Prior restraint: SEC gag rule under fire
A Texan is challenging the Security and Exchange Commission’s gag policy that keeps defendants who settled with the commission from releasing statements that they did nothing wrong. The SEC claims the policy is necessary to prevent “misleading impressions” about its actions. (Bloomberg Law, January 24, 2024, by Mathew Bultman) In the meantime, the SEC denied the New Civil Liberties Alliance petition to amend the agency’s gag rule that prevent citizens from criticizing the SEC actions