The Supreme Court on Monday narrowed the power of the Securities and Exchange Commission to claw back ill-gotten gains through federal lawsuits.
The court in a 8-1 decision said the US securities regulator could only obtain a sum reflecting the net profits of a scheme, not the total amount taken
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