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  1. January 01, 2024

    SEC Enforcement Cases To Watch In 2024

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's enforcement division is facing a number of decisive court battles this year, from an anticipated U.S. Supreme Court ruling that could severely limit its use of its in-house court system, to possible decisions in headline-grabbing litigation over cybersecurity breaches, cryptocurrency sales and insider trading. Here, Law360 breaks down the enforcement cases and controversies to watch in 2024. 

  2. January 01, 2024

    Appellate Outlook: Circuit Splits & Hot Topics To Track In 2024

    The 2024 appellate almanac is looking lively after eye-popping opinions and arguments in 2023's homestretch. As the new year begins, several circuit splits seem more serious, ideological imbalances are in the spotlight, and luminaries of the U.S. Supreme Court bar are locked in a burgeoning battle over alleged corporate complicity in terrorism.

  3. December 04, 2023

    Justices Weigh Limits Of Possible Ruling Against SEC Courts

    While the U.S. Supreme Court recently expressed a willingness to declare the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's in-house court system unconstitutional, experts say some justices have shown a desire to keep their ruling from spilling over into the enforcement activities of federal agencies doling out Social Security benefits or punishing alleged tax cheats.

  4. November 29, 2023

    Justice Thomas Eyes Public Rights Rule In SEC Courts Case

    U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas on Wednesday focused his characteristically few questions during oral arguments to spark debate over the public rights doctrine used to determine whether lawsuits involving the government must be heard by a jury.

  5. November 29, 2023

    Justices Cast Doubt On Future Of SEC's In-House Courts

    The conservative majority of the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday seemed poised to declare the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's in-house courts unconstitutional, but some expressed concern about whether such a ruling could have spillover effects on the government's ability to prosecute violations of immigration, customs and workplace safety laws.

  6. November 27, 2023

    SEC's High Court Opponent Is A Supreme Court Newcomer

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday will battle for the future of its administrative court with the help of a seasoned high court litigator, while the agency's challenger is placing his hopes on a loyal attorney who has yet to argue a case before the justices.

  7. November 22, 2023

    Up Next At High Court: SEC Courts, Repeat Offender Sentences

    The U.S. Supreme Court returns Monday from a long holiday weekend to hear arguments over the proper standard to apply when sentencing a repeat felony offender under the Armed Career Criminal Act and the constitutionality of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's in-house courts system.

  8. November 20, 2023

    Challenge To DOL Court Paused As Justices Mull Similar Case

    A D.C. federal judge pressed pause Monday on weighing in on the propriety of the U.S. Department of Labor assessing penalties for violations of a temporary visa to allow the U.S. Supreme Court to rule whether federal agencies may run their own enforcement proceedings.

  9. October 18, 2023

    Musk And Cuban Join Call To End SEC's In-House Courts

    Billionaires Elon Musk and Mark Cuban joined a chorus of voices Wednesday calling on the U.S. Supreme Court to end U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's use of its in-house courts, arguing that the agency shouldn't be allowed to "pick and choose" whether it grants defendants the right to a jury trial. 

  10. October 11, 2023

    SEC's Courts Would Baffle Nation's Founders, Justices Told

    A hedge fund manager at the center of a U.S. Supreme Court case over administrative courts told the justices Wednesday that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's decision to try him in-house is at odds with the country's foundational right to a trial by jury and would mystify the founders who fought for that right.