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The Securities Litigation and Regulatory Enforcement resource Web site provides legal news, trends, and insights into navigating the complexities of the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC), U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), Texas State Securities Board, and other state securities regulators. This is a go-to resource for broker dealers (BDs), investment advisers (IAs), general counsel (GCs) and directors and officers (D&Os) throughout Texas and across the nation. Learn more
Our Team
tgalloway@winstead.com
817.420.8262
Toby Galloway is Chair of Winstead’s Securities Litigation & Enforcement Practice Group. He also practices in the areas of white-collar defense, governmental & internal investigations… Read More

mkleinsasser@winstead.com
817.420.8281
Matthias Kleinsasser is a seasoned litigator with experience in federal district court, bankruptcy court, and Texas state court. He regularly represents officers, directors, and other clients involved in private securities litigation, as well as in investigations brought by regulatory agencies. Read More.
jlacy@winstead.com
817.420.8274
Jamie Lacy is a member of Winstead’s Business Litigation Practice Group. Jamie’s Business Litigation Practice focuses on securities litigation and enforcement, white collar-defense, and governmental and internal investigations. Read More
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Recent Enforcement Action
The requirement that financial firms preserve books and records is nothing new. But how do such firms keep track of employees’ communications on applications like Signal or…
Continue Reading Financial Regulators Focus on Preservation of Ephemeral MessagingCorporate officers and directors sometimes view having a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan as an impenetrable barrier to facing insider-trading charges. But a recent case announced by the SEC demonstrates that…
Continue Reading SEC Charges Public Company Executives with Insider Trading Despite Trading Through Purported Rule 10b5-1 Trading PlansRecently, in SEC v. Spartan Securities Group, Ltd, et al.[1], a Florida federal court held that the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) could seek disgorgement and direct funds…
Continue Reading Florida District Court Permits the SEC to Pay Disgorgement to the US Treasury Where Victims of the Fraud Could not be Identified