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Mining Law Monitor - Volume 26, Issue 1 - (Spring 2011)

Client Alert | less than 1 min read | 06.01.11


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Included Articles:

  • Clean Water Act Jurisdiction: Navigating the Rapanos Quagmire
  • Endangered Species Act and Global Climate Change: The Polar Bear Litigation Turns Five
  • Deepsea Mineral Mining: From Pipedream to Reality

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Client Alert | 6 min read | 06.09.26

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....