Publication Date: 2020-07-06
Practice Area: Administrative Law | Regulation
Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Federal Government | Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Judge: Circuit Judge Michael Park
Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Petitioners XY Planning Network, LLC and Ford Financial Solutions, LLC: Jonathan E. Taylor, Daniel Wilf-Townsend, on the brief, Deepak Gupta, Gupta Wessler PLLC, Washington, DC.
For Petitioner State of New York: Attorney General Letitia James, Solicitor General Barbara D. Underwood, Steven C. Wu, Matthew Colangelo, Kevin Wallace, Jeffrey A. Novak, Rita Burghardt McDonough, Jonathan Zweig, on the brief, Ester Murdukhayeva, New York, NY.
For Respondents United States Securities and Exchange Commission and Walter Clayton: Robert B. Stebbins, Michael A. Conley, Daniel E. Matro, on the brief, Jeffrey A. Berger, Washington, DC.
For Petitioner State of California: Attorney General Xavier Becerra, Matthew Rodriguez, Martin Goyette, Amy Winn, Nathaniel R. Spencer-Mork, San Francisco, CA.
For Petitioner State of Connecticut: Attorney General William Tong, Joseph J. Chambers, Hartford, CT.
For Petitioner State of Delaware: Attorney General Kathleen Jennings, Marion Quirk, Joseph E. Gibbs-Tabler, Jillian Lazar, Wilmington, DE.
For Petitioner State of Maine: Attorney General Aaron M. Frey, Gregg D. Bernstein, Augusta, ME.
For Petitioner State of New Mexico: Attorney General Hector Balderas, Nicholas M. Sydow, Tania Maestas, Santa Fe, NM.
For Petitioner District of Columbia: Attorney General Karl A. Racine, Loren L. AliKhan, Jacqueline R. Bechara, Graham E. Phillips, Washington, DC.
For Petitioner State of Oregon: Attorney General Ellen F. Rosenblum, Brian A. de Haan, Portland, OR.
for defendant: For Amicus Curiae Financial Planning Association in support of Petitioners: Todd M. Galante, Piro Zinna Cifelli Paris & Genitempo, LLC, Nutley, NJ.
For Amici Curiae Current and Former Members of Congress in support of Petitioners: Brianne J. Gorod, Ashwin P. Phatak, Elizabeth B. Wydra, Clare E. Riva, Constitutional Accountability Center, Washington, DC.
For Amici Curiae Better Markets, Inc. and the Consumer Federation of America in support of Petitioners: Dennis M. Kelleher, Better Markets, Inc., Washington, DC.
For Amicus Curiae The Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association in support of Petitioners: Adam J. Weinstein, Gana Weinstein LLP, New York, NY.
For Amici Curiae Representatives Ann Wagner, Andy Barr, J. French Hill, Blaine Luetkemeyer, and Senator Tom Cotton in support of Respondents: Jesse Panuccio, Jordan R. Goldberg, Boies Schiller Flexner LLP, Washington, DC.
For Amici Curiae the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, the Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, the American Council of Life Insurers, and the Financial Services Institute in support of Respondents: Kelly P. Dunbar, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Washington, DC.
Case Number: 19-2886-pr
Denial of Review of SEC Regulation Best Interest Explained; RBI Not Arbitrary Under APA