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Join the Securities Litigation and Enforcement Group on LinkedInSEC Chair Faces New Conflict Claims Over Husband’s Legal Work – Bloomberg Business
White is in the midst of weighing candidates to head the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, a little-known watchdog whose chairman makes more than $670,000 a year and has great sway over the industry. The Center for Effective Government, an advocacy group, said White should step aside because her husband, John White, sits on an […]
She Runs S.E.C. He’s a Lawyer. Recusals and Headaches Ensue. – NYTimes.com
… In the nearly two years since Ms. White took over the agency, she has had to recuse herself from more than four dozen enforcement investigations, the interviews and records show, sometimes delaying settlements and opening the door, in at least one case, to a lighter punishment. She Runs S.E.C. He’s a Lawyer. Recusals and […]
Recusals Likely for SEC’s New Top Cop – WSJ
Andrew Ceresney was picked as the Securities and Exchange Commission’s new co-chief of enforcement partly because of his experience defending Wall Street in government investigations. Now, the agency has to work through the conflicts created by his private-sector past. Mr. Ceresney, 41 years old, has named 25 of his former clients, both companies and individuals, […]
How Mary Jo White’s Connections Could Complicate Her S.E.C. Job – DealBook
How significant will Mary Jo White’s conflicts-of-interest be?