Regulate Congressional Trading Through Registration Under the Securities Laws

By Sarah J. Williams January 23, 2024 by Sarah J. Williams

Illegal insider trading is the weird Barbie of securities regulation, a concept that, like the movie-version of the doll, has been pushed and pulled and misshapen over time. It started with the notion that trading securities of a company based …

Are We Seeing Double? Regulatory Overlap Between the SEC and the PCAOB

By Sarah J. Williams October 31, 2022 by Sarah J. Williams

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently announced that it was initiating proceedings against a former audit partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP for violating professional standards in reviewing the financial statements of Mattel, Inc. One might wonder why it is …

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Regulate Congressional Trading Through Registration Under the Securities Laws

Are We Seeing Double? Regulatory Overlap Between the SEC and the PCAOB