Legal Opinion
Pierce v. Securities & Exchange Commission
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided May 22, 2015No. 14-1079PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDWARDS, Senior Circuit Judge:
This case emanates from two separate enforcement actions initiated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or “Commission”) against Petitioner Gordon Brent Pierce. In each action, the SEC found that Pierce had violated, inter alia, Sections 5(a) and 5(c) of the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Act”), 15 U.S.C. § 77e(a), (c), by selling unregistered securities. Pierce was ordered to cease and desist from violating the Act and to disgorge all ill-gotten gains. He now petitions for review of the SEC’s order in the second enforcement action and the agency’s…
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