Sentences with phrase «federal securities case»

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The criminal case follows a Sept. 18 order by a federal judge in Texas that Shavers and his company pay a total of $ 40.7 million comprising illegal profit, interest and fines in a related U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission civil lawsuit.

A Texas man who operated Bitcoin Savings and Trust was charged on Thursday with bilking his investors, in what prosecutors called the first federal criminal securities fraud case arising from a bitcoin - related Ponzi scheme.

Painter recommends that Congress pass a law right now that would require that when a President or his businesses have specific matters pending before a federal agency — like, say, an Internal Revenue Service audit, or a case before the National Labor Relations Board or the Securities and Exchange Commission, or a licensing issue before the Federal Communications Commission — that the matter must be decided by a career civil servant, rather than by a political appfederal agency — like, say, an Internal Revenue Service audit, or a case before the National Labor Relations Board or the Securities and Exchange Commission, or a licensing issue before the Federal Communications Commission — that the matter must be decided by a career civil servant, rather than by a political appFederal Communications Commission — that the matter must be decided by a career civil servant, rather than by a political appointee.

In other cities, federal and state prosecutors shun securities cases for all kinds of understandable reasons.

Rigrodsky & Long, P.A., with offices in Wilmington, Delaware, Garden City, New York, and San Francisco, California, has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars on behalf of investors and achieved substantial corporate governance reforms in numerous cases nationwide, including federal securities fraud actions, shareholder class actions, and shareholder derivative actions.

Although no executive was charged in the cases, JPMorgan took the unusual step of acknowledging that it had violated federal securities laws.

The cases, known as the London Whale episode for the outsize nature of the positions, resolved inquiries from four agencies: the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Reserve and the Financial Conduct Authority in London.

Each member of the Audit Committee shall meet the independence standards and expertise requirements of the New York Stock Exchange corporate governance listing standards, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and rules promulgated thereunder, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act of 1991 (FDICIA), and other applicable laws and regulations, in each case, as of the Firm's most recent annual meeting.

Tax exemptions In general, the interest you earn from your tax - exempt municipal securities is exempt from federal income tax and in some cases, state or local income tax, depending on whether you are a resident of the state that issued the bond.

In that case, led by the civil division of the United States attorney's office for the Eastern District of California, prosecutors found that JPMorgan flouted federal laws with its sale of subprime mortgage securities from 2005 to 2007.

However, a budget deficit that takes the form of transfer payments to banks, as in the case of the post-September 2008 bank bailout, the Federal Reserve's $ 2 trillion in cash - for - trash financial swaps and the $ 700 billion QE2 credit creation by the Federal Reserve to lend to banks at 0.25 % interest in 2011, has a different effect from deficits that reflect social spending programs, Social Security and Medicare, public infrastructure investment or the purchase of other goods and services.

«A review of these documents conducted by my staff has identified 11 separate FCIC referrals of individuals or corporations to DOJ in cases where the FCIC found «serious indications of violations [s]» of federal securities or other laws.

Under the federal law Regulation D in the Securities Act of 1933, certain companies are exempt from registering the sale of securities, which are typically forms of stocks or bonds, and in the case of PeerStreet, real esSecurities Act of 1933, certain companies are exempt from registering the sale of securities, which are typically forms of stocks or bonds, and in the case of PeerStreet, real essecurities, which are typically forms of stocks or bonds, and in the case of PeerStreet, real estate debt.

A San Francisco federal judge, in what was apparently the first case to cite last month's SCOTUS opinion Cyan v. Beaver County Employees Retirement Fund remanded a securities class action against a blockchain startup to San Francisco Superior Court while keeping another in federal court.

Our attorneys successfully have argued appeals in landmark cases under the federal securities laws and the Commodity Exchange Act.

They make a strong case for greater government regulation, especially by the federal Securities and Exchange Commission, as well as more stringent oversight on the part of corporate boards of directors.

He litigated major law reform and class action cases in the federal court of appeals and Supreme Court on Social Security, Medicaid, Aid to Families with Dependent Children, SNAP / Food Stamps and other public benefits issues, and the rights of children born out of wedlock.

Fighting for more federal homeland security money, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio spent the day in Washington, D.C. making his case to Congress.

Justice Baba Yusuf of tahe Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting in Abuja again on Friday adjourned the case of the former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd), till February 4 for the hearing of his application for stay of proceedings.

The Sultan Ibrahim Dasuki Progressive Association (SIDPA), for and on behalf of the entire members of Sultan Dasuki family, wish to request the Federal Government, under the leadership of Muhammadu Buhari, to respect the rule of law in the case of our son, brother and cousin and the former National Security Adviser (NSA), Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd) to release him from detention

In most cases, however, the Federal Reserve purchases Treasury securities on the open market as well, which is why such purchases are called open market operations.

When the Federal Reserve purchases Treasury securities, it could purchase them from the US Treasury when they're first auctioned off, in which case the money would go to the US government.

The EFCC also in the charges alleged that Nwobike on a text message to Mr Jide a Federal High Court Assistant Registrar ordered that the case Odefa Obasi Odefa and the Security Exchange Commission (SEC) with Suit No.

In another case, a federal magistrate judge acknowledged how security camera footage of an arrest contradicted officer testimony, writing, «The video seems to tell a different story.»

«The Wolf of Wall Street «Synopsis: A New York stockbroker with a ridiculously decadent lifestyle refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, organized crime and the federal government.

