S&c Critical Insights

In this episode of S&C’s Critical Insights, Steve Peikin, who leads S&C’s Securities & Commodities Investigations Practice, and Jeff Scott and Julia Malkina, co-leads of the Firm’s Securities Litigation Practice, discuss the priorities of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Enforcement Division and enforcement trends.   Steve, Jeff and Julia discuss the SEC’s enforcement and regulatory activity relating to ESG disclosures, digital assets and SPACs. They also highlight the SEC’s focus on insider trading, market manipulation and recordkeeping. The episode concludes with a review of court challenges to the SEC’s enforcement powers.   For an in-depth discussion of these topics, read S&C’s Securities Enforcement and Litigation Update.