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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission last month asked for the dismissal of all active misconduct proceedings against accountants sitting before its in-house judges, which legal experts said was a fresh sign that a recent Supreme Court ruling is curtailing the agency's enforcement powers. Between Aug. 2 and Aug. 19, the SEC's enforcement division filed motions to dismiss eight enforcement actions pending before its administrative law judges, public filings show. [...]