Benjamin Edwards In The News

The Daily Beast
Oversight Chairman James Comer has attacked Hunter Biden’s business dealings for their opacity. But Comer’s own shell company is far from transparent.
Bloomberg
Wall Street’s self-regulator tried to ban Alpine Securities Corp. from the industry after finding that it jacked up fees on customers by 60,000% and violated a cease-and-desist order 35,000 times. But the Utah-based brokerage firm isn’t going quietly.
The Daily Beast
America First Legal claims Target defrauded investors when it ran a Pride campaign. Courts need to sanction groups that file these money-draining, bogus suits.
Reuters
A challenge to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's powers to protect investors from fraud comes before the Supreme Court on Wednesday in another in a series of legal attacks against federal agencies that regulate financial markets.
Rethinking65
Lower courts have decided the SEC’s power to seek penalties through in-house enforcement proceedings violates the U.S. Constitution. Another case pending against FINRA says it has too much power.
The Hill
Major advertisers have been fleeing X, the site formerly known as Twitter, after a series of antisemitic posts from the platform’s billionaire owner, Elon Musk.
WealthManagement
In the latest filing in its suit against FINRA in federal court, the Utah-based brokerage firm disputed the regulator’s claims that a ruling against it could have a dire impact on investors.
wealthmanagement.com
Former rep Sidney Lebental is citing FINRA’s legal sparring match with Alpine Securities to halt disciplinary proceedings against him. Meanwhile, FINRA has responded to Alpine’s allegations.