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President Biden on Monday vetoed his first bill — blocking a Republican-led effort to restrict pension funds from making investment decisions based on factors such as climate change. “I just signed this veto because the legislation passed by the Congress would put at risk the retirement savings of individuals across the country,” Biden said in a tweeted […]
White collar lawyers predict boom times under Biden | Financial Times
So for many white collar criminal defence lawyers, Trump’s defeat at the hands of Democrat Joseph Biden has been cause for celebration. “The Trump administration’s approach to dealing with white collar crime can be encapsulated in the dozens of pardons that president Trump granted to white-collar criminals stretching back decades,” said Daniel Horwitz, a former […]
What to Expect from a Gensler SEC? | News | Sidley Austin LLP
Earlier this year, President Biden announced Gary Gensler as his choice to lead the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Gensler’s tenure as chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission provides a glimpse into his possible agenda at the SEC. A focus on public company issues, ESG, disclosures, enforcement, digital assets guidance, and attention to […]
Biden SEC Should Stay the Course on Enforcement | LinkedIn
In this monthly column and elsewhere, I haven’t hesitated to call out the SEC on misguided enforcement cases and policy decisions. But as I wrote two years ago, when the SEC is on the right track, it’s equally important to give credit and urge the agency to stay on course. Such is the case right now […]
Biden’s Candidate for SEC Chairman Is Expected to Be Tough on Companies – WSJ
“Everyone should expect that a Gensler SEC will be under pressure from Capitol Hill to distinguish itself from a Clayton SEC by being perceived as tougher and smarter,” said Joseph Grundfest, a professor of law and business at Stanford University and a former SEC commissioner. Mr. Gensler, who is teaching courses on financial technologies at […]
Alert: New SEC Leadership to Focus on Enforcement | Cooley LLP – JDSupra
We expect that under the new administration, the SEC will use its expanded authority and resources to more aggressively pursue securities violations at public companies. In the near term, we expect particular scrutiny of high-visibility tech companies, life sciences companies under the microscope in the age of COVID-19 and post-IPO companies experiencing rapid growth. Source: […]
Remember Enron? It Could Happen Again on Biden’s Watch
There are several relatively straightforward steps the Biden administration could take. They involve the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB). Some would require legislation, and some assume the new administration can muster a working majority at the SEC. But to really make a difference, the Biden administration will […]
Financial Services Regulation in a Biden Administration: Personnel Is Policy
Although the Commission will continue to devote resources to punishing individuals and entities that seek to capitalize on market disruptions caused by the pandemic even after Clayton departs, under a potential Democrat-led Commission, the Enforcement Division is likely to shift its focus to traditional Wall Street misconduct including insider trading, issuer reporting and accounting fraud, […]
Biden SEC Likely to Push More Climate, Diversity Disclosures
“Depending on who is the next chair, the shift might be either reversion to the mean or whiplash inducing,” said Urska Velikonja, a Georgetown University Law Center professor who studies the SEC. Potential contenders for the job include former SEC Commissioners Kara Stein and Robert Jackson, as well as Georgetown University Law Center Professor Chris […]
What to Expect From the Biden Administration
Over the weekend, former Vice President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. was declared the winner of the U.S. presidential election. Although President Trump has yet to concede and press reports suggest he will continue to make his case in court, thoughts have turned to what the Biden administration will mean for federal regulation of business and […]