SEC enforcement

Paul Atkins deflected questions on whether the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board should be scrapped, saying it was up to Congress.

President Trump's nominee to lead the commission has yet to be confirmed, but the sweeping changes from his temporary stand-in are starting to pile up.

The Securities and Exchange Commission dramatically pulled back on accounting and auditing enforcement last year after two years in a row of increases.

Enforcement activity was more muted in the second half of the year, due to a Supreme Court decision and multiple lawsuits against the PCAOB, says a new report.

The Securities and Exchange Commission settled charges against the California-based e-commerce food distributor for overstating revenue to Series D investors.

The Louisiana-based utility company paid the Securities and Exchange Commission $12 million to settle the charges.

By selecting Paul Atkins, Trump is tapping one of the most influential GOP financial regulation insiders to oversee Wall Street.

The company failed to follow GAAP when it evaluated its less-than-truckload operations in 2019 and 2020.

The SEC chair's ambitious agenda drew fierce resistance from Wall Street and the crypto industry.

The commission is focused on accounting errors the railroad had previously disclosed and certain non-financial performance metrics.