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The Supreme Court Strips SEC of Fraud-Fighting Forum, Sparking Debate on Broader Implications for Federal Enforcement

For more than a decade, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) has been able to bring enforcement actions in either federal court or the agency’s internal venue. Not anymore. On June 27, 2024, the U.S....more

Repurchase Redo: Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Orders SEC to Correct Share Repurchase Rule Defects

Evaluating a broad spectrum of challenges raised by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and others, a unanimous panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit recently held that the SEC failed to provide a sufficient...more

Supreme Court Set to Review Burden of Proving Retaliatory Intent in SOX Whistleblower Suits: Employee or Employer?

On May 1, 2023, the United States Supreme Court agreed to hear an appeal in Murray v. UBS Securities, LLC.1 There, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held that an employee whistleblower suing under the...more

Fifth Circuit Issues a New Blow to SEC Administrative Law Judges

On May 18, 2022, the Fifth Circuit issued an opinion vacating a Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) Administrative Law Judge’s (“ALJ”) decision that George Jarkesy, Jr. (“Jarkesy”) and his investment adviser Patriot28,...more

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