SEC recently announced the creation of a new Financial Reporting and Audit Task Force in the Division of Enforcement along with a Center for Risk and Quantitative Analysis . The new groups come as the agency refocuses its enforcement program in the post market crisis era. The implications of these actions...

This is the second in a series of articles examining the creation of the new Financial Reporting and Audit Task Force along with a Center for Risk and Quantitative Analysis. Today’s article begins an examination of the roots of the new Task Force starting with the “Numbers Game” speech...

This is the third in a series of articles examining the creation of the new Financial Reporting and Audit Task Force along with a Center for Risk and Quantitative Analysis. Today’s article examines select cases concerning improper revenue enhancement techniques used by issuers in actions brought...

This is the fourth in a series of articles examining the creation of the Financial Reporting and Audit Task Force along with a Center for Risk and Quantitative Analysis. Today’s article examines select cases brought in the wake of Chairman Levitt’s Numbers Game speech in which issuers and...

This is the fifth in a series of articles examining the creation of the Financial Reporting and Audit Task Force along with a Center for Risk and Quantitative Analysis. Today’s article examines select cases brought in the wake of Chairman Levitt’s Numbers Game speech in which issuers and...

This is the sixth in a series of articles examining the creation of the Financial Reporting and Audit Task Force along with a Center for Risk and Quantitative Analysis. Today’s article examines select financial fraud cases brought in the wake of the market crisis which represent a change in focus...

This is the seventh in a series of articles examining the creation of the Financial Reporting and Audit Task Force along with a Center for Risk and Quantitative Analysis. Today’s article examines new approaches instituted by the Enforcement Division following its reorganization that center on risk...

This is the eighth and concluding segment in a series of articles examining the creation of the Financial Reporting and Audit Task Force along with a Center for Risk and Quantitative Analysis. Today’s article analyses the likely focus of the New Task Force, suggesting steps that issues can take...