Having lost her initial suit (and appeal) to enjoin an SEC administrative enforcement action against her, the so-called "diva of distressed," Lynn Tilton recently filed another lawsuit trying to halt her upcoming October 24 hearing before an SEC administrative law judge.
In her last suit, Tilton argued the SEC's administrative forum - particularly the selection of the ALJs who hear the proceedings - was unconstitutional under the Appointments Clause. Her new suit raises different arguments, claiming that SEC has a pattern and practice of depriving respondents of their Fifth ...
The Securities Division of Tennessee's Department of Commerce and Industry has increased its enforcement activity during 2016. The recent actions include:
Final Administrative Orders:
Clifton Alexander and HugeROI.com - May 30, 2016
Anthony Dean Myers, Sr. - May 24, 2016
Cease & Desist Orders:
Broad Street Ventures - August 12, 2016
Cumulus Financial - October 29, 2015
Consent Orders:
Wortham Laboratories - August 12, 2016
Charles Sims, Jr. - August 3, 2016
Scott B. Chitwood - July 21, 2016
The Homes Email Business Corp. - May 23, 2016
Initial Orders:
Black Gold Resources, Inc ...
The SEC announced August 25 that it approved FINRA's pay-to-play rules governing placement-agent or solicitor broker-dealers and was "prepared" to approve the extension of MSRB Rule G-37 to municipal advisors as well.
The two rule proposals would complete the pay-to-play suite of rules across municipal securities dealers, investment advisors, broker-dealers, and municipal advisors. The bedrock Rule - MSRB's Rule G-37 governing municipal finance professionals and dealers - has been in place since 1994. After Dodd-Frank's expansion of municipal-advisory regulation, the ...
On August 24, the SEC announced settled administrative actions against 71 state and local issuers arising from $3.7 trillion in municipal securities offerings. The Commission alleged the issuers made false statements claiming they had complied with their continuing disclosure obligations under prior debt issues from 2011-2014. Each settled action imposed a cease-and-desist order and compliance undertakings.
The settlements appear to be the last leg of the Commission's Municipal Continuing Disclosure Cooperation ("MCDC") initiative, under which the SEC offered ...