On January 13, 2026, United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Paul Atkins issued a statement in which he broadly noted that ...

On March 10, 2025, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted a final rule that will require a majority of the Commissioners to agree before the SEC formally opens an investigation. For ...

This article is part of an occasional online series that expands on our Abolish Everything issue by suggesting ways we could do without even more federal agencies or departments. The Securities and ...

October 15, 2025 - As the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or Commission) transitioned to the new administration and the leadership of Chairman Paul Atkins earlier this year, two parallel ...

Fines are more arbitrary than you think, a former SEC and CFTC enforcement attorney and Vanderbilt Law professor say.

NEW YORK (Reuters) -The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission told staff on Wednesday it plans to shake up its enforcement and exams divisions by having them report under new deputy directors, the ...

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit will hear oral arguments regarding the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) gag rule on Thursday. The rule flagrantly violates the First Amendment ...

The Securities and Exchange Commission said Mattel Inc. agreed to pay $3.5 million to settle claims over misstatements the toy maker made in its 2017 financial statements. The Chinese affiliate of Big ...

The Securities and Exchange Commission issued guidance on Thursday saying it does not view most meme coins, which are crypto tokens that originated from memes, as securities under United States ...

In the early 1980s, when I was a lowly staff attorney in the Atlanta office of the Securities and Exchange Commission, I was surprised to get a phone call from an aide to Sen. Jesse Helms, a powerful ...

Smart rules for the new technology can unleash a wave of innovation like the one the 1996 Telecommunications Act fostered for the internet. Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy should encourage Congress to ...