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Restitution
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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…
Conflict of Laws .net
Cross-Border Protection of Cultural Property: Chinese Journal of Transnational Law, Vol. 3 Issue 1 (2026)
By Sophia Tang
The Chinese Journal of Transnational Law released a landmark Special Issue titled “Cross-Border Protection of Cultural Property”. This issue brings together leading scholars from around the world to explore one…
Recent Developments in European Consumer Law
Limitation periods and restitution after loan invalidity – three new CJEU Swiss-Franc mortgage judgments
By j-a-joasialuzakrecent-ecl-blogspot-com
To continue our reporting on CJEU judgments concerning unfair contract terms in mortgage credit contracts denominated in Swiss francs, let us look at three recent judgments in Polish cases, all…
Law & Humanities Blog
Casini on Who Owns the Past? Politics and Law in the Restitution of Cultural Property
By christinecorcoslawlit-blogspot-com
Lorenzo Casini, The Institute for Advanced Studies, has published Who Owns the Past? Politics and Law in the Restitution of Cultural Property. Here is the abstract. The article examines the…
Government Enforcement, Compliance & Investigations Report
Supreme Court Clarifies Ex Post Facto Status of MVRA Restitution: Ellingburg v. United States
By Cormac Connor, Sydney Sznajder, Bhargavi Kalaga
The Supreme Court recently and unanimously held in Ellingburg v. United States[1] that restitution imposed under the Mandatory Victims Restitution Act of 1996 (MVRA) qualifies as “criminal punishment” subject to the Constitution’s…
AGP & Co Insights
Restitution and Unjust Enrichment under Cyprus Law
Restitution and Unjust Enrichment under Cyprus Law Failed commercial transactions often raise a deceptively simple question: can money already paid be recovered? Cyprus law answers this question through the doctrines…
Eye on Enforcement
Supreme Court Holds That Restitution Is a Criminal Penalty; Decision Portends New Constitutional Arguments
By Ty E. Howard, Hannah Grewal
On January 20, 2026, in Ellingburg v. United States, 607 U.S. ____ (2026), the Supreme Court considered whether the Ex Post Facto Clause applies to the Mandatory Victim Restitution Act…
Law Web
Bombay HC: How the magistrate or Session judge should protect interest of victim if arrest of accused is declared illegal ?
By Law Web
There is another important aspect in this matter. The offence is quite serious and therefore, it would not be proper if the victim suffers because of the lapse on the part of…
San Francisco Criminal Lawyer Blog
Unpaid restitution is not grounds to deny expungement of a conviction
THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. HAYLEY MACKENZIE MURPHY, Defendant and Appellant. (Cal. Ct. App., Nov. 21, 2025, No. A172224) 2025 WL 3250744, at *1–2 Summary: Murphy filed to expunge…
Traverse Legal Expert Articles
Art as Evidence: Cultural IP Law and the Legal Aftermath of High-Value Theft
By Brian Hall
The $100 million theft of royal jewels from the Louvre reignited global debate over art ownership, restitution, and authenticity. Beneath the headlines lies a legal conflict cutting across property rights,…