Commission staff highlight key developments and successes in the
SEC enforcement program.
As they do every year, senior officials from the US Securities
and Exchange Commission (SEC or the Commission), including current
and former commissioners, recently gathered at the SEC Speaks
conference held in Washington, DC to highlight the Commission's
accomplishments in fiscal year 2016 and announce its priorities for
2017. Officials from the SEC's Division of Enforcement
(Division or Enforcement Division) offered guidance to securities
law practitioners as to best advocacy practices in defending
enforcement actions, repeatedly emphasized the benefits of
extraordinary cooperation with the enforcement staff in
investigations and litigation, and discussed recent court decisions
and issues pending before the federal courts, all of which will
have a significant impact on the SEC's enforcement program. In
addition, in their prepared remarks, Acting SEC Chair Michael
Piwowar and
