On July 9, 2020, a criminal complaint was filed against Joshua Thomas Argires, a Houston business owner, for submitting materially false loan applications to obtain and misuse funds from the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). Around May 2020, Mr. Argires opened an account in the name of Texas Barbecue at Coinbase and began trading crypto, ultimately… Read More »
This post contains the text of a recent amicus brief filed with the United States Supreme Court in the case of Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., v. Arkansas Teacher Retirement System. The case relates to claims about false or misleading statements that are intended to maintain inflated valuations. Amici argued that such claims should be upheld… Read More »
Courtesy of Andy Green, Tyler Gellasch, Erik Gerding, Lev Bagramian, Urska Velikonja, Rachel Curley, Renee Jones, and Divya Vijay The following letter was submitted by the authors on May 26, 2020, to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Jay Clayton and filed in response to selected rulemakings (listed in the appendix below). SEC proposed… Read More »
Courtesy of Alexandra Andhov As COVID-19 continues to spread across continents, all economies begin to tremble and prepare for the worst. Companies, investors, and trading clients are turning to stock exchanges amid one of the most tumultuous periods in market history to borrow money, buy or sell assets, and limit losses in their holdings. Yet… Read More »
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