On June 27, 2012, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“Commission”) charged that FalconStor Software, Inc., a Long Island, N.Y., data storage company, misled investors about bribes it paid to obtain business with a subsidiary of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. FalconStor has agreed to pay a $2.9 million civil penalty to settle the Commission’s case. […]
Nasdaq aims to file a plan next week with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission detailing how it will compensate market makers who lost money during the botched trading debut of Facebook, the world’s largest initial public offering this year, according to a person familiar with the matter. The losses were caused at least […]
Behringer Harvard Holdings LLC, is struggling to make payments on loans in two of its offerings — and is losing real estate assets as a result. Behringer Harvard Opportunity REIT I Inc. this month had several properties go into bankruptcy protection. And a private placement, the Behringer Harvard Short-Term Opportunity Fund I LP, this month […]
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced today that it has obtained an emergency court order to halt an alleged Ponzi-like scheme operated by Small Business Capital Corp. (“SB Capital”) and its principal Mark Feathers (“Feathers”). According to the Commission, SB Capital and Feathers raised $42 million by selling securities issued by two mortgage investment funds […]
The SEC approved amendments to FINRA Rule 13204 of the Code of Arbitration Procedure for Industry Disputes (Industry Code) to preclude collective action claims by employees of FINRA member firms under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) or the Equal Pay Act of 1963 (EPA) from being arbitrated […]