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Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

Nutter Securities Enforcement Update: July 1, 2025

The Nutter Securities Enforcement Update is a periodic update of noteworthy recent securities enforcement activity, settlements, decisions, and charges. We provide brief summaries that highlight recent enforcement action...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

SEC Disgorgement Stuck in Circuit Split After Supreme Court Declines to Intervene

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

Troutman Pepper Locke

Supreme Court Denies Certiorari in SEC Disgorgement Case

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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

Ropes & Gray LLP

First Circuit Vacates Summary Judgment Award and $93 Million Order in Revenue Sharing Case

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On April 1, 2025, the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit overturned a $93 million judgment issued against Commonwealth Financial Network (“Commonwealth”) nearly one year ago in a case by the Securities and...more

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First Circuit Reverses SEC Win in $93 Million Investment Adviser Disclosure Case

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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

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

Nutter Securities Enforcement Update: Oct. 1 Quarterly Review

The Nutter Securities Enforcement Update is a periodic update of noteworthy recent securities enforcement activity, settlements, decisions, and charges. We provide brief summaries that highlight recent enforcement action...more

Jenner & Block

Client Alert: Court Adopts SEC's New Unregistered Dealer Theory, Creates Risk of Disgorgement and Penalties for Anyone Trading...

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A broad array of financial market participants—mutual funds, private funds, insurers, pension funds, family offices, individuals, and more—may be at risk after the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) secured summary...more

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

Nutter Securities Enforcement Update: 2022 SEC Retrospective

2022 was a busy year for the SEC’s Enforcement Division. This 2022 Retrospective highlights some of the year’s notable cases, largest settlements, new and noteworthy theories, and court decisions worth remembering....more

Goodwin

Ninth Circuit Holds that Purchasers of Unregistered Shares in Slack’s Direct Listing May Bring Securities Act Claims

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Ninth Circuit Holds that Purchasers of Unregistered Shares in Slack’s Direct Listing May Bring Securities Act Claims; Small Class of Crypto Purchasers Recommended for Certification; Tether to Pay $41 Million to Settle...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Second Circuit Upholds Enforceability of SEC Tolling Agreements

In Securities & Exchange Comm’n v. Fowler, No. 20-1081, 2021 WL 3083655 (2d Cir. July 22, 2021), the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit upheld a lower court judgment awarding the Securities and Exchange...more

Burr & Forman

Social Media Crypto “Influencer” Not Above the Law

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Former Louisiana deputy sheriff and Russian resident Steven Seagal agreed to a Cease and Desist (“C&D”) Order by the SEC, finding violations of the non-touting provisions of Securities Act § 17(b) and imposing civil penalties...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Skadden's 2020 Insights

Despite political and economic uncertainties, markets and deal activity were resilient in 2019, and strong fundamentals remain in place heading into 2020. Companies continue to face a challenging litigation and enforcement...more

Jones Day

SEC Enforcement in Financial Reporting and Disclosure: 2019 Year-End Update

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We are pleased to present our annual year-end update on financial reporting and issuer disclosure enforcement activity for 2019. This White Paper focuses on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's ("SEC") enforcement...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Investment Management Roundtable Discussion – Regulatory and Enforcement Update

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Gregory J. Nowak, a partner and practice leader for hedge funds in Pepper Hamilton’s Private Fund Services Practice Group, hosts a series of candid, interactive webinar discussions for West LegalEdcenter on what is going on...more

Blank Rome LLP

Insurers Seize on Kokesh Ruling to Disclaim Coverage for SEC Disgorgement

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Justin F. Lavella and Alexander H. Berman In April 2017, white collar and securities attorneys, as well as potential defendants, cheered the Supreme Court’s unanimous opinion in Kokesh v. SEC, which held that civil...more

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The Supreme Court Reins in the SEC Further on Its Time to Pursue Enforcement Remedies

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On June 5, the United States Supreme Court unanimously decided in Kokesh v. SEC[1] that when the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC or the Commission) seeks the disgorgement of ill-gotten gains that a defendant...more

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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

McGuireWoods LLP

U.S. Supreme Court Rules Time Limits Apply to SEC Disgorgement Orders

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A unanimous United States Supreme Court held Monday, in Kokesh v. Securities and Exchange Commission, that the five-year statute of limitations under 28 U.S.C. § 2462 applies to disgorgement sought by the Securities and...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

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Eleventh Circuit Limits SEC’s Ability to Seek Disgorgement or Declaratory Relief for Conduct Occurring More Than Five Years Before...

On May 26, 2016, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued an important decision regarding the applicability of 28 U.S.C. § 2462, the five-year statute of limitations governing SEC enforcement actions...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

This Week In Securities Litigation

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The SEC prevailed on two summary judgment motions. One centered on a manipulation action. The other was against an attorney who facilitated a prime bank fraud. The Commission also filed: An action against UBS tied to its...more

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This Week In Securities Litigation

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The SEC settled another action this week based on admissions of fact and that the Federal securities laws were filed, this time involving Oppenheimer. The action was based on the fact that the firm permitted an off-shore and...more

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