Thursday, February 28, 2013

Supreme Court: SEC Must File Fraud Suits Sooner



The Securities and Exchange Commission must move more quickly in pressing some fraud lawsuits, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a decision that may affect agencies across the government, folks at Bloomberg tell us. 

The justices today unanimously ruled in favor of two Gabelli Funds LLC officials seeking to block SEC claims that they improperly let a client engage in market timing, a practice of making frequent, short-term trades at the expense of other investors. They contend the SEC missed the five-year deadline to file the lawsuit.

The case raised issues similar to those addressed by the Supreme Court in 2010, when it ruled that the two-year period for shareholder fraud suits doesn’t begin until investors have indications of intentional company wrongdoing. The new case concerned SEC enforcement actions, rather than private suits….

Find out more at http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-02-27/sec-must-file-fraud-suits-sooner-u-s-supreme-court-rules-1-.html

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