A flexible approach to injunctions, geared toward achieving a higher rate of settlement, could allow the Commission to more efficiently use its very limited staff and budgetary resources, thus enhancing its ability to fight securities law infractions. Although broad injunctions with boilerplate language are imperfect, the alternative of limited, custom-tailored injunctions and consent decrees would dilute the effectiveness of the Commission's enforcement regime and hinder the SEC's ability to fight securities fraud.
Injunctive relief may result in significant collateral damage to individuals, [] but injunctions are a crucial enforcement mechanism for the Commission. The breadth and generality of the SEC injunction is the foundation of its power. Such broad orders might be unjustified in circumstances when a defendant's actions are isolated or when there is less concern that the defendant will engage in ongoing violations, but in most situations the Commission should continue to insist on broad injunctions because a practice of specific injunctions and decrees would limit the SEC's ability to curtail recidivism and weaken its most powerful sanction--criminal contempt.
The Commission should not, however, dismiss suggestions by the Eleventh Circuit and legal commentators that obey-the-law injunctions be curtailed. The SEC does need to be more agile and creative when implementing injunctions. It should not just blindly rubber stamp all settlements with broad obey-the-law injunctions as it does today.
The SEC must be aware of the changing landscape in the obey-the-law injunction arena and should anticipate future opinions from other courts as well as challenges from practitioners similar to the Eleventh Circuit dictum. The Commission should consider changing its approach to obey-the-law injunctions by issuing specific, demanding compliance provisions along with these orders.
The broad language itself of obey-the-law injunctions is not a problem, but the fact that convicted defendants--whether individuals or corporations--don't know what future conduct obey-the-law injunctions prohibit is. If obey-the-law injunctions came with more demanding compliance provisions, concerns about specificity would be mitigated and the prophylactic goals of these injunctions would be cemented as well.
In a series of recent cases involving "market-timing" [] in the mutual fund industry, the Commission included more demanding compliance terms in its settlements. This approach would not be limited to corporate defendants. An individual investor could be required to have oversight of his trading or the process by which his investments are made, for example, or a rogue broker could be required to put in place supervisory or compliance procedures at a future employer. Although it seems unlikely that the SEC will significantly revamp its use of all-encompassing injunctions in view of its long-established reliance on this approach, [] in the wake of Smyth, the Commission should heed the advice of some critics and consider altering its approach to obey-the-law injunctions.
The SEC should not overhaul its practice of issuing broad injunctions because a consistent tendency toward narrow injunctions would undermine the Commission's ability to provide a strong deterrent against egregious conduct, but injunctions combined with demanding compliance terms would provide a better tool for the Commission--one that would be better for defendants seeking increased guidance on their future conduct and would strengthen the SEC's power to prophylactically prevent further misconduct.
Broad obey-the-law injunctions remain a crucial component of the Commission's enforcement program for fighting determined and committed fraudsters, but with demanding compliance terms included in the bargain both the efficiency and effectiveness of these injunctions would be improved, and the fraud prevention goals of the Enforcement Division would not suffer as a result. Conclusion The obey-the-law injunction is a "statutory mechanism that seeks to lock the barn door in good time.
The SEC has enhanced authority relating to its injunctive powers and related contempt proceedings. Congress explicitly authorized the Commission's enforcement of federal securities laws via injunction in the Exchange Act, and courts have recognized that injunctions sought by government agencies are permitted to be of greater breadth than those sought by private litigants in order to protect the public good.
The SEC must be vigilant to ensure that it does not overstep its legitimate role and visit unwarranted or gratuitous sanctions on enforcement targets, but the Smyth footnote is nonbinding and should be ignored by other courts. Although obey-the-law injunctions are a crucial, well-established enforcement tool for the SEC, the application of which should be continued, the Eleventh Circuit's dictum does serve as an opportunity for the Commission voluntarily to reassess its longstanding practice of commonly seeking obey-the-law injunctions.
Legal pundits have argued that the practice of insisting on these injunctions as the Commission's "non-negotiable" [] position and tracking the language of the injunctions to broad statutory provisions may be "anachronistic," [] a remnant of a bygone era when the SEC did not have a broad repertoire of remedies at its disposal.
If the SEC followed the advice of these critics and limited its injunctions to the prevention of substantially identical schemes, the agency's crucial job of protecting the financial markets against fraud would be restrained.
Dedicated fraudsters could maneuver from one technical violation to another without risking contempt and resulting criminal sanctions. Indeed, narrowing injunctions to specific conduct undermines the prophylactic rationale for having obey-the-law injunctions in the first place.
