SEC changes course: some companies must now admit wrongdoing Available to Purchase

– To educate the audience about a significant change in SEC enforcement policy

– Research was performed of SEC officials' recent public statements about the change in enforcement policy.

– The SEC has increased enforcement activity in recent years, and the commission will begin insisting on admissions of wrongdoing in future settlement negotiations.

– Private litigants will seize on any admissions exacted by the SEC from corporate defendants. This could result in huge damage awards in private civil litigation.

– Explanation of the SEC's recent change in enforcement policy, specifically, how the SEC will demand certain corporate defendants admit to wrongdoing as part of any settlement with the commission.