Shifts in SEC enforcement are typical with new presidential administrations, particularly with a change in the political party. But never have those shifts been as dramatic as those we witnessed in fiscal year 2025. Through the end of the first quarter of FY 2025, former SEC Chair Gensler and his senior leadership team zealously pursued non-fraud violations, imposed punishing monetary sanctions and closed out their tenure by issuing an unprecedented press release the Friday before Inauguration Day announcing a record-breaking quarter, with 118 standalone enforcement actions filed.
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