{"id":5517,"date":"2013-08-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-08-30T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/institutionalinvestorsecuritiesblog.blawgcloud.com\/2013\/08\/securities_and_exchange_commis_1"},"modified":"2022-05-05T08:46:38","modified_gmt":"2022-05-05T13:46:38","slug":"securities-and-exchange-commis-1-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/blog\/securities-and-exchange-commis-1-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Securities and Exchange Commission Report: Enforcement Division &#038; OCIE Collaborate, Broker-Registration in Private Funds, Conflict Minerals Regulation, Short Sale Rules, and New Commissioner Confirmations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Lawyers Not Happy About Growing Collaboration Between SEC\u2019s Enforcement and OCIE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A number of lawyers have expressed dismay that the collaboration efforts between the Securities and Exchange Commission\u2019s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations and its Enforcement Division are increasing. There is concern that examinations are ending up becoming the start of later investigations. For example, examiner interviews with the employees of registrants can later turn into the basis of enforcement actions, and some attorneys say this brings up issues of due process.<\/p>\n<p>Meantime, SEC officials have acknowledged the growing collaboration between these two divisions.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/blog\/securities-and-exchange-commis-1-2\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Securities and Exchange Commission Report: Enforcement Division &#038; OCIE Collaborate, Broker-Registration in Private Funds, Conflict Minerals Regulation, Short Sale Rules, and New Commissioner Confirmations\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lawyers Not Happy About Growing Collaboration Between SEC\u2019s Enforcement and OCIE A number of lawyers have expressed dismay that the collaboration efforts between the Securities and Exchange Commission\u2019s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations and its Enforcement Division are increasing. There is concern that examinations are ending up becoming the start of later investigations. 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