As I have documented on this site, many COVID-related securities suits have been filed since the initial outbreak of the pandemic in March 2020. At the core of many of these lawsuits are corporate claims that the defendant companies were positioned to profit from the pandemic. The U.S. Department of Justice now reports that a biotech executive has pleaded guilty to securities fraud and other charges in connection with his company’s false claims at the outset of the pandemic that it had developed a new blood-based test for COVID-19. A copy of the Department of Justice’s December 8, 2023, press release about the guilty plea can be found here.Continue Reading Biotech Exec Pleads Guilty to COVID-Related Securities Fraud
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Guest Post: Hidden Lessons from Anthony Weiner’s Laptop (Computer)
A great deal of media attention has been paid to the contents of Anthony Weiner’s laptop computer, including the existence of emails between or among Hillary Clinton and Huma Abedin. However, questions about the legality of investigative actions taken with respect to the computer have largely been overlooked. In the following guest post, John Reed Stark, President of John Reed Stark Consulting and former Chief of the SEC’s Office of Internet Enforcement, examines these issues as part of a comprehensive review the legal issues pertaining to electronic evidence gathered and sought during criminal and civil investigations. A version of this article originally appeared on CybersecurityDocket. I would like to thank John for his willingness to publish his article as a guest post on my site. I welcome guest post submissions from responsible authors on topics of interest to this blog’s readers. Please contact me directly if you would like to submit a guest post. Here is John’s guest post.
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