SEC Speaks 2012: An "Entrepreneurial" and Restructured SEC Pledges Proactive Enforcement

Bartholomew, Christian

(March 1, 2012, Securities Enforcement and Litigation Alert)

The inaugural issue of Weil's Securities Enforcement and Litigation Alert is now available. This issue reports on the recent SEC Speaks seminar in Washington and the numerous enforcement issues raised and addressed during the seminar. These include the Commission's continued and increasing focus on market participants, including B/Ds, IAs, hedge funds, and private equity sponsors; the status of the new whistleblower program; increasing secondary liability given the SEC's new enforcement powers under Dodd-Frank; how the Supreme Court's decision in the Janus case is affecting charging decisions; and the staff's priorities in the areas of FCPA, insider-trading, and financial statement and accounting cases.

To read this article please follow this link.