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The United States Securities and Exchange Commission was created in 1934 in response to the Great Stock Market Crash of 1929. The Commission was created to protect investors, ensure fairness in the market, and encourage capital formation. The Commission is headed by five presidentially-appointed Commissioners who oversee the Commission’s five divisions: Division of Corporation Finance, Division of Trading and Markets, Division of Enforcement, Division of Investment Management, and the Division of Risk, Strategy and Financial Information.

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News & Analysis as of May 18, 2013

DOJ Fraud Official Offers An Insider’s View Of The FCPA Resource Guide

by Pravin Rao, Lee Stein, Caryn Lara Trombino | Perkins Coie on 3/12/2013

Charles Duross, deputy chief of the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Criminal Division, Fraud Section, offered white collar crime practitioners rare insight into the DOJ’s and the Security and Exchange Commission’s (SEC)...more

FCPA “Reform”: Another Shot In The Dark

by Michael Volkov on 3/5/2013

Timing is everything. Woody Allen said it best – 80 percent of life is just showing up. Unless you are the Chamber of Commerce. Talk about bad timing and sour grapes....more

The Real FCPA Guide: 35 years in the Making - “Non-Binding” Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Resource Useful to Companies Competing...

by D. Michael Crites, Andrew Polesovsky | Dinsmore & Shohl LLP on 2/18/2013

More than 35 years after becoming law, the Criminal Division of the United States Department of Justice and the Enforcement Division of the Securities and Exchange Commission released their long-awaited guidance on the...more