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King & Spalding

The Catch with Kokesh: Insurers Refusing to Cover Disgorgement to SEC

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In the wake of the Supreme Court’s unanimous decision in Kokesh v. SEC, which defined disgorgement as a penalty subject to the five-year statute of limitations, we observed that the decision was likely to have far-reaching...more

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Tenth Circuit Considers Federal 5-Year SOL: Does It Involve Separately Accruing Causes of Action Or A Continuing Violation

On March 5, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit issued a ruling that the general federal five-year statute of limitations which is applicable to the enforcement of any civil fines, penalties or forfeitures (28...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Supreme Court Deals Blow to SEC By Applying Five-Year Statute of Limitations to Disgorgement Remedies in SEC Enforcement Actions

On June 5, 2017 the Supreme Court dealt a significant setback to the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) by limiting its power to extract ill-gotten profits from securities laws violators....more

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Implications of the Supreme Court's Kokesh Decision

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Earlier this month, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously in Kokesh v. SEC that a claim for disgorgement arising from the violation of federal securities law constitutes a “penalty” for purposes of the general statute of...more

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Supreme Court Deals Major Blow to SEC Disgorgement Claims in Kokesh

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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) may now only collect disgorgement from defendants within five years of filing suit. On June 5, the United States Supreme Court ruled unanimously that the five-year statute of...more

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Reflections on Kokesh v. SEC: Potential Ramifications of SEC Disgorgement Being a Penalty

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In the week since the Supreme Court’s unanimous decision in Kokesh v. SEC, which rejected the Securities and Exchange Commission’s longstanding position that disgorgement was an equitable remedy not subject to the five-year...more

Blank Rome LLP

In Rare Victory for Corporations, Supreme Court Limits SEC Power with Significant Implications for FCPA Settlements

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Action Item: Last week’s Supreme Court of the United States decision in Kokesh v. SEC will significantly limit the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) ability to collect disgorgement for violations of the Foreign...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

U.S. Supreme Court Rules That SEC Disgorgement Is Subject to a Five-Year Limit

The U.S Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has frequently used disgorgement as a tool to strip wrongdoers of ill-gotten gains. The aim of disgorgement is to return the wrongdoer to the position he or she was in before...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

SEC’s Negotiating Power Curbed - U.S. Supreme Court holds disgorgement subject to a five-year statute of limitations

Earlier this week, the U.S. Supreme Court resolved a circuit split among the Tenth and Eleventh Circuit Courts of Appeals by holding that because disgorgement in a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) enforcement action...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

In Two Unanimous Rulings, U.S. Supreme Court Limits Penalties in SEC Enforcement and Criminal Actions

In a pair of decisions issued on June 5, the Supreme Court sharply curtailed the scope of financial sanctions available in civil securities enforcement and criminal drug trafficking cases. In addition to the results, which...more

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Supreme Court Decides Kokesh v. SEC

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Earlier this week, the U.S. Supreme Court (“Supreme Court”) issued its decision in Kokesh v. SEC, No. 16-529, unanimously holding that disgorgement claims brought as part of enforcement actions by the U.S. Securities and...more

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Supreme Court Provides New Leverage for Defendants in SEC Enforcement Actions

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For many years, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has sought both civil monetary penalties and disgorgement of unlawful gains from those alleged to have violated federal securities laws. While civil monetary...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Supreme Court Limits SEC Disgorgement Orders With Five-Year Statute of Limitations

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Seyfarth Synopsis: On June 5, 2017, the United States Supreme Court resolved a split among the federal circuit courts by unanimously holding that disgorgement collected by the Securities and Exchange Commission is subject to...more

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Supreme Court Limits SEC Disgorgement Orders to a Five-Year Statute of Limitations

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Recently, the Supreme Court unanimously held in Kokesh v. SEC that disgorgement orders in enforcement actions by the Securities and Exchange Commission are subject to the same five-year statute of limitations as monetary...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Supreme Court’s Kokesh v. SEC ruling limits CFPB disgorgement

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On June 5, 2017, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a unanimous decision in Kokesh v. SEC. In Kokesh, the SEC took the position that disgorgement was not a penalty and therefore not subject to the statute of limitations in 28...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Supreme Court Decision Provides Significant Protection to Securities Industry, Limits SEC Enforcement

In a decision previewed in an earlier post, the United States Supreme Court ruled unanimously in Kokesh v. Securities and Exchange Commission that the five-year statute of limitations in 28 U.S.C. section 2462 applies to SEC...more

Morgan Lewis

US Supreme Court: Five-Year Statute of Limitations Applies to SEC Disgorgement

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The Court’s opinion resolves a circuit split concerning the reach of disgorgement orders....more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

The Kokesh Decision – One Question Answered, Others Left Open

In the case of Kokesh v. SEC, the US Supreme Court held the profit disgorgements operate as a penalty under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. As such “any claim for disgorgement in an SEC enforcement action...more

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United States Supreme Court Limits SEC Disgorgement

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On June 5, 2017, the United States Supreme Court ruled unanimously in Kokesh v. Securities and Exchange Commission that disgorgement in an SEC case is subject to the five-year statute of limitations for civil monetary...more

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Supreme Court: SEC Disgorgement a Penalty Subject to 5-Year Limitations

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A unanimous Supreme Court held June 5 that SEC disgorgement is a “penalty” subject to five-year limitations under 28 U.S.C. §2462 and Gabelli v. SEC, 568 U.S. 442 (2013)(5-year limitations applies to civil monetary...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

US Supreme Court Intimates That the SEC’s Use of Disgorgement May Be Subject to Five-Year Statute of Limitations

On April 18, 2017, the US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Kokesh v. Securities and Exchange Commission regarding whether disgorgement ordered by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is subject to the...more

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