SEC Litigation Releases Scraper
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from $19.00 / 1,000 results
SEC Litigation Releases Scraper
Scrapes SEC litigation releases from the official SEC.gov listing. Returns each release as a flat row with title, date, release number, and full body text.
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SEC Litigation Releases Scraper
Scrape SEC litigation releases by page, up to a million per run. Every release comes with its title, date, release number, and full body text. No login or API key. Export to CSV, JSON, Excel, or XML.
The SEC publishes litigation releases as a paginated list on its website, but there is no bulk download or official feed. This Actor reads that public listing directly, page by page, and returns each release in one fixed schema. You control the start page and the maximum number of items.
| Who uses it | What they scrape SEC.gov for |
|---|---|
| Compliance officers | Monitor enforcement actions that may affect their industry. |
| Legal researchers | Build a corpus of SEC litigation for trend analysis. |
| Financial journalists | Track new lawsuits and settlements for breaking stories. |
| Investor relations teams | Stay ahead of disclosures that could move a stock. |
| Data vendors | Feed a structured SEC enforcement feed into their platform. |
What it does
This Actor collects SEC litigation releases from the official listing and returns each one as a flat row.
- 📄 Paginated listing: start at page 0 for the newest releases, or skip ahead with a higher page number.
- 🔢 Volume control: set a hard cap on the number of releases to pull, from a single preview up to one million.
- 📋 Fixed schema: every row delivers the release title, date, release number, and full body text.
Results export to CSV, JSON, Excel, or XML, or straight from the API.
What you can do with SEC.gov data
📈 Monitor enforcement trends.
A compliance officer pulls the latest 200 releases every Monday to flag cases involving their sector.
⚖️ Build a legal research dataset.
A law school clinic scrapes the full history of releases to study SEC litigation patterns over decades.
📰 Feed a newsroom dashboard.
A financial news desk runs the Actor hourly for the first page of releases and pushes new titles into their CMS.
💼 Support due diligence.
An M&A analyst scrapes releases mentioning a target company to uncover pending enforcement risks.
Why choose this scraper
| What you get | |
|---|---|
| No API key | Reads the public SEC.gov listing with zero registration. |
| Full body text | Each row includes the complete release text, not a snippet. |
| Predictable output | Flat rows with the same fields every run, ready for a database. |
| Bulk runs | Pull up to a million releases in one go when you need the full history. |
How it compares
No other Store actor targets SEC.gov the same way, so the honest comparison is with the alternatives teams actually weigh.
| SEC Litigation Releases Scraper | Build it in-house | By hand | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Setup | Run it now, zero config | Days of engineering | None, but hours per pull |
| When SEC.gov changes | Maintained for you | You fix it | You re-learn the page |
| Proxies, retries, anti-bot | Built in | Your problem | Browser only |
| Output | Fixed JSON schema, CSV/Excel export | Whatever you build | Copy-paste |
| Cost | Pay per result | Engineering time | Analyst hours |
Configure the run
Drive the Actor from the SEC litigation releases listing page, set a start page, and cap the total items pulled. The Input tab lists every parameter.
A first run with the defaults:
A larger pull:
Pricing
Pay-per-result: $0.021 per result collected. You pay only for the results written to your dataset.
| Results collected | Approximate cost |
|---|---|
| 100 results | $2.10 |
| 1,000 results | $21.00 |
| 10,000 results | $210.00 |
New Apify accounts start with $5 in free credit.
Free users
Free-plan runs return up to 10 results as a preview. Upgrade your Apify plan to collect up to 1,000,000 results per run.
Run it
- Create a free Apify account with $5 in credit.
- Open the SEC Litigation Releases Scraper.
- Set your inputs and any filters, then click Start.
- Export the results as CSV, Excel, JSON, or XML from the Dataset tab.
Run it programmatically through the Apify API (run-sync-get-dataset-items) or the ApifyClient for JavaScript and Python.
Use with AI agents (MCP)
Give an AI agent live access to SEC.gov through the Model Context Protocol. Add the Actor to Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client:
Then prompt it in plain language to run the scraper and read back the results.
Troubleshooting
Why am I getting no results?
Check your start page. If it is set beyond the last available page, the listing will be empty. Try starting at page 0 and lowering your max items to confirm the Actor can reach the data.
The run stopped before reaching my max items limit.
The SEC listing has a finite number of pages. When the Actor reaches the end of the available releases, it stops gracefully even if your cap was higher.
Some releases are missing body text.
A small number of older releases may have formatting that the scraper cannot parse cleanly. If you spot a pattern, report the release numbers so the parser can be improved.
I hit the free user limit of 10 items.
Free runs are capped at 10 items as a preview. Upgrade to a paid Apify plan to pull up to 1,000,000 releases per run.
FAQ
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is an SEC litigation release? | It is a public announcement by the SEC about a civil lawsuit or enforcement action it has filed in federal court. Each release summarizes the allegations, the defendants, and the relief sought. |
| Does this Actor require an SEC EDGAR API key? | No. It reads the public litigation releases listing page on SEC.gov directly. No registration, API key, or EDGAR access is needed. |
| What data fields does each row contain? | Every row returns the release title, publication date, SEC release number, and the full body text of the announcement. |
| Can I scrape only releases from a specific year? | The listing is paginated from newest to oldest. You can approximate a date range by setting a start page and a max items limit, but there is no date filter in the input schema. |
| How many releases can I pull in one run? | Free users are limited to 10 items as a preview. Paid users can pull up to 1,000,000 releases per run. |
| What is the start page parameter? | Page 0 is the first page with the newest releases. Increase the number to skip pages and start further back in the listing. |
| Does the Actor handle pagination automatically? | Yes. You set the start page and the maximum number of items, and the Actor walks forward through the pages until it hits your cap or runs out of releases. |
| Can I get the output as JSON? | Yes. You can export your dataset in CSV, JSON, Excel, or XML from the Apify run console. |
| Is this an official SEC product? | No. This is an independent scraper that reads publicly available information from SEC.gov. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SEC. |
| Will I get blocked for scraping too fast? | The Actor runs at a respectful rate. If you need very large pulls, spread them across multiple runs with different start pages to stay under the radar. |
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🆘 Need help? Email parseforge@protonmail.com with your run ID, your input, and what you expected.
⚠️ Disclaimer. This Actor is unofficial and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. It collects only publicly available data. You are responsible for using the collected data in compliance with the source's terms of service and applicable data-protection laws, including GDPR, CCPA, and PIPL. Do not use it to collect personal data unlawfully.
