Gray Financial Group, Inc., et al v. U.S. Securities and Exchange

  1. September 07, 2016

    11th Circ. Won't Rethink Challenge To SEC In-House Judges

    The Eleventh Circuit on Tuesday declined to revisit an opinion finding investment firm Gray Financial Group Inc. and real estate developer Charles L. Hill can't bring a constitutional challenge to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's in-house court in federal district court.

  2. August 02, 2016

    Gray Financial, Hill Seek 11th Circ. Do-Over On SEC Courts

    Investment firm Gray Financial Group Inc. and real estate developer Charles L. Hill each urged the Eleventh Circuit on Monday to rethink a panel ruling requiring them to face the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's in-house court, saying the decision defies U.S. Supreme Court precedent.

  3. June 17, 2016

    11th Circ. Backs SEC In Challenge To In-House Judges

    The Eleventh Circuit on Friday became the fourth federal appellate court to rule that district courts can't hear challenges to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's in-house courts by financial services professionals facing ongoing SEC proceedings.

  4. June 07, 2016

    SEC Challengers Tell 11th Circ. That Tilton Dissent Was Right

    An investment firm and a real estate developer urged the Eleventh Circuit to follow the dissent in the Second Circuit decision shutting down Lynn Tilton’s challenge to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s in-house court.

  5. June 02, 2016

    SEC Points To Tilton Ruling In Remaining In-House Court Suits

    In three appeals, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filed notice of the Second Circuit's day-old decision shutting down private equity magnate Lynn Tilton's constitutional challenge of the agency's in-house court, saying on Thursday that the ruling supports dismissing the other challenges of the administrative court.

  6. February 26, 2016

    11th Circ. Struggles With Challenges To SEC In-House Court

    The ability of defendants to mount a challenge to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's administrative law process took the stage at the Eleventh Circuit on Wednesday, but the court's chief judge expressed confusion about how to apply seemingly divergent U.S. Supreme Court views to the issue.

  7. December 24, 2015

    Securities Cases To Watch In 2016

    It seems 2016 is shaping up to be the year when the stewing legal debate over the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's in-house court comes to a boil and when a new round of appellate court proceedings in the infamous Halliburton securities case could pave the way for another run at the U.S. Supreme Court. Here are the securities cases to watch in 2016.

  8. October 14, 2015

    SEC Warns 11th Circ. Against Making Split On In-House Court

    Attorneys representing the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission have urged the Eleventh Circuit to follow the example of two other federal appeals courts that have tossed lawsuits against the agency over claims that its in-house tribunal is unconstitutional.

  9. October 07, 2015

    11th Circ. Won't Lift Order Blocking SEC In-House Suit

    The Eleventh Circuit on Wednesday declined to stay a Georgia federal judge's order blocking the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission from pursuing an administrative proceeding against an investment firm while the agency appeals the decision.