Prevent Corporate Hijackings

This week the Securities and Exchange Commission (“Commission”) announced it deemed it necessary and appropriate for the protection of investors that public administrative…

SEC Reinstates Richard Hylland, CPA to Practice Before the Commission

Securities Lawyer 101 Blog On June 11, 2014, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) announced that it had reinstated Richard Hylland,…

SEC Charges Robert Acri – Chicago Securities Attorney

On June 12, 2014, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) charged a securities attorney and founder of an investment advisory…

SEC Charges Reverse Merger Purveyors By: Brenda Hamilton Attorney

Securities Lawyer 101 Blog On May 5, 2014, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) charged a Toronto-based consultant and four associates…

Fugitive Fraudster Aubrey Price Pleads Guilty

Posted by Brenda Hamilton Securities Attorney On June 5, 2014, fugitive banker Aubrey Price plead guilty to bank, securities and wire…

$875,000 Awarded to SEC Whistleblower By: Brenda Hamilton Attorney

Securities Lawyer 101 Blog This week the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) announced a whistleblower award of more than $875,000 to be…

Unregistered Broker-Dealer Activity on the Rise By: Brenda Hamilton

The Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) Division of Enforcement is pursuing unregistered broker-dealer activity which runs rampant in the penny stock markets. …

SEC Charges John Bensen & DGSE Companies By: Brenda Hamilton Attorney

Securities Lawyer 101 Blog On May 27, 2014, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) announced accounting fraud charges against a Dallas-based company…

Gendarme & Ezat Rahimi Settle SEC Charges

Settlements have been approved resolving claims by the Securities and Exchange Commission against Gendarme Capital Corporation, its former principal, Ezat Rahimi, and…

SEC Obtains Judgment Against Inofin Management By: Brenda Hamilton Attorney

Securities Lawyer 101 Blog On May 28, 2014, the Securities and Exchange Commission ( “SEC”) announced that the U.S. District Court for the…

SEC Charges Transfer Agent, IST Shareholder Services By: Brenda Hamilton Attorney

Securities Lawyer 101 Blog On May 28, 2014, the SEC announced fraud charges and an emergency asset freeze against IST Shareholder Services, a…

SEC Charges Neal V. Goyal in Ponzi Scheme By: Brenda Hamilton Attorney

Securities Lawyer Blog On May 28, 2014, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) obtained a court order freezing assets and halting a…

SEC Settles Charges in We the People Charity Fraud Case By: Brenda Hamilton Attorney

Securities Lawyer 101 Blog May 29, 2014, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced that a Florida husband and wife were charged last…

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