Former commissioners of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission addressed topics ranging from the agency’s approach to digital asset regulation and enforcement to civil penalties, at BakerHostetler’s second annual “Former SEC Speaks.”

Troy Paredes of Paredes Strategies and an SEC Commissioner from 2008 to 2013 said in a variety of contexts, courts have been increasingly skeptical of administrative agencies, including the SEC, their exercise of jurisdiction that they claim to have, and have noted their limitations as a function of what the U.S. Congress authorizes through statute.

Troy Paredes of Paredes Strategies. Courtesy photo Troy Paredes of Paredes Strategies. Courtesy photo