Acting Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Allison Herren Lee, in a public statement Feb. 11, announced the Division of Enforcement will no longer recommend to the Commission a settlement offer that is conditioned on granting a waiver, abruptly ending a policy that began under former SEC Chairman Jay Clayton.

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