I got scolded by the SEC’s John White once. Seriously: I got a verbal slapdown from a regulator—and I think I deserved it.
The incident occurred in May of this year. White, who is the director of the Division of Corporation Finance at the Securities and Exchange Commission, had agreed to deliver the opening keynote address at our annual conference. We were right in the middle of a pre-conference planning call, during which we were discussing the topics to be addressed in his speech.
