SEC’s Top Cop Resigns After Just Six Months on the Job March 18, 2026 By Dawn Kopecki and Chris Prentice The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s enforcement director has resigned just over six months after she started on the job,...
SEC Preparing to Scrap Quarterly Reporting Requirement, WSJ Reports March 17, 2026 The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is preparing a proposal to scrap the requirement for companies to report their earnings...
Justin Sun Settles SEC Fraud Case for $10 Million March 6, 2026 By Luc Cohen The Chinese cryptocurrency entrepreneur Justin Sun reached a $10 million settlement to resolve a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission civil...
SEC Gave Companies More Power Over Investors but Lawsuits Pushed Them Back March 2, 2026 By Ross Kerber and Simon Jessop A new federal approach giving U.S. companies more say over which proposals shareholders can vote on at their annual meetings...
Elon Musk Loses Bid to Dismiss SEC Lawsuit Over Twitter Stake February 4, 2026 By Jonathan Stempel A federal judge on Tuesday rejected Elon Musk’s bid to dismiss a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit that claimed...
Trump Orders SEC to Review Proxy Adviser Rules in ESG Rebuke December 16, 2025 By Loukia Gyftopoulou and Hadriana Lowenkron President Donald Trump issued an executive order seeking to limit the influence of proxy advisory firms, part of a push...
SEC Chief Wants to Boost IPOs by Easing Rules for Small Firms December 2, 2025 By Lydia Beyoud The nation’s top securities regulator is planning to make it easier for small companies to go public by cutting mandatory...
SEC to Drop Controversial SolarWinds Cyberattack Lawsuit November 24, 2025 By Nicola M. White The US Securities and Exchange Commission will drop its landmark lawsuit against SolarWinds Corp. that accused the company of covering...
SEC’s Epic Post-Shutdown Filing Backlog Risks Stalling US IPOs November 21, 2025 By Bailey Lipschultz and Nicola M. White Rank-and-file US Securities and Exchange Commission workers have returned to face the paperwork that piled up during the longest government...
Wall St Regulator to Consider Crypto Token Classification, Chair Says November 18, 2025 By Douglas Gillison The head of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said the agency would soon consider establishing a classification for digital...