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A U.S. District Court held that compliance communications are not protected by attorney-client privilege or the work-product doctrine, and that the SEC can force an investment advisor to produce documentation of such communications.
A U.S. District Court ruled in favor of the Board of Trade of the City of Chicago, Inc. and Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Inc. from allegations that they conspired to stop the CFTC from approving the application of a competing exchange.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit upheld an SEC determination that the agency did not have jurisdiction to adjudicate certain claims brought by securities firms against several securities exchanges.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit overturned the securities fraud conviction of a former bond trader.