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Capital Markets & Governance Insights - October 2024

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SEC Developments - In Twin Actions, SEC Charges Former Kubient CEO for Fraud and Former CFO and Audit Committee Chair for Failing to Investigate and Perpetuating CEO’s Fraud....more

Jenner & Block

Client Alert: Key Takeaways from SEC Fraud Charges Against the CEO, CFO, and Audit Committee Chair of Kubient

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Earlier this month, the SEC brought accounting fraud charges in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against the CEO, CFO, and Audit Committee Chair of Kubient, a company that purported to use AI...more

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Southern District Of Florida Dismisses Securities Fraud Claim Against Equity Fund Alleging “Scheme” To Inflate Company Stock Price...

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On September 13, 2024, Judge K. Michael Moore of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida dismissed a complaint alleging that an equity fund (the “Company”), its affiliate companies, and several...more

Cranfill Sumner LLP

After Jarkesy, What Is Next for In-House Enforcement Proceedings?

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Much virtual ink has been spilled in the weeks and months since the Supreme Court issued its opinion in Securities and Exchange Commission v. Jarkesy—much attesting to that the decision was the death knell for in-house...more

K&L Gates LLP

Shedding Light on "Shadow Trading" and What Companies Should Do Now

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The concept of insider trading under the federal securities laws has evolved over the years, at times in unexpected ways. Current insider trading standards have developed through case law and administrative actions applying...more

Cornerstone Research

Securities Class Action Filings: 2024 Midyear Assessment

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The number of securities class action filings increased in the first half of 2024 relative to the second half of 2023, according to a report released today by Cornerstone Research and the Stanford Law School Securities Class...more

Jenner & Block

Client Alert: Latest Supreme Court Term Presents New Challenges for SEC

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The Supreme Court’s most recent term has forced the SEC to face new realities regarding its powers. As has been widely publicized, the Supreme Court’s overruling of Chevron in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo highlighted...more

Stoel Rives - Environmental Law Blog

SEC v. Jarkesy: In-House Adjudicators are Out and the Jury is In

Why do environmental professionals need to know about a recent securities case? Read on for details. In response to the Wall Street Crash of 1929, Congress passed the Securities Act of 1933, the Securities Exchange Act of...more

A&O Shearman

FINRA Faces Post- Jarkesy Challenge to its Enforcement Program

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The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) is now facing a second litigation challenging the constitutionality of its use of disciplinary tribunals to impose sanctions on FINRA members. A broker filed a complaint...more

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Two U.S. Supreme Court Decisions Will Affect the Securities Industry

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The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) recently issued two opinions that are likely to have a longer-term effect on the way securities industry matters are handled. Juries, not the Securities Exchange Commission...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Supreme Court Limits SEC’s In-House Adjudicative Powers

On June 27, 2024, in Securities and Exchange Commission v. Jarkesy, the Supreme Court held that the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC or the Commission) administrative process for adjudicating fraud-based enforcement...more

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Supreme Court Significantly Limits the SEC’s Enforcement Power by Prohibiting Administrative Proceedings for Securities Fraud

On June 27, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in Securities and Exchange Commission v. Jarkesy. In a 6-3 decision, the Court ruled that securities fraud claims seeking civil penalties must be decided by a jury...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

SEC Charges Company for Allegedly Deficient ATM Disclosures

On June 25, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) charged an advanced materials company and its former executive officers with market manipulation, fraud and other securities law violations.  The charges...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Supreme Court Decision in SEC v. Jarkesy Limits the SEC’s Ability to Seek Civil Penalties

On June 26, 2024, the Supreme Court issued a decision in SEC v. Jarkesy, holding that “[w]hen the SEC seeks civil penalties against a defendant for securities fraud, the Seventh Amendment entitles the defendant to a jury...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Civil Penalties Pivot to Federal Courts, Post-Jarkesy

The Supreme Court’s June 27 decision in Securities and Exchange Commission v. Jarkesy marks ‎a pivotal shift in administrative law, potentially limiting administrative adjudication of agency ‎enforcement across the federal...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

SEC v. Jarkesy: How Impactful Is It Really on the SEC’s Enforcement Program?

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In SEC v. Jarkesy, the Supreme Court held that the Seventh Amendment requires the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or “the Commission”) to litigate in federal district court when seeking civil monetary penalties...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

SEC v. Jarkesy: Supreme Court Delivers Significant Blow to SEC Intra-Agency Enforcement

SCOTUS limits agency use of ALJs in civil penalty proceedings - On June 27, 2024, in a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court held in SEC v. Jarkesy that the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC" or the "Commission") could...more

Baker Donelson

U.S. Supreme Court Declares SEC's Action for Civil Money Penalties Unconstitutional, Upending Administrative Enforcement Powers

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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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Supreme Court Holding That SEC Actions Seeking Civil Penalties for Securities Fraud Must Be Heard by a Jury Calls Into Question...

In Securities and Exchange Commission v. Jarkesy, the U.S. Supreme Court held that “the Seventh Amendment entitles a defendant to a jury trial when the [Securities and Exchange Commission] seeks civil penalties against him...more

Venable LLP

Jarkesy: SEC Change-Up - The Supreme Court Curbs the Use of Administrative Courts for Litigated Fraud Claims and Civil Penalties

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In a landmark decision issued last week, SEC v. Jarkesy, the Supreme Court held that the Seventh Amendment guarantees a defendant a jury trial when the SEC seeks civil penalties against the defendant for committing securities...more

Cozen O'Connor

U.S. Supreme Court Declares Unconstitutional SEC’s Admin Courts Hearing of Fraud Cases When Seeking Civil Penalties

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On June 27, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court in SEC v. Jarkesy struck a major blow to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s enforcement powers by declaring as unconstitutional the SEC’s use of its in-house administrative...more

Miller Canfield

U.S. Supreme Court Curtails Securities and Exchange Commission’s In-House Authority to Penalize Securities Fraud

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On June 28, 2024, the Supreme Court issued a significant decision that could have wide-ranging consequences for administrative agency enforcement actions. In Securities and Exchange Commission v. Jarkesy, the Court held that...more

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Supreme Court Limits SEC Administrative Actions, Upholds Defendants’ Right to a Jury

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On Thursday, June 27, the Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision, held that the Seventh Amendment entitles a defendant to a jury trial in instances where the SEC seeks civil penalties against that defendant for alleged securities...more

Wiley Rein LLP

SEC v. Jarkesy: SCOTUS Restores Constitutional Protections to Agency Enforcement Actions

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In a broadside to in-house agency adjudications, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the constitutional right to a jury trial for defendants in Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) enforcement proceedings seeking civil...more

White & Case LLP

Supreme Court rules SEC use of in-house tribunals is unconstitutional in potentially far-reaching decision

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On June 27, 2024, the Supreme Court ruled in SEC v. Jarkesy that when the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) seeks civil penalties from defendants for securities fraud, the Seventh Amendment requires it to bring the...more

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