Sat.Jan 18, 2025

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Legal Data Intelligence: Leading the Charge in Data-Driven Legal Transformation

Complex Discovery

Editor’s Note: The Legal Data Intelligence (LDI) initiative represents a forward-thinking evolution in how the legal industry manages and leverages data. Rather than reinventing the wheel, LDI builds upon the proven frameworks of EDRM and CLOC, integrating cutting-edge data analytics and artificial intelligence to address the unique challenges of our digital age.

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SEC Charges GrubMarket with Overstating Revenue to Investors by More Than $500 Million

Securities Docket

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced settled charges against GrubMarket Inc., a private, California-based e-commerce food distributor, for providing investors with financial information that the company should have known was unreliable and that overstated its historical revenues by approximately $550 million. According to the SECs Order, between November 2019 and February 2021, GrubMarket raised approximately $80 million from investors in a private Series D offering.

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SEC Announces Record Enforcement Actions Brought in First Quarter of Fiscal Year 2025

Securities Docket

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that, based on its preliminary results, it filed 200 total enforcement actions in the first quarter of fiscal year 2025, which ran from October through December 2024, including 118 standalone enforcement actions. The Division filed a total of 75 enforcement actions in October 2024 alone. The foregoing numbers represent the most actions filed in their respective periods since at least 2000.

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SEC Announces Departure of Acting Enforcement Director Sanjay Wadhwa

Securities Docket

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Sanjay Wadhwa, the Acting Director of the Division of Enforcement, will depart the agency, effective January 31, 2025, after more than 21 years of service with the Commission. I thank Sanjay for leading the Division of Enforcement and his dedication to the SEC, which began as a staff attorney more than 20 years ago, said SEC Chair Gary Gensler.

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The Tech-Savvy Paralegals Playbook: How To Leverage AI

Speaker: Allison Mears, Adela Wekselblatt, and George Socha

Artificial intelligence is reshaping the legal industry, and paralegals are at the forefront of this transformation. As AI becomes more integrated into legal workflows, paralegals can streamline their daily tasks, enhance efficiency, and add greater value to their firms and organizations. But what exactly does AI mean for paralegals today—and how can you leverage it to your advantage?

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Should SEC Revisit Executive Security Perquisite Disclosure? – Cooley

Securities Docket

The recent homicide of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson has put a spotlight on executive security and has prompted many companies to reassess how they are protecting their top executives. We also believe that in the wake of this tragic event it is time for the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to revisit the treatment of personal security as a perquisite requiring disclosure in a companys SEC reports.

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Crypto bros won’t throw off yoke of SEC regulations despite backing Trump

Securities Docket

Far from being the bit player the crypto types have been advocating for, the SEC and its new chairman, Trump nominee Paul Atkins, are still very much in charge of the $3.5 trillion digital coin market. And according to McHenry, the industrys preferred regulator the Commodity Futures Trading Commission with its lighter hand will not take over all of crypto regulation.