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Disgorgement
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Corporate and Securities Law
Supreme Court Holds SEC May Obtain Disgorgement Without Proof of Investor Financial Loss
By Andrew Arbuckle, Scott Gootee
By Scott Gootee & Andrew Arbuckle On June 4, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is not required to prove investors suffered…
Free Writings + Perspectives
Supreme Court Allows SEC to Obtain Disgorgement Without Showing Investors Suffered a Financial Loss
By David Breyer
On June 4, 2026, the Supreme Court held in a unanimous decision that the Securities and Exchange Commission is not required to show that investors suffered pecuniary loss in order…
Global Investment Watch
United States: Supreme Court Holds SEC Does Not Need to Prove Pecuniary Loss in Disgorgement
By: Thoreau Bartmann, Meghan Flinn, and Steve Topetzes On 4 June 2026, the Supreme Court unanimously decided Sripetch v. SEC, ruling that the SEC does not need to prove that…
Investment Management Regulatory Update
SEC Disgorgement Powers Stay Intact After High Court Fight
By Elise Hoffer
Authored by: Karim Sabbidine The Supreme Court’s unanimous decision in Sripetch v. SEC keeps a major SEC enforcement tool intact: the SEC may seek disgorgement of a securities violator’s ill-gotten…
Eye on Enforcement
The SEC’s Disgorgement Power Stays Broad (for Now)
By Ty E. Howard, Timothy K. Halloran
In a unanimous decision issued on June 4, 2026, the Supreme Court handed the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) an enforcement victory. That case — Sripetch v. SEC — concluded…
The CLS Blue Sky Blog
Wachtell Lipton Discusses Supreme Court Rejection of Investor-Loss Limit on SEC Disgorgement
By David B. Anders, John F. Savarese, Wayne M. Carlin, Michael W. Holt
In a unanimous decision issued today in Sripetch v. SEC, the Supreme Court held that the SEC need not prove that investors suffered any actual pecuniary loss in order to…
Missouri Lawyers Media
SCOTUS News: SEC needn’t show investor losses for disgorgement
By Staff Report
Listen to this article Summary U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled the Securities and Exchange Commission need not prove investor pecuniary loss to obtain disgorgement. Case involved defendant who was ordered…
Regulatory Oversight
US Supreme Court Holds SEC Need Not Prove Investor Loss to Obtain Disgorgement
Key Points The U.S. Supreme Court in Sripetch v. SEC held that the SEC may obtain disgorgement of a violator's net profits without proving that investors suffered pecuniary loss. The…
The D&O Diary
Del. Court: SEC Disgorgement Not a “Penalty” for Which Coverage is Barred
One of the perennial D&O insurance issues involves the question whether “disgorgement” amounts awarded in SEC proceedings represent “penalties” for which insurance coverage is precluded. In the latest example of…
Global Investment Watch
United States: Disgorgement Debate: Supreme Court to Hear Sripetch v. SEC
By: Hayley Trahan-Liptak, Christopher F. Warner, and Bridget K. McKelvey The Supreme Court will soon once again weigh in on the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) enforcement powers, this…