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Top Ten SEC Enforcement Developments of 2011

April 1, 2012

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Partners Ellen Wheeler and Marc Dorfman summarized significant developments in the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) enforcement program during 2011, including the SEC’s first ever use of a deferred prosecution agreement in an FCPA case as well as the agency’s increased willingness to bring actions against attorneys appearing in SEC examinations.

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Ellen M. Wheeler
Dorfman Marc B

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Securities Enforcement & Litigation

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Ellen M. Wheeler

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