On April 9, 2025, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York filed parallel actions against Albert Saniger,…
On February 20, 2025, the SEC announced the creation of the Cyber and Emerging Technologies Unit (“CETU”) to focus on “combatting cyber-related misconduct and to protect retail investors from bad…
On January 28, 2025, FINRA released its 2025 FINRA Annual Regulatory Oversight Report (the “Report”). As was the case in 2024, the Report highlights continuing and emerging trends in artificial…
As we approach the end of the year, here are the Top 10 SEC Cyber/AI posts on the Debevoise Data Blog in 2024 by page views. If you are not…
As we approach the end of the year, here are the Top 11 Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) posts on the Debevoise Data Blog in 2024 by page views. If you are…
While the SEC made an early foray into proposing rules to govern use of generative AI (Gen AI) by broker-dealers,[1] FINRA has been taking a more traditional approach to emergent…
On June 11, 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) filed its third matter this year involving “AI washing”—namely, alleged misstatements or omissions by securities market participants about the…
On May 16, 2024, the SEC adopted amendments to Regulation S-P (“Reg S-P”) one year after its proposed amendments (the “Proposed Amendments”). The finalized amendments (“Amended Reg S-P”) largely track…
Many public companies are starting to face increased risks of securities class action litigation based on statements about their use of AI that are alleged to have been false or…
On March 18, 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) announced settled charges against two investment advisers, Delphia (USA) Inc. (“Delphia”) and Global Predictions Inc. (“Global Predictions”) for making…