Blog & Investigations

A recent study found that approximately 10% of U.S. public companies committed securities fraud in recent years, erasing about 1.6% of equity value per year (about $830 billion in 2021). The study has resonated far and wide, rattling investors, C-suites,…

The National Advertising Division of the BBB National Programs has ruled that JBS USA’s “Net Zero by 2040” advertising claims cannot be substantiated. In ruling on a challenge brought by the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (“IATP”), a not-for-profit…

Journalist Fernanda Wenzel of Mongabay, a non-profit conservation and environmental science news platform, published a feature story on the SEC whistleblower case we filed against JBS on behalf of senior executives of Mighty Earth. Our complaint alleges that JBS sold to U.S. investors 3.2 billion…

Following our recent filing of an SEC Whistleblower complaint against Brazilian meat giant JBS, the company has continued to attract media scrutiny. The latest investigative piece comes from Amy Guthrie, Law.com International’s Latin America correspondent. The article names four prominent law firms that…

The Financial Times has published a report on the SEC Whistleblower complaint we filed on behalf of senior executives of international climate advocacy group Mighty Earth. Here is the article, which appears as part of the FT’s Moral Money newsletter. The…

We represent an international environmental advocacy group, Mighty Earth, whose senior executives have filed an SEC whistleblower complaint against the world’s largest meat processor, JBS. The complaint alleges that JBS misrepresented its environmental track record when it raised over $3…

On March 30, the SEC announced that it was considering adopting stringent new rules to govern so-called special purpose acquisition companies, commonly known as SPACs. The popularity of SPACs as a vehicle to take companies public, without having to undertake all the…

Our firm represents the senior executives of five international environmental advocacy groups in an SEC whistleblower action concerning a bond issuance made by Japan’s infrastructure bank (JICA). JICA raised approximately $500 million from U.S. investors by issuing bonds, the prospectus…

The Galbraith Law Firm is following closely events concerning GWG Holdings to determine how the investors who trusted assurances of high yields will be affected. GWG finances its portfolio of life insurance assets by selling debentures and so-called “L-Bonds.” GWG’s…