Judge Gardephe yesterday certified for interlocutory appeal his earlier ruling (covered here) allowing the SEC to obtain some (but not all) categories of information sought by a subpoena to a congressional committee in connection with an investigation of the STOCK Act, which essentially extends the insider trading laws to Congress. He found that an
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Judge Gardephe Rules that Congressional Committee Must Respond to SEC Subpoena, But May Withhold Internal Legislative Deliberations
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In an opinion dated Friday but released this morning, Judge Gardephe largely upheld subpoenas to a congressional committee and a staffer concerning allegedly unlawful stock trading under the STOCK Act, which essentially extended insider trading laws to Congress. (See our previous coverage of the case here.)
Judge Gardephe found that the subpoenas were not…
Congressional Committee Claims Sovereign Immunity From SEC Subpoena
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In a brief filed Friday, a committee of the U.S. House of Representatives and a staffer, Brian Sutter, argued why they need not comply with an SEC subpoena relating to an investigation under the STOCK Act, which essentially extends the insider trading laws to Congress (see our prior post on the case here). Among other arguments, the committee and Mr. Sutter invoked sovereign immunity:
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SEC Sues to Force Congressional Committee and Staffer to Comply With Insider Trading Subpoenas
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In papers filed Friday, the SEC moved, by Order to Show Cause, to force the House Ways and Means Committee and a staffer, Brian Sutter, to comply with subpoenas issued as part of the SEC’s investigation into potential violations of the STOCK Act, which essentially extends the insider trading laws to Congress. By an agreed-upon…