Mealey's (October 14, 2021, 8:37 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Supreme Court review of a federal appellate court’s ruling that the Securities and Exchange Commission was exercising its authority under provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 when it filed an enforcement action against a broker-dealer stemming from the defendant’s alleged failure to comply with the reporting provisions of the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) is unnecessary because the appellate panel correctly determined that the SEC was asserting its independent enforcement power under the BSA, the SEC argues in an opposition brief filed Oct. 4 in the Supreme Court....