In a unanimous decision released on April 22, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court upended decades of lower court precedent by finding that Section 13(b) of the Federal Trade Commission Act (FTC Act) does not authorize the FTC to seek, or a court to award, equitable monetary relief such as restitution or disgorgement. Instead, in AMG
Miriam (Mimi) G. Bahcall
Miriam G. Bahcall focuses her practice on a variety of financial services industry litigation and regulatory matters, as well as general commercial litigation. She has represented underwriters, broker-dealers, insurance companies, directors and officers in class action and derivative litigation. In addition, Mimi has represented broker-dealers, investment banks, investment management firms, and public issuers and their management and employees in investigations and disciplinary proceedings initiated by the SEC, FINRA, CBOE and state regulators. She has also conducted internal investigations of publicly traded domestic and foreign companies whose operations are in the United States and China. Additionally, Mimi has represented brokerage firms and their management in various customer-initiated cases, and injunction and arbitration proceedings.