Morgan Stanley to Acquire E*TRADE, Creating a Leader in all Major Wealth Management Channels (BusinessWire)

Members Exchange Closes Additional Round of Strategic Financing, Announces July 24th Launch Date / Strategic Investment led by J.P. Morgan, Goldman Sachs, Jane Street Capital / MEMX to Launch Exchange on July 24, 2020, Pending Regulatory Approval (BusinessWire)

Notice of Filing of a Proposed Rule Change to Amend the FINRA Code of Arbitration Procedure for Customer Disputes and the FINRA Code of Arbitration Procedure for Industry Disputes to Apply Minimum Fees to Requests for Expungement of Customer Dispute Information (SEC Rel. No. 34-88251; File No. SR-FINRA-2020-005 / February 20, 2020)

SEC Charges Former Legal Department Employee and His Father with Insider Trading (SEC Release)

SEC Obtains Final Judgment Against Unregistered Broker (SEC Release)

SEC Obtains Final Judgment Against Former Research Analyst Who Tipped Hedge Fund Portfolio Manager (SEC Release)

SEC Obtains Partial Summary Judgment Against Investment Adviser and Principal for False and Misleading Marketing of Investment Strategies 

Biotech Company Employee Sentenced for Securities Fraud (DOJ Release)

Romanian Hackers Sentenced / Members of Bayrob Criminal Enterprise Infected Thousands of Computers with Malware, Stole Millions of Dollars (FBI Release)

North Dakota Man Is Arrested On Multiple Federal Charges For Alleged Investment Scheme / The Defendant Resided in Haywood County and Targeted Victims at, or Near, Retirement Age (DOJ Release)

SEC Halts Alleged Ongoing Offering Fraud (SEC Release)

CFTC Charges Investment Firm and VP with Commodity Pool Fraud (CFTC Release)

Former Dunbar Armored Supervisor Sentenced to 2 Years in Prison for Stealing Almost $300,000 from Company's Cash Storage Vault (DOJ Release)

SEC Charges Global Alcohol Producer with Disclosure Failures (SEC Release)

ICO Issuer Settles SEC Registration Charges, Agrees to Return Funds and Register Tokens As Securities (SEC Release)

[In]Securities Guest Blog: Something Built to Last by Aegis Frumento Esq (BrokeAndBroker.com Blog)

Cannabis Science Case Smokes Definition of Brokerage Customer (BrokeAndBroker.com Blog)

"Wall Street's Traders Are On The Decline -- Here's What's Hurting The Lucrative Profession" (CNBC.com)

Mike Bloomberg Announces Plan to Reform Wall Street and Put the Financial System to Work for Every American (MikeBloomberg.com Release)

Biotech Company CEO Sentenced for Securities Fraud and Obstruction (DOJ Release)

Employee At Mortgage Company Sentenced To 46 Months In Prison For Illegally Accessing Computer To Steal $2 Million (DOJ Release)

SEC Charges Real Estate Company and Executives With Defrauding Retail Investors, Obtains Emergency Relief (SEC Release)

C'mon And Take A Free Ride. FINRA Arbitration Considers Failed Customer Payment  (BrokeAndBroker.com Blog)

Hedge Fund Manager Sentenced To 140 Months In Prison For Defrauding Investors Of Millions Of Dollars (DOJ Release)

Man Charged with Defrauding Banks and Investors of $5 Million (DOJ Release)

Brazil's crypto-market takes a hit as regulations force exchange closures (AMBCrypto by Rakshitha Narasimhan)

CFTC Charges Colorado Resident with Fraud in Digital Asset-Linked Ponzi Scheme (CFTC Release)

CFTC Charges Unregistered Commodity Pool Operator and Its Principal with Fraud and Misappropriation (CFTC Release)

Stockbroker Fined and Suspended for Bookkeeping and Accounting Services. In the Matter of Angela Marie Chatfield, Respondent (FINRA AWC)

SEC Proposes to Modernize Key Market Infrastructure Responsible for Collecting, Consolidating, and Disseminating Securities Market Data / Seeks to Introduce Competitive Forces to Core Components of the System for the First Time (SEC Release)

Statement on Proposed Updates to the National Market System for the Collection, Consolidation, and Dissemination of Information With Respect to Quotations for and Transactions in National Market System Stock by SEC Commissioner Elad L. Roisman

Statement on Proposed Rule on Market Data Infrastructure by SEC Commissioner Allison Herren Lee