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Supreme Court Ends Chevron Deference Among String of Decisions Limiting Agency Power

In Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, the Supreme Court overruled the doctrine of Chevron deference but made clear that cases relying on Chevron’s interpretive framework remain good law subject to statutory stare decisis....more

Supreme Court Curtails SEC In-House Judges on Litigated Civil Penalties

In SEC v. Jarkesy, the Supreme Court held that the Seventh Amendment entitles a defendant to a jury trial when the SEC seeks civil penalties for securities fraud. The decision limits the SEC’s authority to seek civil...more

SEC Releases 2022 Enforcement Division Results

The Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) released an annual summary, on November 15, 2022, of actions brought by the Division of Enforcement (“Division”) over fiscal year 2022 (“Enforcement Summary”), providing an...more

Showdown at the Fifth Circuit Corral—Panel Rules SEC Home-Court Proceedings Violate Multiple Constitutional Provisions

The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued a major decision on May 18, 2022 holding Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or Commission) administrative adjudications unconstitutional on multiple...more

SEC Chair Gensler Signals Increased SEC Scrutiny of Private Funds

Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler addressed the Institutional Limited Partners Association (ILPA) Summit on November 10, 2021. During his remarks, he outlined a potentially more expansive role for the SEC...more

Second Circuit Upholds Enforceability of SEC Tolling Agreements

Recently, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued its decision in SEC v. Fowler, 6 F.4th 255 (2d Cir. 2021), rejecting an argument that a federal district court lacked subject matter jurisdiction over a...more

Asset Management Litigation/Enforcement Flash Report

Especially in today’s economic and work environment, we find it helpful – and we therefore thought our clients would also find it helpful – to keep track of the important litigation and regulatory enforcement developments...more

OCIE Releases 2020 Examination Priorities

The 2020 Examination Priorities of the Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission were announced on January 7, 2020, and cover eight broad topics: - Protection...more

CFTC’s Enforcement Division Releases 2019 Annual Report

The CFTC’s Division of Enforcement (Division) released its Annual Report on November 25, 2019, summarizing the Division’s activities over the past year.1 In FY 2019, the CFTC filed 69 enforcement actions, down from 83 in FY...more

SEC Enforcement Division Releases 2018 Annual Report

On November 2, 2018, the SEC Enforcement Division (“Division”) released its Annual Report summarizing the past year’s enforcement activity. In the 2018 fiscal year, the first full fiscal year that Stephanie Avakian and Steven...more

Supreme Court Holds That SEC’s Administrative Law Judges Were Unconstitutionally Appointed

The U.S. Supreme Court recently held, in Lucia v. SEC,1 that Administrative Law Judges (ALJs) for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or Commission) are officers of the United States who must be appointed...more

Federal Court Finds “Oral Downloads” to SEC Waived Attorney Work Product Protection

U.S. Magistrate Judge Jonathan Goodman, in the Southern District of Florida, ruled last month that outside counsel’s “oral downloads” of internal investigation findings to the Staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission...more

SEC Enforcement Division Releases 2017 Annual Report as Industry Looks Ahead to 2018

Stephanie Avakian and Steven Peikin, the new Co-Directors of the U.S. SEC Enforcement Division (“Division”), released a report on November 15, 2017, summarizing the Division’s enforcement activity for the fiscal year ending...more

SEC Enforcement Division Priorities Pertaining to Retail Investors and Cybersecurity

In a keynote speech to the Securities Enforcement Forum on October 26, 2017, U.S. SEC Division of Enforcement (Division) Co-Director Stephanie Avakian emphasized the protection of retail investors and cybersecurity as...more

OCIE Publishes Risk Alert on Examinations of Compliance with SEC Whistleblower Rule by Investment Advisers and Broker-Dealers

The Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a National Exam Program Risk Alert on October 24, 2016 (Risk Alert) regarding examinations of...more

Recent Action Highlights SEC’s Continuing Scrutiny of Private Equity Firms

A settled enforcement action announced by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on November 3, 2015 is but one in a growing list of SEC settlements concerning the allocation and disclosure of fees and expenses by...more

U.S. Chamber of Commerce Joins Chorus Pushing For Overhaul in SEC Enforcement Practices

A recent report by the Center for Capital Markets Competitiveness at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce (Chamber Report) regarding the enforcement program of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or Commission) identified...more

The 15(c) Process Continues to be a Focus of the SEC Enforcement Staff

Two recent SEC Enforcement Division administrative settlements reinforce the importance for fund boards of directors and fund advisers to maintain a robust annual advisory contract renewal process....more

SEC Charges Hedge Fund Adviser with Engaging in Prohibited Principal Transactions and Retaliating Against Whistleblower

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or Commission) issued a cease and desist order on June 16, 2014 (the Order) against Paradigm Capital Management, Inc. (Paradigm) and its founder, Director, President and Chief...more

Second Circuit Overturns Lower Court's Refusal to Approve SEC Settlement With Citigroup

In an eagerly anticipated decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit vacated the 2011 decision of Judge Jed S. Rakoff of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, rejecting a proposed...more

The U.S. Supreme Court Extends Sarbanes-Oxley Whistleblower Protections to Employees of Mutual Fund Investment Advisers and Other...

The Supreme Court of the United States on March 4, 2014 held that employees of a privately-held mutual fund investment adviser are protected under a whistleblower provision enacted as part of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002...more

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