2019 saw extensive activity in both SEC enforcement and private securities litigation. Notwithstanding the COVID-19 pandemic, the busy pace of SEC enforcement activity has continued in the first half of 2020, but private securities class action filings, which reached a record high in 2019, have slowed. S&C’s Securities Enforcement and Litigation Update reviews and analyzes these and other recent developments in SEC enforcement and private securities litigation, including numerical trends, areas of focus, significant court decisions and COVID-related developments.
The Firm’s lawyers are available to provide additional detail or analysis of any issues covered in this Update, including for CLE credit. Please contact any member of the Firm’s Securities Litigation Practice or Criminal Defense & Investigations Group for further information.