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WARNING: Descriptions of crime scene imagery and injury to the victim may be disturbing to some readers. Discretion is advised. (COLORADO SPRINGS) — After two days of jury selection, opening statements were heard on Wednesday morning, Sept. 27, in the trial involving 29-year-old Joshua Johnson, who is accused of murdering his Walgreens co-worker, Riley Whitelaw, in […]
Tucked into the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) 1 passed over a presidential veto on January 1, 2021, 2 on page 1,238 of the 1,480-page bill, was a modification to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Exchange Act) 3 that constitutes a response to a couple of recent Supreme Court cases that had limited the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) ability to obtain disgorgement from defendants in enforcement actions. Prior to the NDAA, the SEC did not have explicit statutory authority to obtain disgorgement from securities law violators; instead, federal courts have...