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The United States Supreme Court is the highest court of the United States and is charged with interpreting federal law, including the United States Constitution. The Court's docket is largely discretionary with only a limited number of cases granted review each term.  The Court is comprised of one chief justice and eight associate justices, who are nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate to hold lifetime positions. less -
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U.S. Supreme Court Eliminates Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies Requirement for ADA Damage Suits Against School Districts

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Summary of the ruling (& its underlying alphabet soup): The federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (“IDEA”) requires school districts to provide their disabled students a Free Appropriate Public Education...more

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Procedural Actions Following the Supreme Court Remand in Boechler

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Key Takeaways: ..In Boechler P.C., v. Commissioner (“Boechler”), the Supreme Court held that the thirty-day period to petition the Tax Court for review of an adverse determination by the IRS Appeals Office in a collection...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Senate Commerce Committee Chair Pushes One-Sided 13(b) Fix

The one-year anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision in AMG Capital Management, LLC v. FTC has renewed calls for Congressional action to expand and codify the Federal Trade Commission’s enforcement authority under Section...more

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JONES DAY TALKS®: Consumer Protection Enforcement Changes Likely After SCOTUS AMG Decision

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In AMG Capital Management v. FTC, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the Federal Trade Commission Act does not allow the FTC to seek, from violators of the Act, "equitable monetary relief" in the form of restitution or...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Congress Extending the SEC Statute of Limitations to 10 Years?!!

Congress recently overrode President Trump’s veto of the $740 billion 2021 National Defense Authorization Act (“NDAA”) and signed it into law. While the focus of the NDAA is not on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Supreme Court Review of FTC Monetary Relief Authority Threatens Long-Standing Agency Practice

On January 13, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear a case, AMG Capital Management, LLC v. FTC, that could substantially curtail the primary authority the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) relies on to seek monetary...more

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KT Sound Bytes Episode 1 | The Effects of the Supreme Court Decision in Liu v. SEC

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We're pleased to announce the launch of our podcast, KT Sound Bytes! Our first episode features Partner Adria Perez and Associate Jessica Nwokocha, with assistance from Summer Associate Davis Brooke Caswell, discussing the...more

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Regulatory Monitor: SEC Update

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Liu v. SEC: The US Supreme Court Upholds the SEC’s Power to Obtain Disgorgement in Civil Actions, but with Important Limitations - On June 22, the Supreme Court held in Liu v. SEC that the Securities and Exchange...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Liu v. SEC Decision Leaves Ambiguity on Disgorgement Limitations – How to Measure 'Business Expenses' Deductible From 'Illegal...

While the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Liu v. SEC limited the SEC’s disgorgement power, it also left open certain complicated issues that are now subject to interpretation. As we previously summarized, in an 8–1 vote, the...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Ninth Circuit Reverses SEC Disgorgement Award and Remands in First Decision Post-Liu

For the first time outside of the originating case itself, a federal appeals court was called upon to apply the principles governing disgorgement in SEC enforcement actions established by the United States Supreme Court’s...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

A Liu Look at Disgorgement: Ninth Circuit Vacates SEC Disgorgement Award

The U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Liu v. SEC is less than two months old, yet the ramifications of the decision on the SEC’s enforcement powers are already taking shape....more

Ballard Spahr LLP

After Seila Law, Will Congress Change the CFPB’s Leadership Structure?

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In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s June 29, 2020 decision in Seila Law LLC v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which held that the CFPB’s leadership structure violates the separation of powers mandated by the U.S....more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Strange Bedfellows – How a Recent Security Fraud Opinion May Impact Consumer Fraud Class Actions

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

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Disgorgement/Restitution Defense Continues to Lose Steam in Wake of Supreme Court Decision in Liu v. SEC

Late in June, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision in Liu v. SEC, a closely watched case in which the Court in an 8-1 opinion curtailed the authority of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to seek disgorgement of...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Maybe the FTC Can’t Take That to the Bank: The Supreme Court’s Decision in Liu v. SEC and Its Implications for the FTC’s Ability...

On July 9, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court granted petitions for certiorari in FTC v. Credit Bureau Center and AMG Capital Management, LLC v. FTC, cases that question the Federal Trade Commission’s authority to demand equitable...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Liu v. SEC: Foreshadowing a Challenge to the FTC’s Disgorgement Authority

In Liu v. Securities & Exchange Commission, the Supreme Court upheld, but circumscribed, the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC's) disgorgement authority by holding 8-1 that the SEC may seek disgorgement through its...more

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Are Disgorgement Payments to the SEC Tax-Deductible? U.S. Supreme Court’s Decision in Liu v. SEC Complicates the Analysis

The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision last month in Liu v. SEC raises the question of whether disgorgement payments in SEC enforcement actions should now be deductible for federal income tax purposes. The Court held that a...more

King & Spalding

What is New After Liu: Unsettled Questions Surrounding SEC Disgorgement

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On June 22, 2020, in Liu v. SEC, the Supreme Court held in an 8-1 decision that the SEC is authorized under 15 U.S.C. § 78u(d)(5) (2015) to seek disgorgement as “equitable relief” in district court actions, as long as the...more

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Liu v. SEC: The U.S. Supreme Court Upholds SEC’s Power to Disgorge Profits Obtained Through Fraud, with Limits

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On June 22, 2020, in a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) enforcement action, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the SEC may disgorge profits obtained by companies through fraudulent practice, provided that such award...more

The Volkov Law Group

Supreme Court Restricts Disgorgement Remedy

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In an important case decided in June 2020, the Supreme Court, in Liu et al v. SEC, addressed the SEC’s ability to seek “equitable relief” in civil proceedings. In 2017, the Supreme Court, in Kokesh v. SEC, ruled that a...more

Mintz - Securities Litigation Viewpoints

Liu v. SEC —SCOTUS Weighs In, But Disgorgement Questions Remain

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

BakerHostetler

SEC Wins Fight to Retain Disgorgement Power But There's a Catch

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On June 22, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its highly anticipated decision in Liu v. Securities and Exchange Commission, which found that disgorgement awards that do not exceed a wrongdoer’s net profits (gross profits...more

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Liu v. SEC: Supreme Court Upholds the SEC’s Disgorgement Power But the Quagmire Continues

Last week, the Supreme Court decided in Liu v. SEC that the SEC may continue to seek disgorgement in judicial proceedings as a form of equitable relief under the Securities Exchange Act. A ruling to the contrary would have...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Liu v. SEC – Supreme Court Establishes Important Limitations on SEC Disgorgement

- In Liu v. SEC, No. 18-1501, the Supreme Court upheld the SEC’s ability to obtain disgorgement as a form of equitable relief in civil actions in federal court, pursuant to 15 U.S.C. § 78u(d)(5). - However, the Court...more

McGlinchey Stafford

Florida Real Property & Business Litigation Report, Volume 13, Issue 26

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Liu v. Securities And Exchange Commission, Case No. 18–1501 (2020). Equitable relief, including disgorgement, is permissible under the Securities Act of 1933, 15 U. S. C. §77a et seq., so long as it does not exceed a...more

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