Changing Court Rules Signal Changing Court
Client Alert | less than 1 min read | 07.25.06
The Court of Federal Claims adopted several rule changes on June 20, 2006, the most significant of which was replacement of the confusing and inconsistently-applied Rule 56.1 with a new, enigmatic Rule 52.1 governing review of administrative records, which promises to affect most directly bid protest procedures. Championed by the court's newer judges and opposed by the Department of Justice, the new rule reflects deeper changes, as the roster of CFC judges has almost completely turned over in recent years.
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Is Stock-a-palooza Over? Supreme Court allows SEC to Pursue Disgorgement
On June 4, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) can continue to pursue disgorgement as an equitable remedy in securities fraud cases without showing pecuniary loss by investors. The Court’s ruling in Sripetch v. SEC resolves a split between the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, which concluded that the SEC must demonstrate pecuniary loss, and the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the First and Ninth Circuits, which declined to require such a showing.
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