Given the large sums involved in insider-trading cases, the Securities and Exchange Commission is always on the lookout for ways to recoup the losses from defendants.

As Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe partner Penelope Graboys Blair, senior associate Lily Becker and associate Judy Kwan explain on the firm’s Securities Litigation and Regulatory Enforcement blog, a Second U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals opinion just gave the SEC more firepower.