SEC disgorgement News

SEC Enforcement Activity Up From Last Year; One Case Affected 8,400 Investors

November 7, 2019 By Pete Schroeder and Chris Prentice

Enforcement activity by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in fiscal 2019 resulted in $4.3 billion in fines and disgorgements,...

Supreme Court Hands Wall Street Victory in Curbing SEC Disgorgement Remedy

June 5, 2017 By Sarah N. Lynch and Lawrence Hurley

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday scaled back the Securities and Exchange Commission’s power to recover ill-gotten profits from defendants’...