This week, the Ninth Circuit handed down a significant parallel proceedings ruling. At the same time the SEC brought another in a series of financial fraud cases, while the U.S Attorney in New York resolved the last of the criminal …

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Last year the SEC Enforcement Division brought a record number of cases: • 1776 investigations; • 262 civil actions; and • 394 administrative proceedings. In these cases the Division obtained $520,000,000 in disgorgement and penalties. The statistics suggest that the …

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