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Carlton Fields

Against All Odds Alpine Wins Important Injunction Against FINRA

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On July 5, 2023, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals issued an injunction that raises a challenge to FINRA’s authority to use FINRA-appointed hearing officers to conduct enforcement proceedings. The injunction enables Alpine...more

Morgan Lewis

Current Developments in Sec and Finra Examinations & Enforcement 2022–2023 - A Special Report for Investment Advisers and...

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Registered entities continued to be a significant focus of the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC’s or Commission’s) enforcement and rulemaking programs in 2022, and we expect similar attention this year. The SEC’s...more

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

Nutter Securities Enforcement Update: June 1, 2022

The Nutter Securities Enforcement Update is a periodic summary of noteworthy recent securities enforcement activity, settlements, decisions, and charges. ...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

The SEC’s litigation against a firm for allegedly inadequate disclosure of shareholder service fees and 12b-1 fees

During the past several years, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has settled more than a dozen cases where the SEC alleged (with the firms neither admitting nor denying the charges) that investment advisers...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Investment Management Special Report - 2018-19 Compliance Developments & Calendar for Private Fund Advisers

Despite the new administration, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) have both continued to make novel interpretations and to bring enforcement actions that break...more

Vedder Price

Highlights From SEC Speaks 2018: Litigation and Enforcement Trends

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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or the “Commission”) held its annual SEC Speaks conference in Washington, DC on February 23 and 24, 2018 and provided remarks from the Chairman and commissioners, discussions...more

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Tenth Circuit Creates Circuit Split on the Constitutionality of SEC Administrative Law Judges

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On December 27, 2016, a divided panel of the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals found the SEC’s use of administrative law judges (“ALJs”) unconstitutional, setting aside an ALJ’s administrative order finding David F. Bandimere...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

2016 Proskauer Annual Review and Outlook for Hedge Funds, Private Equity Funds and Other Private Funds

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This special report provides a summary of some of the significant changes and developments that occurred in the past year in the private equity and hedge funds space, as well as certain recommended practices that investment...more

Proskauer - Corporate Defense and Disputes

SEC Overrules Its Own Administrative Law Judge to Clear Customer of Fraud Charges

In a rare reversal of its own administrative law judge in the Matter of optionsXpress, the full Securities and Exchange Commission unanimously held that the SEC’s Enforcement Division had not met its burden of proof that the...more

Perkins Coie

Preparing for the SEC’s Increased Pursuit of Compliance Officers

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The SEC’s recent aggressive enforcement posture against chief compliance officers has raised many concerns, including whether the SEC’s actions are actually chilling robust compliance efforts. To protect themselves against...more

K&L Gates LLP

The Year in Review: Ten Trends in SEC Enforcement Actions

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As 2015 winds down, we offer the following observations about 10 important trends in SEC enforcement actions. 1. Increased Number of Enforcement Actions - The number of SEC enforcement actions continues to grow. In FY 2015,...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

This Week In Securities Litigation

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The question of forum selection by the SEC was a key issue this week. While to date suits challenging the SEC’s right to bring an action as an administrative proceeding rather than in federal court have had little success –...more

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