In a time of ongoing heightened scrutiny for the Securities and Exchange Commission, many current and former leaders of the SEC’s Division of Enforcement met recently for an extraordinary panel discussion at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.
The panel consisted of SEC legend (and former Enforcement Division director and federal judge) Stanley Sporkin; his son, Thomas Sporkin, who now leads the SEC’s new Office of Market Intelligence (OMI); George Curtis, a former Enforcement deputy director; and John Stark, former chief of the SEC’s Office of Internet Enforcement. That legal firepower was arguably matched ...