Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)

Board of Directors

Kenneth A. Bertsch, Kenneth L. Wagner | Society of Corporate Secretaries And Governance Professionals

Editor: Please start our discussion with an overview of the Society’s activities and advocacy efforts this past year. Wagner: The Society was very active on a variety of fronts this past year, notably, our advocacy on Capitol Hill and with the SEC on matters such as Dodd-Frank and the...

Board of Directors

Robert W. Dockery | Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Editor: Please describe your practice area. Dockery: Our corporate and securities group has a diverse practice, dealing with securities, corporate finance, M&A, corporate governance and other general corporate issues. Editor: The rules that the SEC has promulgated under Dodd-Frank include...

Litigation

Christian Bartholomew, Christopher L. Garcia, Layne S. R. Behrens | Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

In Gabelli v. SEC, No. 11-1274, 2013 WL 691002 (U.S. Feb. 27, 2013), the Supreme Court unanimously adopted a bright-line rule that, in SEC enforcement cases where the SEC seeks civil money penalties, the five-year statute of limitations provided for in 28 U. S. C. §2462[1] begins to run when...