Securities Lawyer 101 Blog The Latin phrase Caveat Emptor means “let the buyer beware.” The application of the Caveat Emptor principle is most often applied in the sale of property where a purchaser has a specific period of… Read More
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Securities Lawyer 101 Blog On January 16, 2014, a federal grand jury in San Jose returned a 12-count indictment charging two antique dealers with conspiracy to commit mail fraud and wire fraud, mail fraud, and wire fraud relating… Read More
Securities Lawyer 101 Blog The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) recently suspended and fined Advisor Thomas Mikolasko, (“Mikolasko”) of HFP Capital Markets LLC (“HFP”). According to FINRA, Mikolasko made material misrepresentations and omissions of material fact in connection… Read More
Lawrence Hartman, a Florida securities lawyer, plead guilty to a charge of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud for his role in a Corporate Hijacking and shell trafficking fraud scheme that swindled victims out of more than… Read More
Securities Lawyer 101 Blog Private companies in going public transactions seeking to have their securities quoted on the OTC Markets OTCQB must first become reporting with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). This is typically accomplished by… Read More
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Securities Lawyer 101 Blog The Department of Justice (“DOJ”) prosecution of Sandy Winick and eight co-conspirators for financial crimes, announced in August 2013, has sparked considerable interest among penny stock observers. According to regulators, for more than a… Read More
Securities Lawyer 101 Blog In late August 2013, as part of its continuing crackdown on U.S. tax evaders, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced an agreement with the Swiss Federal Department of Finance. While the Swiss Department of… Read More
Securities Lawyer 101 Blog In September 2013, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”), with the help of the National Center for Victims of Crime, compiled and circulated “An Advocate’s Guide to Assisting Victims of Financial Fraud.” The lengthy… Read More
Securities Lawyer 101 Blog On August 7, Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) released a report identifying threats to the stability of the financial markets. DTCC considers cyber-attacks that can bypass U.S. and E.U. industry security systems and laws to be the most significant… Read More
Category: Blog Posts Tags: Alternative Reporting, Alternative Reporting Requirements, Direct Public Offering, Direct Public Offering Attorney, Direct Public Offering Attorneys, Direct Public Offering Lawyer, Exchange Act, Form 1-A, Form 1-K, Form 1-SA, Form 1-Z, Form 211, Form S-1, Form S-1 Attorney, Form S-1 Lawyer, Form SEC, Go Public Direct, Going Public Attorney, Going Public Attorneys, Going Public Lawyer, Going Public Lawyers, Market Maker, OTC Markets, OTC Markets Alternative Reporting, OTC Markets and Sponsoring Market Maker, OTC Markets Attorney, OTC Markets Group, OTC Markets Lawyer, OTC Markets Link, OTC Markets Market Maker, OTC Markets OTC Pink, OTC Markets OTCAX, OTC Markets OTCQB, OTC Markets OTCQX, OTC Markets Sponsoring Market Maker, OTC Pink, OTCQB lawyer, OTCQX, Registered Direct Public Offering, Registration Statement, Regulation A, Regulation A Qualification, Regulation A Reporting, Rule 15c2-11, SEC Effectiveness, SEC Qualification, SEC Reporting, SEC Reporting Obligations, SEC Reporting Requirements, Securities Act
Securities Lawyer 101 Blog On August 19, 2013, the Federal Bureau of Investigation circulated a new Wanted by the FBI poster to announce that Sandy Winick, indicted the week before on multiple counts of stock manipulation, wire fraud,… Read More
Securities Lawyer 101 Blog On August 19, 2013, the Federal Bureau of Investigation circulated a new Wanted by the FBI poster to announce that Sandy Winick, indicted the week before on multiple counts of stock manipulation, wire fraud, and… Read More
Securities Lawyer 101 Blog On August 13, 2013, John Jordan, former chief executive of Vida Life International Ltd., a public company that trades on the OTCMarkets OTCQB as VILF, was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison for… Read More
Securities Lawyer 101 Blog On July 15, 2013, Colorado Attorney General John Suthers announced that a grand jury had indicted Robert Zickefoose on seven counts of securities fraud. Zickefoose is the owner and president of Zickefoose Reserves, LLC,… Read More
Securities Lawyer 101 Blog On August 5, 2013, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) announced that it had fined Oppenheimer and Co., Inc. $1,425,000 for allowing the sale of unregistered stock of penny companies, and for its failure to… Read More
