A federal appeals court dealt a blow to the government's success in insider trading prosecutions Wednesday by reversing two convictions with a decision that also jeopardizes a third — and attempts to further define how far prosecutors can push the law in their quest to clean up Wall Street.

An insider trading case against a former Heartland Advisors executive has been dismissed.

White-collar lawyers say gone are the days when a civil suit brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission is stayed simply because the U.S. attorney is prosecuting a parallel criminal case.

August marked the second anniversary of the implementation of the Securities and Exchange Commission whistleblower program.

New Securities and Exchange Commission rules that go into effect Sept. 23 offer benefits, but require additional duties for securities issuers.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission says a tentative settlement has been reached in a civil lawsuit accusing Anchor BanCorp Wisconsin and its former chief financial officer of fraud.

A new website launched last week that allows researchers to search SEC contract filings.

Tom Nichols, most often an advisor and transactional attorney, ventured into litigation in 2004 on behalf of a long-term client facing insider-trading charges brought by the SEC.

An undergraduate interest in the classics led Carol Gehl to a career in securities law.

11-3083 Tara Gold Resources Corp. v. SEC

11-1702 SEC v. First Choice Management Services, Inc.

The Securities and Exchange Commission is ready for battle.

If you want something done right, get someone else to do it. That seems to be the federal government’s mantra of late with respect to enforcement of the securities laws.

KIMBERLY, Wis. (AP) – An investment firm accused of misconduct for selling risky investments to five Wisconsin school districts has agreed to pay them about $30 million. The Securities and Exchange Commission announced the settlement between RBC Capital Markets and the five districts; including Kimberly, Kenosha, Waukesha, Whitefish Bay, West Allis-West Milwaukee and Milwaukee. The districts sued two investment firms ...

By MARCY GORDON AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal regulators are accusing brokerage firm Stifel Nicolaus & Co. of civil fraud in its sales of risky complex investments to five Wisconsin school districts that lost all of the $200 million they invested. The Securities and Exchange Commission announced the lawsuit Wednesday against St. Louis-based Stifel Nicolaus and former senior ...

By DANIEL WAGNER AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — JPMorgan Chase & Co. has agreed to pay $211 million after admitting one of its divisions rigged dozens of bidding competitions to win business from state and local governments. J.P. Morgan Securities LLC made at least 93 secret deals with companies that handled the bidding processes in 31 states, the Justice ...

Whistleblower cases are long and difficult, but attorneys may soon bring more of them due to expanded options laid out in a new law that takes effect this month.