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New Orders Lifting Bars Signal Shift by SEC

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In recent months, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has signaled a shift in its approach to applications to lift administrative bars that restrict participation in the securities industry. This suggests there is...more

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Two SEC Commissioners Disagree with Stopping Contingent Settlement Offers

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Republican-appointee Commissioners Roisman and Peirce issued a statement on February 12 publicly disagreeing with Acting Chair Lee’s recent fiat discontinuing the Enforcement Division’s practice of proposing settlements that...more

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SEC Reverts to Two-Step Enforcement Settlements and Waiver Requests

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On February 11, SEC Acting Chair Lee announced that the Commission no longer would permit settlements in enforcement actions to include, or be contingent on the grant of, waivers of statutory disqualifications that flow from...more

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SEC Now May Consider a Simultaneous Settlement Offer and Waiver Request

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Certain “bad actors” who settle with the SEC may be subject to automatic disqualifications or collateral consequences under federal securities laws and regulations. The Commission, however, may grant a settling party’s...more

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SEC to Consider Settlement Offers and Waiver Requests Simultaneously

In a public statement, SEC Chairman Jay Clayton discussed the historical interplay between settlement offers and related waiver requests.  Chair Clayton noted...more

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