However, even though the legal arguments against injunctions are not compelling, the Smyth footnote serves as an opportunity for the Commission to add rigor and specificity to its injunctive practice. The SEC should consider accompanying obey-the-law injunctions for both corporate and individual defendants with demanding compliance terms.
Such provisions would provide clarity and specificity to defendants and create greater assurance for the Commission that the terms of an injunction would be followed. The obey-the-law injunction should continue to be a cornerstone of the SEC Enforcement Division's practice in the future, but slight modifications would improve the injunction's efficiency and effectiveness.
My thanks to Professor Harvey J. Goldschmid of Columbia for his advice on this Article, and to David B. Thanks also to Jack M. Disgorgement--repayment of ill-gotten gains--has been an element of the SEC's enforcement arsenal since , when the Commission first persuaded a federal court to require that a defendant disgorge all proceeds of an improperly- closed public offering and any ill-gotten gains on the proceeds as a result of a violation of the anti-fraud provisions of the Exchange Act.
See SEC v. Manor Nursing Ctrs. Cox et al. Indeed, most staff enforcement recommendations to the Commission are accompanied by offers of settlement by one or more subjects. Smyth, F. Upon a showing that such person has engaged or is about to engage in any such act or practice, a permanent or temporary injunction or decree or restraining order shall be granted without bond.
Upon a showing that such person has engaged, is engaged, or is about to engage in any such act or practice, or in aiding, abetting, counseling, commanding, inducing, or procuring any such act or practice, a permanent or temporary injunction or decree or restraining order shall be granted without bond. Andre, Jr. Cutler, Director, Div. Ryan, supra note 3, at n. These are settlements in which the Commission agrees to charge its case in an administrative cease-and-desist order while insisting that the settling party pay a civil monetary penalty as part of the settlement.
In such cases, the Commission gets the administrative equivalent to an injunction with its cease-and-desist order, but has to file a companion complaint in federal court to obtain the monetary penalty because the relevant statutes do not authorize the Commission to order the payment of civil penalties in cease-and-desist proceedings.
Note that although both criminal and civil contempt sanctions are employed to enforce SEC obey-the-law injunctions, in most circumstances the Commission pursues criminal rather than civil contempt. Besides the fact that criminal sanctions are more punitive and burdensome, the SEC's preference for criminal sanctions is attributable to the fact that obey-the-law injunctions are usually crafted in negative form, prohibiting the defendant from engaging in specified kinds of conduct.
When a defendant violates a decree, a civil contempt sanction is often inappropriate because the prohibited action has already been consummated, and neither a compensatory nor a coercive contempt order will provide a suitable remedy. See, e. American Household Inc. See also Buffington v. Baltimore County, F. United States, U. Pennsylvania, U. Under these cases, we plainly cannot accept petitioners' argument that a contemnor is entitled to a jury trial simply because a strong possibility exists that he will face a substantial term of imprisonment upon conviction, regardless of the punishment actually imposed.
Louisiana, U. SEC, U. The Commission has taken the position that sections 17 and 10b are violated when an individual fails to disclose to investors that he previously has been enjoined from violating the registration provisions or the antifraud rules. Courts have adopted the same position in private litigation based on both section 10b and Rule 14a-9, and the same result should apply in appropriate situations under other provisions.
Securities and Exchange Commission based upon any violation of the federal securities laws 15 U. Ichinose, Jr. Docket , , WL Dec. CarribaAir, Inc. Bonastia, F. Youmans, F. Lorin, 76 F. Moreover, as the Commission recognizes, a district court may consider scienter or lack of it as one of the aggravating or mitigating factors to be taken into account in exercising its equitable discretion in deciding whether or not to grant injunctive relief. See also SEC v. Commonwealth Chemical Sec. Experience has shown that an injunction, while not always a "drastic remedy" as appellants contend, often is much more than the "mild prophylactic".
In some cases the collateral consequences of an injunction can be very grave. The Securities Act and the Securities Exchange Act speak, after all, of enjoining "any person who is engaged or about to engage in any acts or practices" which constitute or will constitute a violation.
Except for the case where the SEC steps in to prevent an ongoing violation, this language seems to require a finding of "likelihood" or "propensity" to engage in future violations. Our recent decisions have emphasized, perhaps more than older ones, the need for the SEC to go beyond the mere facts of past violations and demonstrate a realistic likelihood of recurrence.
