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The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced the appointment of Nicole Creola Kelly as Chief of the SEC’s Office of the Whistleblower. Ms. Kelly, who goes by Cree, is currently Senior Special Counsel in the Office of the General Counsel and has more than 20 years of experience with the SEC. Among her other roles […]
In remarks before the Securities Enforcement Forum, SEC Chair Gary Gensler echoed first SEC Chair Joseph Kennedy’s assertion that the SEC “will make war without quarter on any who sell securities by fraud or misrepresentation.” Mr. Gensler outlined several principles that he shared with the Division of Enforcement to guide its assessments of misconduct under […]
“The bottom line is that this is an area that is just crying out for clarity and further guidance from the staff or the commission,” said Michael Liftik, a partner at the law firm Quinn Emanuel. “If you look at across the activity from the SEC, it is…mostly enforcement-driven, and so a lot of time […]
The SEC Enforcement Division’s Cyber Unit “will continue to dig deeper into the area of cybersecurity-related disclosures and disclosure controls and internal controls,” Ablaev, a member of the Cyber Unit, said Thursday at Securities Enforcement Forum 2021. “You’ll be seeing more of the actions that we’ve been bringing fairly recently.” When sanctioning companies for failures […]
Before I close, I’d like to address the audience directly — those of you who are lawyers, auditors, accountants, bankers, and investment advisers. You all play an important role in our capital markets. Market participants rely on you for advice and counsel on a daily basis. Within our securities laws, you are entrusted with certain […]
Speaking to the Securities Enforcement Forum Gensler told the corporate executives in the audience: “If you’re asking a lawyer, accountant, or adviser if something is over the line, maybe it’s time to step back from the line.” He told the lawyers, auditors, accountants, bankers, and investment advisers in attendance they can often be the first […]