On June 27, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed a Fifth Circuit decision that called into question the future of certain in-house administrative enforcement actions, which we reviewed here. Specifically, in Securities and...more
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On May 18, 2022, the Fifth Circuit issued its opinion in Jarkesy v. SEC, holding that: (1) the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC's) in-house adjudication of Petitioners' case violated their Seventh Amendment right to...more