Nekia Hackworth Jones was among the Securities and Exchange Commission's highest-ranking Black lawyers. She led the agency's ...

“The longer the shutdown extends the more opportunity there is for problems,” said former U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission attorney Ryan Adams. U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission staff ...

It is hard to imagine that there is a brokerage or advisory compliance official or c-suite executive who hasn’t had at least one sleepless night worrying about whether or not their firm would pass ...

The SEC has accused former advisor Ian Gregory Bell of defrauding at least 29 investors—some of whom were listed as “professional athletes”—of more than $1.3 million in a day-trading scheme that ...

The SEC has charged 11 more individuals in a fraudulent scheme involving the use of squawk boxes to front run institutional trades. The SEC, in a civil injunctive action, alleges that five former A.B.

President-elect Trump announced Thursday that Jay Clayton, former chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), will serve as U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York. The role is ...

October 13, 2025 - Two decades ago, the legal market for securities lawyers was deep, stable, and well-supplied. Law firms and public companies alike maintained robust benches of attorneys with ...