October 7, 2015
More Fake SEC Filings: Kraft Heinz, Phillips 66 Targeted
Following up on my series of blogs about fake SEC filings, here’s an excerpt from this WSJ article:
Two more companies were targets of apparently fake securities filings, this time Kraft Heinz Co. and Phillips 66. Two separate filings that said they were submitted by Loreto M. Zamora on behalf of LMZ & Berkshire Hathaway Co. to the Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday morning claimed to hold at least 10% stakes in both Kraft Heinz and Phillips 66.
Both companies told The Wall Street Journal that the filings are fraudulent and they have contacted the SEC. Warren Buffett, whose Berkshire Hathaway Inc. owns stakes in the food and energy companies, said in an email that he has never heard of Mr. Zamora.
Transcript: “Whistleblowers: What Companies Are Doing Now”
We have posted the transcript for our popular webcast: “Whistleblowers: What Companies Are Doing Now.”
Yesterday, in a far-reaching judgment, the EU’s Court of Justice declared the European Commission’s 2000 US safe harbor decision invalid. I’ve never seen so many law firm memos come out so fast. For once, I’m not gonna post 50 of them – just these ones in our “Privacy Rights” Practice Area…
Smaller Company Capital Formation: House Passes Two Bills
As noted in this MoFo blog by Carlos Juarez, the House passed two bills yesterday relating to the promotion of capital formation by smaller companies, H.R. 1525 and H.R. 1839:
– H.R. 1525 is the “Disclosure Modernization and Simplification Act of 2015,” which directs the SEC to issue regulations permitting issuers to submit a summary page on annual and transition report form, 10-K, if each item on that page cross-references electronically or otherwise the material contained in form 10-K to which the item relates. It also requires the SEC to revise regulation S-K and to study ways to modernize and simplify the requirements.
– H.R. 1839 is the “Reforming Access for Investments in Startup Enterprises Act of 2015,” which would amend the Securities Act of 1933 to exempt certain transactions involving purchases by accredited investors, and for other purposes, codifying Section 4(a)(1)(½).
– Broc Romanek