Posts from February 2018.

In a triumph of positive statutory law over Chevron deference to the administrative state, the unanimous Supreme Court held this week that Dodd-Frank whistleblower protections require SEC reporting, because the statute defines "whistleblower" as someone who reports "to the Commission."

I'm relieved to know the Court agrees that "'When a statute includes an explicit definition, we must follow that definition,' even if it varies from a term's ordinary meaning. This principle resolves the question before us." Slip Op. § II at 9. The Ninth Circuit and the U.S. Solicitor General ...

Posted in: Dodd-Frank, SEC

After several years of examination focus and a series of enforcement actions, the SEC's Enforcement Division on February 12 announced a "Share Class Selection Disclosure Initiative" in an attempt to level-set industry compliance and bring investment-advisers in from the cold. See SEC Press Release No. 2018-15.

Investment advisers have a fiduciary duty to their customers. Investment Advisers Act of 1940 ("Advisers Act") § 206(2). That precludes self-interesting action and includes full disclosure of all compensation conflicts. And the Act prohibits Advisers from making ...

Posted in: SEC
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