Trending news

Ian Roffman, a member of the firm’s Securities Litigation and Government Investigations practice groups, and a former SEC trial attorney, was quoted in “Update 1-U.S. SEC pursuing ‘significant’ insider cases-source” in a Reuters wire story on October 19. The article discusses how U.S. financial regulators and federal prosecutors are pursing "significant" insider trading cases involving financial professionals. "They are paying extra attention to everything right now," said Ian, adding "We are in a period of very heightened enforcement activity." The article notes that Ian and other attorneys agree that the number of enforcement actions will go up this year and that the number of high-profile cases will also rise.