The Commission also sought an officer-director bar against one of the former officers. Johns , SEC v. The Order also contains similar language enjoining the defendants from violating Section 10 b of the Exchange Act and Rule 10b-5 thereunder, Section 13 a of the Exchange Act and Rules 12b, 13a, 13a thereunder, and Sections 13 b 2 A , 13 b 2 B , and 13 b 5 of the Exchange Act and Rule 13b thereunder.
Smyth, No. Lessard, U. Unless the trial court carefully frames its orders of injunctive relief, it is impossible for an appellate tribunal to know precisely what it is reviewing. We can hardly begin to assess the correctness of the judgment entered by the District Court here without knowing its precise bounds. In the absence of specific injunctive relief, informed and intelligent appellate review is greatly complicated, if not made impossible.
See also Burton v. City of Belle Glade, F. Travenol Labs. Johns Jr. See also Williams v. City of Dothan, Ala. Ocala Gas Co. Marine Corp. Magid, F. Schafer, F. Bargen, F. Tjoflat, a Republican appointed to the bench by President Ford in Chief Judge James L. Kravitch a Democrat, appointed by President Carter in completed the panel that heard the case. James, F. See also United States v.
Corn, F. Savoy Indus. Miller, F. Keller Corp. Steel Corp. United Mine Workers, F. Clorox Co. Babbitt, No. Epstein Family Partnership v. Kmart Corp. Wooster Brush Co. Employees Relief Ass'n, F. Express Publ'g Co. SEC, F.
See Order of Permanent Injunction, supra note 54, at If the defendants violated that statute and rule specified in any federal district, the district court that approved the original consent decree, the Northern District of Georgia, could make the defendants come to their jurisdiction to show cause and explain why they should not be sanctioned for the violation.
Unifund SAL, F. Rudzewicz, U. Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinee, U. Zapata Off-Shore Co. Rental, Ltd. Szukhent, U. Hawkeye-Security Co. Diversified Growth Corp. Contempt proceedings figures for are not available in the Commission's Performance and Accountability Report. New York, U. SEC v. Law Rptr. The District Court did not make findings concerning alleged liability under section 17 a 2 or Rule 10b-5 2 , which prohibit false statements and omissions of material fact which would tend to mislead securities purchasers or sellers.
We must reverse the holding below, however, because no fraudulent or deceptive scheme or practice has been extablished. We note that in reviewing this case, decided as it was primarily on the basis of depositions and briefs, we are in as good a position as the District Court to review the pleadings, affidavits, and depositions, and to arrive at conclusions of mixed law and fact.
Dopp v. Franklin National Bank, F. Ohio law required as a precondition for borrowing funds that King Resources show a 'prime' rating from NCO on its commercial paper, even though a loan being sought from the State of Ohio would extend beyond days, thus taking it outside the category of commercial paper. Code, limits the entities in which the State Treasurer may invest 'interim moneys' of the State to five categories, and limits the term of any obligation to two years.
If we assume that the investment was illegal under Ohio law, the error involved was by the Treasurer of the State, not a fraud practiced by king Resources upon the Treasurer. Under such a view of section Code, both the Treasurer and King Resources knew exactly the terms of the sale, 16 neither being excused from its ignorance of the fact that a two-year note would be improper under Ohio law.
We need only conclude that it is not fraudulent to offer a two-year note so long as it is represented as such to determine that King Resources committed no fraud upon the Treasurer if the Treasurer was not authorized to purchase a two-year note.
More than a month after the Treasurer bought the King Resources notes, the Ohio Attorney General advised the Treasurer that a two-year note would be a proper investment if it were rated 'prime commercial paper' by NCO. In fact, NCO does not rate notes. It only rates companies. If a company can show that it meets the criteria for a 'prime' rating on commercial paper it might issue, 20 NCO rates the company 'prime' for the commercial paper market.
Only by implication may a particular note be considered to have a 'prime' rating, since NCO does not rate individual issues of notes. This is the only manner in which a company can establish its eligibility for an Ohio loan under Code, since NCO only rates companies on their commercial paper notes of less than day duration. It does not provide ratings which are necessarily valid in evaluating the quality of two-year notes.
King Resources' use of its 'prime' rating was mandated by state law as a pre-condition to selling its notes to the State, so that the State cannot, as a matter of law, have been defrauded by such use. Fraud or deceit presupposes the superior knowledge of one party over another. See Myzel v. Fields, F. The State was not in the position of an innocent purchaser, misled by an insider's use of a prime rating on short-term paper to justify the quality of its longer term notes, since the State itself required precisely the showing it received.
