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  1. February 19, 2025

    'Death Knell' For SEC Dealer Rule As Regulator Drops Appeal

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday dropped its bid to revive its expansion of the dealer definition at the Fifth Circuit after industry groups representing private funds and crypto firms successfully challenged the rule in Texas federal court last year.

  2. December 20, 2024

    SEC's Dealer Rule Loss Is A Lesson To Regulators, Atty Says

    A Sullivan & Cromwell LLP attorney who successfully litigated a crypto industry challenge to vacate a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission rule expanding the definition of dealer said the Texas federal judge's decision is another block in the recent chain of court decisions warning federal agencies to refrain from stretching old statutory terms to reach new contexts that aren't clearly within their authority.

  3. November 21, 2024

    New SEC 'Dealer' Rule Tossed In Win For Hedge Funds, Crypto

    A Texas federal judge on Thursday overturned a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission rule that expanded the definition of "dealer" to include proprietary trading firms, some hedge funds and crypto firms, saying the agency overstepped its authority when it adopted the rule.

  4. November 14, 2024

    Crypto And Private Fund Groups Push SEC On Dealer Rule

    Crypto industry groups and private fund associations tag-teamed the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday during a hearing over two cases relating to the agency's expanded definition of securities dealers, telling a Texas federal court that the new rule marked a dramatic overreach by the regulator.

  5. June 05, 2024

    5th Circ. Private Funds Ruling Could Rewrite SEC Agenda

    The Fifth Circuit on Wednesday vacated U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission regulations that would have required private fund advisers to provide detailed disclosures to investors, in a sweeping decision that could upend the regulator's approach to promised rules on climate, artificial intelligence and crypto assets.

  6. April 19, 2024

    Climate Lawsuits Aren't The SEC's Only Legal Headache

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has been grabbing headlines over the past couple of months as it attempts to fend off a host of lawsuits challenging recently enacted climate disclosure rules, but the agency has been no stranger to litigation brought by business groups opposing everything from new stock buyback disclosures to the agency's growing private fund oversight to its hands-off approach to crypto rule writing. 

  7. March 18, 2024

    Fund Industry Sues SEC To Overturn New Dealer Definition

    Private fund associations sued the U.S. Securities and Exchange in Texas on Monday in the hopes of reversing the agency's recent decision to bring proprietary trading firms and some hedge funds under its authority as securities dealers, a decision that the suing groups have said could drive some hedge funds out of business.