Posts from January 2021.
On the new year’s first day, Congress passed the NDAA over President Trump’s veto and gave the SEC more clear – and longer – disgorgement authority for enforcement actions in the courts. The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021, H.R. 6395 (116th Cong. 2019-2020) is here.
First, Section 6501(a)(3) of the Act amends Securities Exchange Act Section 21(d), 15 U.S.C. § 78u(d) to provide express statutory authorization for SEC’s disgorgement remedy in court actions:
- (7) Disgorgement.--In any action or proceeding brought by the Commission under any ...