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SEC sued over its recordkeeping fines relating to messaging apps

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Julie DiMauro

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Suit follows refusal by the SEC to disclose its enforcement records in response to a FOIA request.

The American Securities Association (ASA) has filed suit in US District Court in Florida to force the SEC to turn over enforcement documents detailing how it arrived at the $1.6 billion in penalties it levied against broker-dealers for their recordkeeping failures over the past couple of years.

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