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Over the last few years, broker dealers and financial advisors have filed a flurry of legal actions seeking both: (1) to strip the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) of its power to adjudicate customer and...more
On June 6, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court denied a petition for certiorari in Navellier & Associates, Inc. v. SEC, declining to resolve a circuit split regarding the circumstances under which the U.S. Securities and Exchange...more
On June 6, the U.S. Supreme Court denied the petition for certiorari in the case of Navellier & Associates, Inc. v. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). This decision effectively upholds the lower courts’ rulings,...more
On June 2, 2025, the Supreme Court denied the petition for writ of certiorari filed by Alpine Securities Corporation in Alpine Securities Corp. v. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority. Interestingly, on the same day, the...more
On June 2, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court denied a petition for writ of certiorari filed by Alpine Securities Corp. in Alpine Securities Corp. v. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority. In doing so, the Supreme Court declined...more
On March 25, 2025, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) issued a 100-page Administrative Order and Decision confirming and modifying its sanctions of Alpine Securities Corporation, which include expulsion from...more
A recent ruling may raise the bar for the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in charging registered investment advisers for omissions of potential conflicts and seeking disgorgement, giving the defense bar additional...more
On April 1, 2025, the First Circuit Court of Appeals vacated a nearly $95 million judgment against our client Commonwealth Financial Network related to the sufficiency of Commonwealth’s revenue-sharing disclosures. The First...more
On April 1, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit vacated a summary judgment ruling in favor of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) against Commonwealth Equity Services, LLC, also known as Commonwealth...more
In this issue of our monthly Securities Enforcement Roundup, we highlight top securities enforcement developments and cases from March 2025. In March 2025: US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or the Commission)...more
The court rejects the SEC's per se materiality argument and requires proof of a causal connection between the defendant's allegedly inadequate disclosures and purported unlawful profits....more
Is FINRA constitutional? According to the D.C. Circuit’s November 2024 opinion in Alpine Securities Corp. v. FINRA, FINRA proceedings may be unconstitutional in one narrow set of circumstances. ...more
After two and a half years, Coinbase, Inc. (Coinbase) and other crypto market participants may finally get an answer for why the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has declined to promulgate rules clarifying how and...more
Recent case developments in Alpine Sec. Corp. v. FINRA before the D.C. Circuit cast further uncertainty on the future of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA)’s enforcement arm....more
On Monday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued the attached opinion requiring the SEC to provide a more complete explanation for its refusal to engage in formal notice-and-comment rulemaking regarding the...more
It is no secret that the incoming Republican Administration has been skeptical of the federal government’s climate change measures, which brings further uncertainty to the SEC’s new climate change rules (the “Rules”). To be...more
In Roth v. Foris Ventures, LLC, Nos. 22-16632, 22-16633, 2023 U.S. App. LEXIS 30081 (9th Cir. Nov. 13, 2023), the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit partially reversed the dismissal of a shareholder...more
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in two related cases, Axon Enterprise Inc. v. FTC (No. 21-86) and SEC v. Cochran (No. 21-1239), that federal district courts have jurisdiction to hear structural constitutional challenges to the...more
Whistleblower Developments is a periodic report covering significant cases, decisions, proposals, and legislation related to whistleblower statutes and how they may impact your business. Recent developments include:...more
On May 27, 2022, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed an order by the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) denying a whistleblower award under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act...more
Companies under US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) investigation focus on marshaling the facts, defenses and related strategies during the course of the investigation and making presentations to the enforcement...more
On May 18, 2022, the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled that key aspects of the SEC's in-house enforcement regime for securities fraud cases were unconstitutional. The decision, Jarkesy v. SEC, has significant...more
In Jarkesy v. Securities and Exchange Commission, the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued a remarkable opinion holding numerous aspects of the SEC’s administrative enforcement regime are unconstitutional. The May...more
IN THIS ISSUE - Eleventh Circuit Overturns Dismissal of Cryptocurrency Ponzi Scheme Class Action Suit; Federal Court of Appeals Dismisses Leading Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Shareholder Lawsuits; NY Seeks Blockchain...more