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At the 28th Annual Ray Garrett Jr. Corporate and Securities Law Institute, Securities and Exchange Commission’s Chicago Regional Office Director Merri Jo Gillette told lawyers that the challenges of maintaining and deploying enforcement resources continues for the SEC.<\/p>\n

Gillette says that the fiscal challenges brought about by the flailing US economy and the Iraq war that have affected other federal agencies are also impacting the SEC. Because of this, the SEC’s enforcement group’s 1,000 staff members are choosing to focus on the most urgent matters while maintaining an effective presence in “as many areas as we can.”<\/p>\n

The SEC Enforcement Official said the division had developed a number of working groups, each one focusing on one securities enforcement issue. Working groups currently are concentrating on the issues of municipal securities, insider trading and hedge fund misconduct<\/a>, sub-prime lending-related fraud, and options backdating.<\/p>\n

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At the 28th Annual Ray Garrett Jr. Corporate and Securities Law Institute, Securities and Exchange Commission’s Chicago Regional Office Director Merri Jo Gillette told lawyers that the challenges of maintaining and deploying enforcement resources continues for the SEC. 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