The Long and Short of It
By EsqSocial Corporation 05/04/21
In January 2021, commentary by members of the social news aggregator Reddit may have contributed to unprecedented trading activity that led some online brokerages to freeze trading of certain securities for a prolonged window of time. The unforeseen freeze angered traders, lawmakers and regulators. All of this culminated in a hearing conducted by the House Financial Services Committee in February. Originally published in The Legal Special 2021 published by Private Equity International (PEI) in...
By: Troutman Pepper