Sophia Evans

In a unanimous decision issued last week, the US Supreme Court held in Sripetch v. Securities and Exchange Commission[1] that the SEC need not prove that investors suffered actual financial losses to obtain a disgorgement...more Under the US Criminal Code’s compassionate release provision, a court may reduce a criminal sentence after it is imposed if “extraordinary and compelling reasons warrant such a reduction.”...more On April 22, 2026, the Supreme Court of the United States issued Hencely v. Fluor Corporation, a 6-3 decision rejecting the Fourth Circuit’s holding that defense contractors enjoy per seimmunity from state-law torts when...more On February 24, 2026, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced significant updates to its Enforcement Manual, revising the Division of Enforcement’s internal operating guidance for the first time in almost a decade....more