‘‘(i) ISSUANCE OF TEMPORARY ORDER.—Whenever,
during the course of a lawful investigation involving
possible violations of the Federal securities laws by
an issuer of publicly traded securities or any of its
directors, officers, partners, controlling persons, agents,
or employees, it shall appear to the Commission that
it is likely that the issuer will make extraordinary
payments (whether compensation or otherwise) to any
of the foregoing persons, the Commission may petition
a Federal district court for a temporary order requiring
the issuer to escrow, subject to court supervision, those
payments in an interest-bearing account for 45 days.
‘‘(ii) STANDARD.—A temporary order shall be
entered under clause (i), only after notice and opportunity
for a hearing, unless the court determines that