An investment advisor’s claim that the Securities and Exchange Commission improperly chose to pursue him in an in-house administrative proceeding rather than in federal court was dismissed Friday by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

Capping a series of recent victories for the SEC’s power to choose the forum for its civil enforcement actions, the circuit easily rejected Wing Chau’s claim that he had the right to be heard in federal court.

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