🏛 SEC Litigation Releases Scraper

🚀 Export every SEC litigation release with defendants, dates, and case links in seconds.

🕒 Last updated: 2026-05-26 · 📊 8 fields per record · All SEC litigation releases · enforcement settlements · 8 fields per release

The SEC issues a litigation release every time it files a complaint, consent decree, or final judgment in a securities-enforcement matter. This Actor turns those public releases into a structured dataset, one row per release and 8 fields covering release number, defendants, date, and related documents.

🎯 Target Audience	💡 Primary Use Cases
Compliance & legal teams	Track active enforcement actions
Journalists	Monitor SEC settlements
Investors & analysts	Score issuer/insider risk
Researchers	Study enforcement-trend datasets

📋 What the SEC Litigation Releases Scraper does

• Queries the public SEC Litigation Releases source and structures the response
• Returns one record per item with 8 normalized fields
• Supports pagination and optional filters
• Outputs to CSV, Excel, JSON, XML via Apify dataset
• Auto-limits to 10 items on the free plan; up to 1,000,000 on paid

💡 Why it matters: SEC Litigation Releases data is public record. This Actor makes it usable.

🎬 Full Demo (🚧 Coming soon)

⚙️ Input

Field	Type	Description
maxItems	integer	Cap on rows (free: 10)
startPage	integer	Listing page (0 = newest)

{ "maxItems": 100 }

{ "maxItems": 500, "startPage": 0 }

⚠️ Good to Know: Each release lists multiple defendants. We parse them into a defendants array for filtering.

📊 Output

Field	Type	Description
🔹 releaseNumber	string	Release identifier (LR-XXXXX)
🔹 title	string	Defendant list as published
🔹 releaseDate	string	ISO release date
🔹 defendants	array	Parsed defendant names
🔹 relatedDocs	array	Related complaints, judgments, consents
🔹 url	string	SEC.gov release page URL
🕒 scrapedAt	string	ISO timestamp of when the record was collected
❌ error	string | null	Error message if extraction failed

✨ Why choose this Actor

• Direct SEC Litigation Releases source, no third-party caching
• Real-time data, never stale
• Pay-per-result pricing; only charged for what you keep
• Works with Make, Zapier, n8n, Airbyte, GitHub Actions, Google Sheets

📈 How it compares to alternatives

Approach	Cost	Maintenance	Coverage
Manual SEC.gov browsing	Free	High	Limited search
Legal databases	$$$	None	Curated, paywalled
This actor	Pay per result	None	Full release feed

🚀 How to use

1. Create a free account w/ $5 credit
2. Open the Actor page
3. Set maxItems and any optional filters
4. Run
5. Download dataset as CSV, Excel, JSON, or XML

💼 Business use cases

Competitor & market intelligence

Track SEC Litigation Releases entries relevant to your sector.

Compliance monitoring

Spot regulatory or enforcement signals in your industry feed.

Lead generation

Use SEC Litigation Releases entries as a clean prospect list.

Risk & due diligence

Vet counterparties or candidates against the official record.

🔌 Automating SEC Litigation Releases Scraper

Connects with Make, Zapier, n8n, Slack, Airbyte, GitHub Actions, and Google Drive via Apify's standard integrations.

🌟 Beyond business use cases

Research

Academic studies on regulation, public policy, and enforcement trends.

Personal

Citizens following developments in their communities.

Non-profit

Watchdog organizations and civic-tech projects auditing the record.

Experimentation

Train models on labeled regulatory data.

🤖 Ask an AI assistant about this scraper

ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, or Copilot can explain inputs, sample outputs, and integration patterns.

❓ Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Is the data real-time? A: Yes. Direct from SEC.gov. Q: How far back does it go? A: All releases ever published on the SEC site. Q: Are complaint PDFs included? A: Linked via relatedDocs but not downloaded. Q: Can I filter by year? A: Use startPage to skip newer releases. Q: What is LR-? A: Litigation Release identifier prefix. Q: Are administrative actions included? A: No. AAERs are a separate SEC release series. Q: Is this affiliated with the SEC? A: No. Independent tool using public releases. Q: How accurate is the data? A: Matches what SEC.gov publishes at run time. Q: Are non-fraud cases included? A: Yes. Every litigation release SEC publishes. Q: What if a release links to multiple PDFs? A: All are returned in relatedDocs.

🔌 Integrate with any app

Make, Zapier, n8n, Slack, Airbyte, GitHub Actions, Google Sheets, Webhooks, REST API.

🔗 Recommended Actors

Actor	Description
FTC Actions Scraper	FTC enforcement actions
SEC Investor Alerts Scraper	SEC investor education content
FINRA BrokerCheck Scraper	FINRA broker records

💡 Pro Tip: browse the complete ParseForge collection.

🆘 Need Help? Open our contact form

⚠️ Disclaimer: independent tool, not affiliated with the SEC Litigation Releases source agency or any government. Only publicly available data collected.