In my practice as a SEC defense attorney, I receive calls all the time from individuals who have just received a SEC Subpoena in connection with a SEC investigation and are seeking legal advice and counsel.  Quite often, I’m asked: Why did I receive a SEC Subpoena?  What is the SEC investigating?  And, perhaps most...Read More

A word of strong caution: do not take lightly compliance with an SEC Subpoena issued in connection with an SEC investigation.  The SEC expects timely and full compliance and, in situations where an individual or entity decides to challenge, slow play, or just plain refuse to comply with the SEC subpoena, the SEC Enforcement Division...Read More

SEC Investigation Attorney David Chase The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has very little tolerance (none) for financial advisors stealing customer funds, let alone those from vulnerable, elderly investors.  Yet that is precisely what Douglas McKelvey, a former securities industry fiduciary, is alleged to have done in a recently filed SEC enforcement complaint.   To compound...Read More

Over the last few years, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has increasingly been focusing its enforcement efforts on prosecuting those in the securities markets that are in the business of buying convertible notes from microcap issuers, converting them into shares typically at a significant discount and then selling for a handsome profit. The SEC’s...Read More

Help from a Insider Trading Attorney While the SEC’s Enforcement Program’s priorities change over time (for example its relatively recent crackdown in the digital assets space), the one constant is its commitment to aggressively investigate and prosecute insider trading.  This is clearly evidenced by the spate of insider trading cases recently announced by the SEC....Read More

​The Securities and Exchange Commission had a very busy week, bringing several high-profile insider trading cases in a clear demonstration of its commitment to continue to aggressively investigate and prosecute illegal insider trading, including in the crypto space. In the first case, the SEC filed insider trading charges against Stephen Buyer, a former U.S. Representative...Read More