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The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) is investigating Trading Algorithms and whether trading firms that engage in high frequency trading have proper controls in place to ensure their trading algorithms do not malfunction and cause harm to public markets. The regulator… Read More
Securities Lawyer 101 Blog The OTC Markets Group operates an electronic inter-dealer quotation system called OTC Link that broker-dealers use to trade securities not listed on a national securities-related exchange. OTC Markets rank issuers in tiers; each issuer’s… Read More
Category: Going Public Tags: 10-K, 10-Q, 15c-211, Alternative Reporting, Alternative Reporting Requirements, Direct Public Offering, Direct Public Offering Attorney, Direct Public Offering Attorneys, Direct Public Offering Lawyer, Exchange Act, Form 1-A, Form 1-K, Form 1-SA, Form 1-Z, Form 211, Form S-1, Form S-1 Attorney, Form S-1 Lawyer, Form SEC, Go Public Direct, Going Public Attorney, Going Public Attorneys, Going Public Lawyer, Going Public Lawyers, Market Maker, OTC Markets, OTC Markets Alternative Reporting, OTC Markets and Sponsoring Market Maker, OTC Markets Attorney, OTC Markets Group, OTC Markets Lawyer, OTC Markets Link, OTC Markets Market Maker, OTC Markets OTC Pink, OTC Markets OTCQB, OTC Markets OTCQX, OTC Markets Sponsoring Market Maker, OTC Pink, OTC Pink Attorney, OTC Pink Current, OTC Pink Issuer, OTC PINK Lawyer, OTC Pink Market, OTC Pink Rules, OTCQX, Registered Direct Public Offering, Registration Statement, Regulation A, Regulation A Qualification, Regulation A Reporting, Rule 15c2-11, SEC Effectiveness, SEC Qualification, SEC Reporting, SEC Reporting Obligations, SEC Reporting Requirements, Securities Act
Securities Lawyer 101 Blog Since 2010, allegations of securities fraud involving Chinese reverse merger companies have mounted. By December 31 2012, the auditors of at least 67 China-based U.S. public companies had resigned, and 126 China- based public… Read More
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Securities Lawyer 101 Blog FINRA Rule 6490, enacted over two years ago requires issuers of securities not listed on exchanges to provide timely notice to FINRA of certain corporate actions including reverse mergers. Rule 6490 applies to corporate… Read More
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Securities Lawyer 101 Blog The OTCMarkets Group operates an electronic inter-dealer quotation system called OTC Link that broker-dealers use to trade securities not listed on a national securities-related exchange. OTCMarkets rank issuers in tiers; each issuer’s rank depends… Read More
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Securities Lawyer 101 Blog The OTC Markets Group operates an electronic inter-dealer quotation system called OTC Link that broker-dealers use to trade securities not listed on a national securities-related exchange. OTC Markets has three OTC Pink tiers. Each issuer’s… Read More
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Securities Lawyer 101 Blog On January 3, 2013, OTC Markets revised its disclosure requirements for issuers quoted on OTC Markets’ “OTC Pink Current Information” tier. As set forth in our January 4, 2013 blog post, these revisions reduced the… Read More
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Significant changes to FINRA Rule 6490 were enacted in September 2010. Though FINRA’s principal mandate is to regulate broker-dealers, historically it has always exercised some oversight of the over-the-counter markets. Part of that oversight involves processing corporate action… Read More
Category: Blog Posts Tags: Corporate Action, FINRA 6490, FINRA Corporate Action Request, FINRA Processing Corporate Action, FINRA Rule 6490, Form 10, Form F-1, Form S--1 filing, Form S-1, Form S-1 Attorney, Form S-1 Attorneys, Form S-1 Lawyer, Form S-1 lawyers, Form s-1 registration statement filing, Form S-1. Registration Statement, Go Public, Go Public Direct, Going Public, going public transactions, OTC Markets, OTC Pink, OTCQB, Public, Register Securities, Registration Statement, Reverse Merger, Reverse Merger Transaction, Reverse Mergers, SEC Registration, SEC Registration Statement, SEC Reporting Requirements, SEC Rule 6490, Section 12(b), Section 12(g), Securities Exchange Act, securities offerings
FINRA Rule 6490, recently enacted in September 2010, requires issuers of securities not listed on exchanges to provide timely notice to FINRA of certain corporate actions including reverse mergers. Rule 6490 corporate actions include name changes, forward… Read More
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