The SEC charged an SEC-registered investment adviser with engaging in a scheme to inflate the value of securities held by several private investment funds.

The SEC Division of Investment Management granted no-action relief to an investment adviser, permitting the firm to continue using its performance track record following a merger into an affiliated adviser.

Barbara D. Underwood was sworn in as Acting Attorney General of New York.

Twitter disclosed that passwords for over 330 million users worldwide were stored in an unsecured format.

U.S. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein described a new DOJ policy to encourage cooperation among the DOJ, federal and state enforcement agencies, and foreign counterparts.