Posts tagged enforcement cases.
The drumbeats of discontent grow louder against the SEC's more frequent use of its internal administrative forum for enforcement cases. I wrote about the current spate of Constitutional challenges to the agency's forum in an October 9 Law360 article, A Renewed Fight Over SEC's Admin Forum's Constitutionality, here. The SEC instituted administrative proceedings accusing Canadian Jordan Peixoto of insider-trading in options on shares of Herbalife Ltd. in advance of a hedge fund's announcement of its short position in the stock. See In re Peixoto, Admin. Proc. File No. 3-16184 ...
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