SEC’s Crenshaw throws down gauntlet: Large fines are good fines
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Aaron Nicodemus2021-03-11T22:17:00
The tide has officially turned, corporate America. The SEC is returning to a previous position of measuring the agency’s success by the size and number of the fines it levies. Time to get your houses in order.
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