This week, the SEC charged Alpha Plus Recovery and related companies with fraud. Alpha Plus is a claims aggregator that has filed claims on behalf of money management firms for numerous large legal settlement funds, including those ordered by the SEC
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This week, SPACs were in the news because of volatility in Digital World Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ: DWAC), which announced last week that it would be merging with Donald Trump’s media company, Trump Media & Technology Group
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After bursts of activity, we all need desk time in our schedules to go through email, catch up on errands, and figure out what to do next. That seems to be exactly what happened at the SEC this week
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When cannabis was illegal everywhere, the people who ran cannabis businesses were criminals—by definition. Now that it is legal in more and more places, some of those involved in the business are sticking to criminal ways
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Front-running is an easy way to make a lot of money. The only risk is getting caught. It’s unclear if the SEC catches every case of front-running. More likely, it cracks down when it does catch it as a message to those who are evading detection
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