JD Supra

9th Circuit Backs SEC’s No-denials Settlement Rule – but Leaves the Door Open to Future Challenges

On August 6, 2025, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit rejected a challenge to US Securities & Exchange Commission (“SEC”) Rule 202.5(e) (“Rule 202.5(e)” or the “Rule”) that sought to have ...
Courthouse News Service

'Knife Rights' group takes a stab at the Second Amendment at Ninth Circuit

PASADENA, Calif. (CN) — Should you be able to carry a switchblade in public? An Arizona-based knife rights organization thinks so. Knife Rights, Inc., argued in front of a three-judge panel of the ...
Law

9th Circuit Rejects First Amendment Challenge to SEC’s Settlement ‘Gag Rule’

“Though the plaintiffs assert that the SEC possesses outsized power, frequently settles its cases, and makes defendants’ agreement to Rule 202.5(e) non-negotiable, the record also reflects that ...
Reason

Cancellation of DEI-Related Grants Likely Violates First Amendment, Ninth Circuit Holds

Today's Ninth Circuit decision in Thakur v. Trump (Judge Morgan B. Christen, joined by Judges Richard A. Paez and Roopali H. Desai) denied a stay pending appeal of a district court preliminary ...
Law

9th Circuit Petitioned for En Banc Rehearing After Striking Down Challenge to SEC’s Settlement ‘Gag Rule’

A conservative nonprofit public interest law firm is requesting that an en banc panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit rehear its First Amendment challenge to the U.S. Securities and ...