In the year 2013, the U.S. government’s securities enforcement efforts will be led by an almost entirely new group of people. The SEC’s top enforcement figures–Chairman Mary Schapiro and Enforcement Director Robert Khuzami–have already announced their departures, and now it appears that Lanny Breuer, the Chief of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, will also be stepping down. The Washington Post reports that although Breuer has not announced when his last day at the DOJ will be nor his future plans, “it is certain that the prosecutor’s days in office are winding down, according to people who were not authorized to speak publicly about the matter.”
via Report: Lanny Breuer to Step Down as Head of DOJ’s Criminal Division – Compliance Week
