Likewise there are purposes of securities regulations and the main one is to disclose any schemes. Mallor, Barnes, Bowers & Langvardt (2012) stated the following: In the early 1930s Congress passed two major statues, which are the hub of federal securities regulation in the United States today. These two statues, the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 have three basic purposes 1. To require the disclosure of meaningful information about a security and its issuer to allow investors
SEC as they are directly connected to FINRA in that they take litigation cases, and fraud cases from FINRA and follows up on whether any security laws or criminal laws were broken. Once they investigate the wrong doing they proceed with the corrective action that best suits the offense not excluding criminal prosecution and jail time. According to the Securities and Exchange Commission (2014) website the mission of the SEC is to “protect investors, maintain fair, orderly, and efficient markets, and
filed a few weeks ago challenging one of the client’s patents of a process is ‘material’. The requirement to disclose material information in relation to private placement differs to the continuous disclosure requirements for public proceedings. Regulation D offerings require only notice filings with the SEC, and there is no requirement for the filing of, or review of the offering documents. Additionally, a Reg D offer does not require specific disclosure – it is left to the issuer to determine what
to international and national safety and security. There are many agencies around the world working every day to try to make the world a safer place. The transportation industry is always a major terrorist target, due to the fact that there is always a large amount of travelers on highways, seaways, railroads and airways. In the United States, the transportation industry falls under the Department of Transportation and the Department of Homeland Security. Since the terrorism threat is always high
The Censoring of science with government regulations can seem like it is restricting scientist’s ability to share their knowledge with one another. In the article, “Censoring Science Won’t Make Us Any Safer” the author (Donohue, 2011) says, “Citizens are entitled to know when their milk, their water, their bridges their hospitals lack security precautions” (p. 397). The author believes that United States citizens have a right to know when they are in danger. To refute this argument, would be to say
Freedom acts as the main right in the United States of America. When someone compromises that freedom, decisions are made to protect that right. Several opportunities testing the strength of the nation exist, but these attacks have only increased the passion for freedom and security to protect it. September 11, 2001, was a day when over three thousand people lost their lives due to targeted attacks (“US Government”). An attack on an area with a significant purpose such as the World Trade Center invades
Rafi Sela, a former head of security of an Israeli airport once said, "If you have a gap in security, you have no security" (qtd. in Gulli et al). There remain serious security gaps in the airports spread across the United States today. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is an agency that was specifically created because of the 9/11 attacks and is responsible for regulating and operating the security of the airports in the United States. Its main aspect at present is the screening of
Background Maritime security traditionally focuses on maritime disputes, naval competition, Sea lines of communication (SLOCs), War at sea . The modern maritime securities after the cold war and 9/11 have been significantly changing and more complex, which is involving worldwide collaboration and mutual understanding . The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (LOSC) has been managing maritime issues fundamentally for years and acceptable as the basic convention on solving maritime dilemmas
Introduction Social regulation has expanded tremendously over the last decade. This expansion is not only attributed to the increases in federal dollars allocated to regulation but also to the expansion of the social regulation arena. This expansion is a result of an increase in regulatory agencies, increased authority granted to regulators, the increase of technology, national security threats, and national mood. In order to fully understand the evolution of social regulation, we must first understand
layers of aviation security…” (Pistole, 2011). These are words that the aviation community have experienced firsthand. Aviation security is in a constant state of change simply because of people who are out to bring terror. Regardless if it is because of a religious or personal agenda there has been someone who has attacked an airline that has caused a security change in the aviation industry. Since the start of people using planes to get around there has been many changes to security because of incidents