Robinhood Adds Another WilmerHale Lawyer As Legal Ranks Grow (1)

December 30, 2020, 9:33 PM UTCUpdated: Jan. 4, 2021, 1:37 PM UTC

Robinhood Markets Inc. has added four more lawyers to its expanding in-house legal and compliance team as the company copes with increased regulatory scrutiny.

The Menlo Park, Calif.-based stock trading startup agreed this month to pay $65 million in a settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The regulator had been investigating Robinhood for selling information about customer orders to high-frequency traders between 2015 and 2018.

Among Robinhood’s latest recruits is Erica Crosland, until this month a securities litigation and enforcement counsel at WilmerHale in Washington. Crosland, now a principal counsel for litigation and investigations at Robinhood, didn’t respond ...

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