SEC Enforcement Gets a Refresh: Updates to Enforcement Manual Focus on Transparency and Fairness

For the first time in nearly a decade, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) updated its Enforcement Manual (Manual), which has long served as the SEC Division of Enforcement's (Division) primary guide for conducting enforcement activities. SEC Chairman Paul S. Atkins described these updates as a “long-overdue step that builds on the Division of Enforcement’s commitment to transparency, fairness, and process, while ensuring it remains able to fulfill its mission[.]” The most practically... By: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP