PLI's inSecurities Podcast - How much in disgorgement!?
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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
In a potential shakeup for corporate liability, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument this year on whether a real estate developer’s corporate affiliates should be responsible for a $46.6 million trademark infringement...more
In Securities & Exchange Commission v. Govil, No. 22-1658, 2023 WL 7137291 (2d Cir. Oct. 31, 2023), the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit dealt a setback to the enforcement agenda of the Securities and...more
Last week, in FTC v. AbbVie et al., the Third Circuit joined the Seventh Circuit in holding that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) was not authorized to seek disgorgement as a remedy under Section 13(b) of the FTC Act –...more
The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision in Liu v. SEC, No. 18-1501 (June 22, 2020), limiting the SEC’s ability to obtain monetary equitable relief in securities fraud litigation, may seem an odd topic for this blog. But Liu...more
On July 9, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court announced that it would review the Federal Trade Commission’s authority to seek restitution in federal court for consumers who have been harmed by fraud and other misconduct in the...more
On June 22, 2020, the Court issued its 8-1 opinion in Liu et al. v. Securities and Exchange Commission, No. 18-1501, 591 U.S. ____, 2020 U.S. LEXIS 3374 (2020) (Sotomayor, J.), holding that a disgorgement award is “equitable...more
In Liu v. SEC, the Supreme Court answered the question that remained following its 2017 opinion in Kokesh v. SEC: “whether, and to what extent, the SEC may seek ‘disgorgement’ in the first instance through its power to award...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: On Tuesday, March 3, 2020, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Liu et al v. Securities and Exchange Commission, in what some thought would be a landmark case on the SEC’s power to seek disgorgement...more
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in Liu v. SEC, which concerns whether, or to what extent, the SEC may ask courts to disgorge defendants’ ill-gotten gains. As I discussed in a previous post, disgorgement...more
The U.S. Supreme Court’s 2019-20 term is receiving substantial attention for cases involving signature initiatives of President Donald Trump’s administration. But the Court also maintains an extensive docket directly relevant...more
On November 1, 2019, the United States Supreme Court granted a writ of certiorari in Liu v. SEC, No. 18-1501, to address whether the Securities and Exchange Commission may obtain disgorgement in civil injunctive actions filed...more
In a case that may have a major impact on trademark litigation across the country, the Supreme Court decided on June 28, 2019 to grant certiorari in Romag Fasteners, Inc., v. Fossil, Inc., et al., in which Romag has asked the...more
On Friday, June 28, 2019, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in Romag Fasteners, Inc. v. Fossil, Inc. to decide whether a showing of willfulness is necessary to obtain a defendant’s profits under the Lanham Act....more
This week, Jay and I have a wide-ranging discussion on some of the week’s top compliance related stories. We discuss: 1. The Kokesh case at the US Supreme Court is significant for SEC enforcement of the FCPA around profit...more
Federal regulatory agencies, such as the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”), and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”), have the authority to impose...more