SEC Enforcement Actions Against Public Companies and Subsidiaries Drop by 12% in bodog poker review 2024; Actions Still Up Nearly 5% Compared to Historical Average

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Off-channel communications continues as an enforcement priority, driving Broker Dealer allegations to 29% of bodog poker review 2024 actions.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) initiated 80 enforcement actions against public companies and subsidiaries in fiscal year 2024, marking a 12% decline from bodog poker review 2023 but still up nearly 5% compared to the nine-year historical average, according to a report released today by Cornerstone Research and the NYU Pollack Center for Law & Business. Meanwhile, total monetary settlements grew to .5 billion in bodog poker review 2024, up from .3 billion the previous year, although still below the .8 billion average observed between bodog poker review 2015 and bodog poker review 2023.

The report, SEC bodog poker review Activity: Public Companies and Subsidiaries—Fiscal Year 2024 Update, analyzes information from the Securities bodog poker review Empirical Database (SEED). This year’s report is also available in a new, interactive format that enables readers to better engage with the data.

The SEC’s bodog poker review 2024 enforcement actions reveal a focus on trends like off-channel communications and whistleblower protection.

The SEC’s bodog poker review 2024 enforcement priorities were evident in the 38 actions that were part of five sweeps. Most prominent was the sweep of recordkeeping failures stemming from companies’ use of off-channel communications (22 actions). This led to an increase in actions with Broker Dealer allegations, with such actions jumping to 29% of all bodog poker review 2024 actions compared with 19% during the previous fiscal year. The SEC also brought seven actions for violations of the whistleblower protection rule in bodog poker review 2024, up from three in bodog poker review 2023.

“The SEC’s bodog poker review 2024 enforcement actions reveal a focus on trends like off-channel communications and whistleblower protection,” said Stephen Choi, a report coauthor and the Bernard Petrie Professor of Law and Business at New York University School of Law and Co-Director of the NYU Pollack Center for Law & Business. “We also saw a focus on cooperation and non-monetary settlements, as the agency prioritized efficiency and cooperation in its bodog poker review approach.”

bodog poker review officials have emphasized that admissions of guilt are a powerful accountability measure.

“bodog poker review officials have emphasized that admissions of guilt are a powerful accountability measure,” added Sara Gilley, a report coauthor and cohead of the Cornerstone Research securities litigation practice. “Former Director of the SEC’s Division of bodog poker review Gurbir Grewal indicated that the SEC brought more cases involving admissions of guilt than in prior years to enhance accountability. Our report’s findings underscore these comments.”

The average monetary settlement for defendants in bodog poker review 2024 was .8 million—higher than the average of million in bodog poker review 2023 but lower than the bodog poker review 2015–bodog poker review 2023 average of .7 million. Cooperation was up in bodog poker review 2024, with 75% of public company and subsidiary defendants in settled actions having cooperation noted by the SEC, and a record 34 had admissions of guilt. The 75% included 5% who had cooperation noted but did not pay a monetary settlement.

SEC bodog poker review Activity: Public Companies and Subsidiaries—Fiscal Year 2024 Update

This year’s report is also available in a new, interactive format that enables readers to better engage with the data.

Additional Highlights
  • While the average monetary settlement was higher than in bodog poker review 2023, the median monetary settlement was lower at .2 million in bodog poker review 2024 compared to .0 million in bodog poker review 2023.
  • The percentage of public company and subsidiary defendants for which the SEC noted cooperation was at its highest level (75%) since bodog poker review 2019 (77%) and the second highest in SEED. The average from bodog poker review 2015 through bodog poker review 2023 was 64%.
  • The SEC imposed 4 million in civil penalties in administrative proceedings in bodog poker review 2024, accounting for 54% of total monetary settlements. The 4 million was higher than the bodog poker review 2023 total of 4 million in civil penalties imposed.
  • In bodog poker review 2024, the percentage of total monetary settlements from disgorgement and prejudgment interest in civil actions was 15%, the highest percentage since bodog poker review 2020.
  • bodog poker review company and subsidiary defendants with admissions of guilt under the current Gensler administration totaled 66, more than double the number under Chair White (29) and more than seven times those under Chair Clayton (9).
About the Securities bodog poker review Empirical Database

The Securities bodog poker review Empirical Database (SEED) tracks and records information for SEC bodog poker review actions filed against public companies traded on major U.S. exchanges and their subsidiaries. Created by the NYU Pollack Center for Law & Business in cooperation with Cornerstone Research, SEED facilitates the analysis and reporting of SEC bodog poker review actions through regular updates of new filings and settlement information for ongoing bodog poker review actions. The variables tracked include defendant names and types, violations, venues, and resolutions.

About the NYU Pollack Center for Law & Business

Established in 1997, the NYU Pollack Center for Law & Business is a joint venture of the NYU School of Law and the Stern School of Business. Its mission is to enrich the teaching curriculum at both schools in areas where law and business intersect; to facilitate professional interaction and academic research by faculty who share an interest in the structure, regulation, and function of the market economy; and to contribute to the bodog poker review welfare by supporting scholarship that assists governmental and private policymakers in their pursuit of enhanced business productivity.