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SEC Settlement against Auditing Firm Serves as Reminder of Important Independence Rules

On February 29, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) announced that it settled an administrative proceeding against Lordstown Motors Corps’ former auditor, Clark Schaefer Hackett and Co. (CSH)—the same day that...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Ubiquitous Use of WhatsApp and Other Unrecorded Internal Communications Result in Substantial Penalties in Recent SEC, CFTC...

The SEC has, for many years, used broker-dealer and associated persons’ failure to create and maintain books and records as a basis for the imposition of serious penalties. In recent actions, it appears to be continuing—and...more

Miller Canfield

SEC Approves PCAOB Rule Governing Determinations Under the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act

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On November 4, 2021, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board's (PCAOB) Rule 6100, Board Determinations Under the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act (Rule...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

SEC’s Director of Enforcement Unexpectedly Resigns Just Days after Taking the Job: Reminiscent of Previous Resignation by former...

Alex Oh, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler’s pick for the agency’s Director of the Division of Enforcement, unexpectedly resigned on Wednesday amid growing criticism for her decades-long work as...more

Blank Rome LLP

Regulatory Update and Recent SEC Actions - January 2021

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REGULATORY UPDATES - SEC Proposes Conditional Exemption for Finders Assisting Small Businesses with Capital Raising - On October 7, 2020, the Securities Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) proposed a conditional exemption...more

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SEC Speaks: 2017 Enforcement and Exam Trends for Private Funds

At the recent SEC Speaks program, sponsored by PLI, senior SEC staff members provided valuable insight into the SEC’s 2017 priorities for private funds. While the tenor of this year’s discussion seemed to focus more on...more

Brooks Pierce

SEC Sanctions Auditor, Should Make Small Issuers Think Twice

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The SEC brought a settled administrative action against an auditor on October 24th. Often I’ll take a case like this and write something about it to warn other auditors (or investment advisers or broker-dealers, or whomever)...more

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