Securities Exchange Act

noun

U.S. Government.

1. a law passed in 1934 establishing the SEC.

Example Sentences

Rose raised investments in SHE Beverage by issuing $2.50-a-piece shares that constituted “securities” within the meaning of the Securities Exchange Act, according to the indictment.

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Federal investigators said for 22 years, the firm hadn’t filed required paperwork to disclose the value of some assets in violation of the Securities Exchange Act and agency rules.

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The SEC charged Bankman-Fried with violating the anti-fraud provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

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The Federal Trade Commission Act and the Securities Exchange Act funnel judicial review of adverse agency orders to federal courts of appeal once those orders become final.

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A judge threw out Cochran's lawsuit, finding that a law called the Securities Exchange Act stripped him of any power to hear challenges to ongoing SEC enforcement proceedings.

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