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Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Supreme Court Curtails Use of Administrative Courts in SEC Enforcement Proceedings: What it Means for Other Agencies and What...

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that defendants in securities fraud cases brought by the SEC are entitled by the Seventh Amendment to have the SEC’s claims for civil money penalties decided by a jury and not in an...more

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In That Case: Securities and Exchange Commission v. Jarkesy

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In this episode, co-host Michael Dawson is joined by Noah Rosenblum, an assistant professor of law at NYU and former WilmerHale summer associate, to discuss the Supreme Court’s decision in Securities and Exchange Commission...more

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Will Jarkesy Be a Fatal Blow to Civil Enforcement in Administrative Agency Proceedings?

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The end of the Supreme Court’s recent term saw two major decisions in the field of administrative law: Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo and Securities & Exchange Commission v. Jarkesy. The Loper Bright decision, which...more

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U.S. Supreme Court Decision Limits SEC’s Ability to Use Administrative Proceedings in Fraud Cases

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The U.S. Supreme Court held that when the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) seeks civil penalties against a defendant for securities fraud, the Seventh Amendment of the U.S. Constitution entitles the defendant to a...more

Balch & Bingham LLP

In Case You Missed It: Will The U.S. Supreme Court’s Jarkesy Decision Be A Game Changer For Administrative Law?

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In “Case” You Missed It is a new column by Balch & Bingham attorney Tripp DeMoss that briefly summarizes a recently issued decision by higher courts like the U.S. Supreme Court and Alabama Supreme Court in cases of interest...more

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Ripple Effects Of SEC Adjudication Ruling May Be Momentous

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Suppose that your nemesis has a legal beef with you, and you learn that the law allows him to appoint one of his employees to judge the case. Shocked? You should be. Yet federal agency adjudication works the same way. How...more

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The Consequential Impact of the Supreme Court’s Monumental Ruling in SEC v. Jarkesy

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On June 27, 2024, the Supreme Court of the United States issued its decision in SEC v. Jarkesy, holding that the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) must prosecute securities fraud before a federal court whenever it...more

Stevens & Lee

Challenging the FTC’s Constitutionality in the Aftermath of Jarkesy

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The Supreme Court on June 27 issued its opinion in Securities and Exchange Commission v. Jarkesy in which it held that when the SEC seeks civil penalties against a defendant for securities fraud, the Seventh Amendment...more

Wiley Rein LLP

Supreme Court Holds That Federal Agencies May Seek Punitive Money Penalties Only Before A Jury

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Last week the U.S. Supreme Court held in SEC v. Jarkesy that a defendant in a securities fraud suit has the right to be tried by a jury in an Article III court, rather than before an agency’s own tribunal. The Court’s...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

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It’s All Over but the Shouting: OFCCP Must Shut Down its Administrative Court Prosecutions as a Result of SCOTUS’ SEC Jury Trial...

But it’s Complicated. And, of course, OFCCP’s Enforcement Scheme will “not go gentle into that good night.” The case decision is Securities & Exchange Commission v. Jarkesy (Case No. 22-859; i.e., “SEC decision”). ...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

The Supreme Court Strips SEC of Fraud-Fighting Forum, Sparking Debate on Broader Implications for Federal Enforcement

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For more than a decade, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) has been able to bring enforcement actions in either federal court or the agency’s internal venue. Not anymore. On June 27, 2024, the U.S....more

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U.S. Supreme Court Reins in Agency Enforcement Powers

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At the end of its most recent term, the U.S. Supreme Court took aim at the Securities and Exchange Commission’s internal enforcement mechanism, heavily curtailing the ability of the SEC to self-enforce violations of our...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

U.S. Supreme Court Rules SEC Must Try Securities Fraud Cases in Federal Jury Trials Rather than In-House Courts

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On June 27, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that when the SEC seeks civil penalties against a defendant for securities fraud, the Seventh Amendment entitles the defendant to a jury trial. In a 6–3 decision, Chief Justice...more

Proskauer - Corporate Defense and Disputes

Supreme Court Bars SEC Administrative Proceedings for Civil Penalties

The U.S. Supreme Court held that the Seventh Amendment to the U.S. Constitution entitles a defendant to a jury trial when the Securities and Exchange Commission seeks to impose civil penalties for violations of the federal...more

Proskauer - Minding Your Business

The Axon Side-Step: Defendants’ New Dance to Avoid Agency Enforcement Actions

The FTC and SEC have their own administrative dispute resolution regime, presided over by their own administrative judges (“ALJs”). Until now, those regimes were virtually immune from attack on a constitutional basis, because...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

2019 Report: Federal Circuit Appeals from the PTAB - Summaries of Key 2018 Decisions: Oil States Energy Servs., LLC v. Green’s...

In Oil States Energy Services, LLC v. Greene’s Energy Group, LLC, the Supreme Court ruled that inter partes reviews (IPRs) do not improperly divest the courts of their judicial authority and do not violate the Seventh...more

McDermott Will & Emery

When SCOTUS Said No Partial Institution, It Meant All Challenged Grounds

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In light of the Supreme Court of the United States decision in SAS Institute v. Iancu (IP Update, Vol. 21, No. 5), the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit remanded an appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Supreme Court Upholds Constitutionality of Inter Partes Review of Issued Patents

In 2012, Congress created a new procedure that allows the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to conduct a litigation-like procedure to review and potentially cancel patents. This procedure - inter partes review (“IPR”) - has...more

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Oil States v. Greene’s Energy: IPR Here to Stay, For Now

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The U.S. Supreme Court on April 24 issued its decision in the closely watched patent case Oil States Energy Services, LLC v. Greene’s Energy Group, LLC, 138 S. Ct. 1365 (2018). The case addressed a constitutional challenge to...more

Troutman Pepper

Supreme Court Issues Two Patent-Related Opinions; One Causes Turmoil at the Patent Office

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On April 24, the U.S. Supreme Court, in a 7-2 decision, held that inter partes review (IPR) proceedings conducted by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) do not violate Article III or implicate the Seventh Amendment. ...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

SAS Institute Follow-Up: New PTAB Procedures and Strategies

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The PTAB’s new guidance in light of a recent Supreme Court ruling changes the dynamics for patent owners and petitioners. Key Points: ..Partial institutions are no longer permitted. The PTAB will review all petitioned...more

Fish & Richardson

Legal Alert: Implications of Oil States Energy Services, LLC v. Greene’s Energy Group, LLC and SAS Institute Inc. v. Iancu

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As the most-active firm practicing at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), we are proud to have shared in our clients’ successes over the years. Fish was one of the first firms to file a post-grant petition in 2012, and...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Patent System after Oil States and SAS – What’s the future?

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On April 24th, the Supreme Court decided two important cases related to the United States Patent & Trademark Office’s inter partes review (IPR) proceedings for reconsidering the prior grant of a patent – Oil States Energy...more

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.

Inter Partes Review Proceedings Survive, But Their Implementation Will Change

In a pair of decisions, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the inter partes review (IPR) process created by the America Invents Act but required the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) to make a...more

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