Unless otherwise provided by law, 28 U.S.C. § 2462 ordinarily requires the government to bring any “action, suit or proceeding for the enforcement of any civil fine, penalty, or forfeiture” within five years of the claim’s accrual. In SEC v. Graham, 2016 WL 3033605 (11th Cir. May 26, 2016), the Eleventh Circuit held that this statute of…
Month: June 2016
Collateral Challenge to Constitutionality of SEC Administrative Procedure to be Dismissed for Lack of Jurisdiction
On June 17, the Eleventh Circuit decided Hill v. SEC, 825 F.3d 1236 (11th Cir. 2016), vacating the district court’s grant of two motions for preliminary injunctions prohibiting the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) administrative enforcement proceedings. The Eleventh Circuit consolidated two cases where the plaintiffs had each challenged the SEC administrative procedure on grounds, among others,…
Filing Proof of Stale Claim in Chapter 13 Bankruptcy Held to Violate FDCPA
In the consolidated appeals of Johnson v. Midland Funding, LLC and Brock v. Resurgent Capital Services, L.P., Nos. 15-11240 and 15-14116, 2016 WL 2996372 (11th Cir. May 24, 2016), the Eleventh Circuit doubled down on its previous holding that filing “a proof of claim to collect a stale debt in Chapter 13 bankruptcy violates the…