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Assessing the Impact of Recent Supreme Court Decisions on Section 337 Practice – Less than Meets the Eye?

Late last month, the Supreme Court issued two opinions which seemingly shook up the field of administrative law.  As explained in this article, however, while both decisions bear significantly on certain administrative...more

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Fifth Circuit Vacates the Private Funds Rules And Constrains the SEC’s Rulemaking Authority

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Yesterday, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit vacated the “Private Funds Rules,” which the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) adopted on August 23, 2023. The opinion of the...more

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Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Vacates the SEC’s Private Fund Adviser Rules

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On June 5, 2024, a three-judge panel of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals (the “Court”) vacated the Private Fund Adviser Rules (“PFAR”) that the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) had adopted by a divided vote in...more

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Fifth Circuit Strikes Down Private Fund Adviser Rules

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In a significant decision released Wednesday morning, a unanimous three-judge panel for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit vacated what have come to be known as the Private Fund Adviser Rules, a set of rules and...more

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Circuit Split May Have Big Effect on SEC Disgorgement Remedy

In a decision issued late last month, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit provided new guidance on the rules governing the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's ability to seek the remedy of disgorgement in...more

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Fifth Circuit's Constitutional Carve-Back of the SEC's ALJ Enforcement Proceedings Likely to Lead to More Federal Court Cases

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On May 18, 2022, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (the “Fifth Circuit”) dealt a major blow to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) enforcement program. In Jarkesy v. SEC, the Fifth...more

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Leveraged Loan Update: Millennium Court Decision Confirms Syndicated Loans Are (Still) Not Securities

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The Bottom Line: On May 22, 2020, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York concluded that broadly syndicated term loans are not "securities". This decision is highly significant to the US...more

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California Appeals Court Narrows Standing for ETF Retail Investors to Sue for Allegedly False or Misleading Registration...

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In a ruling of potential importance for investment advisers and directors/trustees of registered investment companies, a California appellate court affirmed a lower court ruling on January 23, 2020 in Garth Jensen, et al. v....more

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Key Appellate Court Ruling Ups the Ante for Investment Advisers Act Violations

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In Robare, the D.C. Circuit clarifies the negligence and willfulness standards under Sections 206 and 207 of the Act. On April 30, 2019, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued its...more

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Logic Prevails as the D.C. Circuit Reverses the SEC: An Investment Adviser Cannot Be Negligent and Intentional at the Same Time

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In a triumph of reason over complexity, the D.C. Circuit has held that an investment adviser cannot negligently commit an intentional act. In so holding, the second highest court in the land has (once again) overturned a...more

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DC Circuit finds negligent but not willful fraud for inadequate disclosures

In a much-anticipated decision, on April 30, 2019, the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued its decision in Robare, a case that concerned an investment adviser’s (IA) disclosure of conflicts of...more

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D.C Circuit rejects constitutional challenge to SEC’s use of administrative law judges

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A challenge to the constitutionality of the SEC’s use of administrative law judges (ALJ) was rejected by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. In Raymond J. Lucia Companies, Inc. et al. v. Securities and Exchange...more

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"District Court Dismisses State Parties’ Challenge to SEC Rule 206(4)-5"

On September 30, 2014, Judge Beryl A. Howell of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia dismissed a challenge to the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) Rule 206(4)-5 (Rule) for lack of subject matter...more

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