Category: Business Law Category: Business Law (show less)

Speakers
Patrick Hunnius
General Counsel, Silver Rock Financial LP

Nick Morgan
Partner, Paul Hastings

Moderator
Matthew H. Lewis
Hanson Bridgett

This program will explore market manipulation in the age of social media, using the GameStop saga to analyze the various players, laws, and regulations that were implicated. The panelists will share their views on the conditions that created the phenomenon, exposures to liability, and what we can expect going forward. Ultimately, attendees should gain an understanding of what happened in order to better protect clients going forward, whether those are publicly traded companies, institutional investors, or retail investors.

Topics
- Market conditions that led to GameStop manipulation
- The roles of retail and institutional investors in GameStop and securities in general
- Roles of brokerages in facilitating buying, selling, and options trading
- Social media’s influence on trading
- Potential for civil liability and on what basis; applicable laws and regulations
- What’s next? Class action suits, Congressional hearings, etc.?
- How to best protect your clients going forward

Since there is no opportunity to ask questions of the panelists, this program counts towards self-study credit only.

Credit minutes for this program will be entered into your NHMCLE ART Account for you.