Panel Declines To Rehear Appeal Of Summary Judgment Ruling In SEC Action

Mealey's (February 26, 2019, 9:21 AM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel issued a pair of orders on Feb. 22, denying a defendant’s petition for rehearing, as well as his motion for a stay of the petition pending resolution of an appeal of a related criminal action, in an appeal of a summary judgment ruling in favor of the Securities and Exchange Commission in an enforcement action (Securities and Exchange Commission v. Mitchell Jay Stein, No. 15-55506, 9th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 5101 and 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 5102)....