disgorgement
Americannoun
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Some hedge-fund managers say they couldn’t recall when the short-swing profit rule had last been invoked, even indicating uncertainty over how the mechanics of any disgorgement of applicable profits would be administered.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026
In 2007, he pleaded guilty to one count of circumventing accounting controls and paid $289,507 plus interest in disgorgement the following year.
From Barron's • Apr. 20, 2026
District judge found McDonald and Hercules liable for violating federal securities law and ordered them to pay millions in disgorgement and civil penalties.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 5, 2025
She says that's the appropriate amount the Trumps should pay in disgorgement, a financial penalty that involves paying back the money gained through fraudulent means.
From BBC • Feb. 16, 2024
I could not help smiling as I fancied the disgorgement of all the cadeaux exchanged between ministers and generals, and treaty-makers and breakers, since 1812, an epoch fruitful of such courtesies.
From Impressions of America During the years 1833, 1834 and 1835. In Two Volumes, Volume I. by Power, Tyrone
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