High court limits SEC's time to seek civil penalties

In seeking civil penalties for fraud, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission must bring an enforcement action within five years of the alleged misconduct, a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday. The court rejected the SEC's argument that the clock should start running from the date the fraud was discovered, or at least could have been discovered.

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