Month: June 2020

Richard B. Newman Quoted in Bloomberg Law on How SCOTUS Decision in Liu May Have Significant Implications on the FTC’s Monetary Disgorgement Power

Richard B. Newman, an advertising practices and FTC defense attorney at Hinch Newman LLP, was quoted in a Bloomberg Law article on the highly anticipated decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in Liu v. SEC. On June 22, 2020, the Supreme Court held that the Securities and Exchange Commission can obtain disgorgement as a form…

Supreme Court Considers Viability of Disgorgement as Regulatory Remedial Weapon

FTC compliance and defense attorney Richard B. Newman authored an article for the National Law Review titled “All Eyes on Liu as Supreme Court Considers Whether to Restrict Disgorgement as a Regulatory Enforcement Remedy.” The article examines the Supreme Court case of Liu v. Securities and Exchange Commission where the Court is presently considering whether the SEC may seek…