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Tag: Enforcement

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The SEC’s Five Deregulatory Moves in September

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When the morning air gets brisk and the calendar turns to September, we can rely on certain rites of fall: pumpkin spice anything, football season, and a flurry of enforcement activity at the SEC. But this year, something’s different. Inste...

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Back to the Ledger: The SEC Stands Up a Dedicated Accounting Fraud Unit

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The SEC has created dedicated accounting-fraud teams before. It did so in 2013 with a Financial Reporting and Audit Task Force, and again this past spring with a “SOX group” that arrived with little more fanfare than a pair of job listings....

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Five Takeaways from the SEC’s Revised Enforcement Manual

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The SEC doesn’t update its Enforcement Manual very often. So, when it does, people notice––securities lawyers in particular. That has certainly been the case with the agency’s just-released update, its first since 2017. Even so, it’s worth...

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Five SEC Enforcement Trends in 2025

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The Securities and Exchange Commission’s enforcement program has entered a new era in 2025—less Fearless and more Folklore. As Taylor Swift might put it, the agency seems to have settled into its All Too Well phase—more introspective, delib...

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DOJ Details New Approach for Enforcing Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

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Following a four-month freeze on the enforcement of laws against bribing foreign officials, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche on June 9 announced details of the Department of Justice’s overhauled guidelines for investigating and enforcin...

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