Those cases alone could cost the Social Security system $ 450 million, according to a recent federal audit.

While at FTA, Ron litigated environmental, drug testing, and FOIA cases, reviewed and enforced Federal grants, earned a Secretarial award for work on transit security, and counseled FTA's Lower Manhattan Recovery Office on the oversight of FTA's post-9 / 11 recovery projects.

We have had several inquiries about whether the DOJ advice to Federal prosecutors regarding pursuing criminal cases will have an impact upon the Department of Transportation's longstanding regulation about the use of marijuana by safety ‐ sensitive transportation employees — pilots, school bus drivers, truck drivers, train engineers, subway operators, aircraft maintenance personnel, transit fire ‐ armed security personnel, ship captains, and pipeline emergency response personnel, among others.

He made no mention of changes he made to health transfers and old age security that take effect in the future, after the next federal election, and in the case of OAS, in 2022.

Municipal securities offer interest that is exempt from federal income tax, and, in some cases, state and local tax as well.

Invest in high - quality, short - term municipal money market securities that are typically exempt from federal income taxes, and in some cases the alternative minimum tax.

In all of these cases, the money reported on Form 1099 - MISC is not taxable income to you, and it is neither subject to Self - Employment tax (basically, Social Security and Medicare tax — both the employee's share and the employer's share) nor to (Federal) income tax.

In that case, a Clinton appointed federal judge, whose appointment was approved by Biden's Judiciary Committee, ruled that a disabled 45 - year - old woman whose entire income is $ 10,000 per year in Social Security did not meet the «undue hardship» test for discharging her student loans.

Under the federal law Regulation D in the Securities Act of 1933, certain companies are exempt from registering the sale of securities, which are typically forms of stocks or bonds, and in the case of PeerStreet, real esSecurities Act of 1933, certain companies are exempt from registering the sale of securities, which are typically forms of stocks or bonds, and in the case of PeerStreet, real essecurities, which are typically forms of stocks or bonds, and in the case of PeerStreet, real estate debt.

Like all treasury securities, they are exempt from state and local taxes, but in the specific case of savings bonds, all federal taxes may be deferred until the bond is redeemed.

Case in point: the Federal Reserve Bank of New York reports that scammers are telling people they can pay their bills using so - called «secret accounts» or «Social Security trust accounts»...

In many cases, you can provide a social security number instead of a federal tax ID (EIN) on your small business credit card application.

Kaylin also has significant experience handling commercial litigation matters in both state and federal court, representing corporate clients and individuals in a wide range of matters, including complex breach of contract cases, writs of garnishment and replevin, business torts, and fraud and securities litigation.

Neal's business litigation experience has included the successful trial and arbitration of cases involving a broad spectrum of issues, including but not limited to the Uniform Commercial Code, «lender liability» law, fraudulent conveyance avoidance, preference avoidance, partnership disputes, state and federal securities law issues, business torts, and contract law.

During his 21 - year legal career, Mr. Goldberg has litigated hundreds of cases in federal and state courts throughout the United States involving claims of retaliation, discrimination, wrongful termination, fraud, defamation, breach of fiduciary duty, and breach of contract, as well as commercial contract disputes, civil RICO, ERISA, trade secrets and restrictive covenants, corporate governance disputes, minority shareholder disputes, partnership disputes, Madoff counseling and defense, advancement and indemnification proceedings, whistleblower actions (SOX and CEPA), executive compensation counseling, litigation, and arbitration, international litigation and arbitration, antitrust litigation and arbitration, products liability litigation, environmental and toxic tort litigation, and securities fraud.

Of the hundreds of federal subagencies today, just three of those subagencies — the Social Security Administration, Office of Medicare Hearings and Appeals, and the U.S. Immigration Court — are reported to maintain a backlog of approximately 3 million cases.

She has represented clients in both federal and state courts in a variety of matters, including fraud, breach of contract, accounting malpractice, securities, lender liability and intellectual property cases.

John Klamann has been lead Class Counsel in a certified class action cases involving the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), federal and State securities anti-fraud laws and regulations, environmental contamination and toxic exposures, real estate, proprietary school litigation, and other collective action cases.

Exceptional revocation cases that raise complex issues of fact and law, such as those involving war crimes and crimes against humanity, as well as cases regarding security, other human or international rights violations and organized criminality, would instead be decided by the federal court.

The collection includes nearly 15,000 federal securities litigation cases and over 1 million securities - specific docket entries filed since 2009.

It was through that work that he became aware that some of the federal circuit cases he had published contained personal information such as Social Security and alien identification numbers.

In the Federal District Court, Pensacola and Panama City divisions, we have tried to jury verdict cases involving various types of alleged conduct including conspiracy, money laundering, drug trafficking, mortgage fraud, mail and wire fraud, bank fraud, perjury, internet crimes, bank robbery and securities or investment fraud.

Doug Smith has litigated cases at both the trial and appellate stage in state and federal courts throughout the country, including commercial, mass tort, product liability, securities, bankruptcy, environmental, and intellectual property cases.

I was doing mostly general commercial litigation, and then in my last six months, I had a litigation case involving the federal securities laws.

Courtney Culver Baker has experience throughout the State of Texas in both state and federal courts, as well as the Fifth Circuit, representing corporate, not - for - profit and individual clients both in pursuing and defending cases in areas including business and contract disputes, real estate, catastrophic personal injury, ad valorem taxation, securities disputes, insurance coverage, professional liability and trademark infringement.