SEC enforcement action time-barred, justices rule 
Published: February 27, 2013
Tags: aiding and abetting, discovery rule, SEC, securities, U.S. Supreme Court
The discovery rule did not apply to extend the time frame for the Securities and Exchange Commission to bring an enforcement action against those who allegedly aided and abetted investment adviser fraud, a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court has ruled.
Justices hint that SEC claim is time-barred
By:
Kimberly Atkins
Published: January 9, 2013
Tags: discovery rule, fraud, Securities and Exchange Commission, statute of limitations, U.S. Supreme Court
WASHINGTON – The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court seemed disinclined to allow the Securities and Exchange Commission to file an action for civil penalties nearly a decade after the alleged conduct took place.
Justices to decide when government penalty action accrues
Published: September 26, 2012
Tags: discovery rule, fraud, Securities and Exchange Commission, statute of limitations
The U.S. Supreme Court will decide when the limitations period applicable to a penalty action brought by the federal government commences to run in the absence of a separate controlling provision enacted by Congress.
Lawyer can be sued for negligent estate planning
Published: May 23, 2011
Tags: discovery rule, estate planning, legal malpractice, statute of limitations, trusts and estates
The discovery rule tolled the statute of limitations in a lawsuit against a lawyer who allegedly provided bad advice in the preparation of an estate plan, the Rhode Island Supreme Court has ruled in reversing a dismissal.
Legal malpractice suit may not be time-barred
Published: April 18, 2011
Tags: discovery rule, divorce, legal malpractice, statute of limitations
The discovery rule may have tolled the statute of limitations on a legal malpractice claim challenging an attorney’s failure to call corroborating witnesses at a key divorce hearing, the 3rd Circuit has ruled in reversing a summary judgment.
Medical malpractice suit time-barred
Published: April 6, 2011
Tags: discovery rule, medical malpractice, negligence, statute of limitations
The statute of limitations for a medical malpractice claim began to run from the date of the plaintiff’s surgery rather than the date that a second injury revealed the defendant’s negligence, the Idaho Supreme Court has ruled in affirming a dismissal.
‘Discovery rule’ tolls Fair Debt Act claim
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: August 6, 2009
Tags: discovery rule, Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, statute of limitations
The statute of limitations on a federal lawsuit against a debt collection agency was tolled until the plaintiff first discovered that the agency may have made wrongful disclosures to her employer, the 9th Circuit has ruled in reversing a dismissal.
