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According to Securities and Exchange Commission Enforcement Director Robert S. Khuzami, the restructuring that has recently taken place at that agency\u2019s division is allowing the SEC to not just improve the quality of its efforts but also its results. He spoke at a Practicing Law Institute conference earlier this month.<\/p>\n

Not only has the enforcement division set up several specialized units that are each assigned a specific area of enforcement to focus on, but also market specialists from the private sector have been hired. Khuzami also said that the SEC has improved its handling of complex securities cases and is now detecting signs of alleged wrongdoing sooner.<\/p>\n

In the last fiscal year, the Commission has opened 735 enforcement cases\u2014a record number\u2014and imposed $3 billion in penalties and disgorgement against alleged offenders. Moving forward, the Commission intends to continue placing a lot of its attention on going after parties that committed securities laws violations related to the economic crisis of 2008. The SEC has so far initiated 107 such securities cases. 74 of these are against individuals.<\/p>\n

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According to Securities and Exchange Commission Enforcement Director Robert S. Khuzami, the restructuring that has recently taken place at that agency\u2019s division is allowing the SEC to not just improve the quality of its efforts but also its results. He spoke at a Practicing Law Institute conference earlier this month. 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