( May 28, 2026, 12:23 PM EDT) -- TAMPA, Fla. — The American Securities Association (ASA) notified a federal court in Florida that it had reached a settlement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in its suit against the SEC for allegedly violating the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) by withholding all responsive documents related to the agency’s investigations of broker-dealers that used unauthorized personal devices to communicate with clients during the COVID pandemic....