A section 17 a 1 and 3 or Rule 10b-5 1 and 3 violation depends on one party's taking unfair advantage of another party through a deceptive practice or fraudulent scheme. There is no duty to disclose information to one who reasonably should already be aware of it. Kohler v. Kohler Co. Essex Wire Corp. Since both King Resources and the State are held to the knowledge that NCO's rating on commercial paper did not apply to two-year notes, it follows that no violation of these sections of the securities laws could have occurred.
The SEC presented its entire case below and makes no claim that other evidence would be presented should we remand for findings under section 17 a 2 and Rule 10b-5 2. On the record in this case, we conclude that a remand would be inappropriate in the case of John King, though the SEC should have the chance to show that William Coffey is liable under these provisions. In the instant case King Resources' agents may have omitted material facts both in obtaining a prime rating from NCO and in negotiating with the State of Ohio.
The alleged omissions in obtaining NCO's prime rating are that King Resources was planning to sell two-year non-commercial notes to Ohio, that the company was not meeting creditor obligations, and that it was planning to impair its ability to repay short-term loans by reloaning part of its borrowed funds. The alleged omissions in negotiating with the State of Ohio are that King Resources' 'prime' NCO rating did not apply to the two-year notes, that King Resources was not meeting obligations maturing at the time of sale, and that King Resources planned to reloan a substantial part of the proceeds of the Ohio borrowings.
Capital Gains Bureau, U. In addition to these factors, however, it is essential that the SEC show that Coffey's inaction was in 'wilful or reckless disregard for the truth. Lanza v. Mader v. Armel, F. Although Lanza involved private plaintiffs, and the standards of culpability may be lower in SEC injunctive suits than in private damage actions, SEC v. Capital Gains Bureau, supra, the reasoning of the Second Circuit in Lanza fully supports our conclusion that the Sec's proof in an injunctive suit must meet the standard of showing 'wilful or reckless disregard for the truth.
In these three instances Appellants had no direct contact with the allegedly misled parties. The record shows that as Chairman of the Board, King attended both Executive Committee meetings where the Ohio loans were authorized. Coffey's involvements in the Ohio loan negotiations were his participation in the meetings which approved the two Ohio loans, his signature on the notes, and his general oversight of King Resources' financial affairs as its financial vice-president.
Second, he or she may have knowingly assisted the commission of a violation by another party, making him or her secondarily liable for the violation. Third, a party may have been a 'controlling person' of another who is liable for a securities law violation, so as to be liable under section 20 of the Securities Exchange Act of Since in this case liability under section 17 a 2 and Rule 10b-5 2 depends on proof of a deceptive omission in the context of deliberations with NCO or Ohio officials, only those individuals who had an affirmative obligation to reveal what was allegedly omitted can be held as primary participants in the alleged deception.
A duty to disclose naturally develoved on those who had direct contacts with 'the other side. Imposing such a duty would effectively make corporate officials primarily liable for any securities law violation by a subordinate. It would disrupt corporate systems of delegation of authority and accountability and would, sub silentio, repeal the protections contained in the 'controlling persons' provision, section 20 of the Act. We refuse to impose such a duty. Great American Industries, Inc.
This is the category in which the District Court seems to have placed Appellants, since it held King liable as a 'responsible officer' of King Resources and described Coffey as an 'aider and abettor. An essential element of conspiracy is an agreement to accomplish a wrongful purpose. Casting Appellants' inaction into a conspiracy with Crofters' personnel to accomplish this purpose would stretch the usefulness of the conspiracy concept far beyond its proper elasticity.
Aiding and abetting has been defined by courts considering securities law cases with reference to both the Restatement of Torts, , and the criminal Law, 18 U. Should the District Court find that through this contact Coffey became aware that Crofters' personnel were misleading the State of Ohio, his knowledge that a violation was occurring would be established and his failure to take remedial action would be a form of aiding and abetting.
Nor do we find any evidence that King knowingly assisted any deception which Crofters' personnel may have perpetrated on State officials. Inaction may be a form of assistance in certain cases, but only where it is shown that the silence of the accused aider and abettor was consciously intended to aid the securities law violation.
Timetrust, Inc. Midwestern United Life Ins. Kletz, F. Buhler, F. Texas Continental Life Ins. Dunne, F. Knowledge that a securities law violation would be furthered by one's silence or inaction, however, must be proven by reliable and probative evidence, Pettit v. American Stock Exchange, F.
Tex , aff'd per curiam, F. Were such proof not required, a person who is not primarily liable for a violation could yet be held personally liable for the violation, even though he or she was unaware of the need to disclose information withheld by those primarily liable. The result would be to impose liability for an innocent omission, for non-culpable inaction.
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