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Kokesh v SEC Civil Monetary Penalty

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Court of Appeals Holds SEC Disgorgement Payment Does Not Constitute Excludable “Penalty” for Purposes of Insurance Coverage...

Recently, the New York Court of Appeals issued another ruling in a long-running insurance coverage dispute concerning $140 million in disgorgement paid by Bear Stearns pursuant to an SEC settlement over fifteen years ago. ...more

Dechert LLP

SEC’s Enforcement Division Releases 2019 Annual Report: Asset Management Industry Enforcement Leads to Record Numbers

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The Enforcement Division (Division) of the Securities and Exchange Commission released its Annual Report on November 6, 2019, summarizing the year’s enforcement activity. It was a record-setting year for the Division due to...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

SEC Enforcement after Kokesh and Cohen

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The remedies the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) can seek in its enforcement actions are a critical question in the wake of the Kokesh v. SEC, 137 S.Ct. 1635 (2017) and SEC v. Cohen, Civil Action No. 17-cv-430...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Corporate Investigations and White Collar Defense - July 2017

Supreme Court Limits SEC’s Disgorgement Power - Why it matters: On June 5, 2017, the Supreme Court held in Kokesh v. SEC that the five-year statute of limitations found in 28 U. S. C. §2462 with respect to actions for...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Red Notice Newsletter - June 2017

ANTICORRUPTION DEVELOPMENTS - Linde Group Receives DOJ Declination Pursuant to FCPA Pilot Program - On June 16, 2017, German based chemical and gas company Linde Group’s American affiliates, Linde North America Inc....more

Foley & Lardner LLP

5-Year Statute of Limitations Applies to SEC Disgorgement

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On June 5, 2017, the Supreme Court issued a unanimous opinion in Kokesh v. Securities and Exchange Commission, resolving a circuit split and holding that the 5-year statute of limitations for civil penalties applies to SEC...more

Jones Day

U.S. Supreme Court Significantly Limits SEC's Power to Recover Disgorgement

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On June 5, 2017, in an unanimous ruling in Kokesh v. SEC, No. 16-529, the United States Supreme Court significantly limited the breadth of the Securities and Exchange Commission's primary enforcement tool. The Court held that...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

SCOTUS Limits SEC Disgorgement Remedies

On June 5, 2017, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held that SEC disgorgement remedies used as punitive sanctions for violating federal securities laws constitute civil penalties and are subject to the five-year statute of...more

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