Although the SEC has an array of sanctions available, all SEC enforcement actions are civil based, which ultimately results in shareholders bearing the burden of the costs of legal proceedings and sanctions.

I would also say, with regard to the system of insurance to cover the costs of legal proceedings connected with patents, that the Commission will investigate the best ways of promoting this system across the Community and will involve the European Parliament in this task.

Mr President, Commissioner, this proposal for a directive, with regard to which I am the rapporteur, seeks to establish minimum common rules to guarantee the provision of genuine financial assistance to citizens who are unable to bear the costs of legal proceedings in which they are involved.

This prompted a campaign to free Małolat through the use of donated funds to cover the costs of the legal proceedings.

In 1874 the Privy Council ruled that Guibord should be buried in a Catholic cemetery, and ordered that Bourget and the Roman Catholic Church pay the costs of the legal proceedings.

But the cost of the legal proceedings nearly bankrupted him.

Wikimedia had to pay the cost of the legal proceedings.

This prompted a campaign to free Małolat through the use of donated funds to cover the costs of the legal proceedings.

In 1874 the Privy Council ruled that Guibord should be buried in a Catholic cemetery, and ordered that Bourget and the Roman Catholic Church pay the costs of the legal proceedings.