Christopher Robertson Quoted in Compliance Week
"SEC Outlines Ambitious Agenda for 2012 on Dodd-Frank and Beyond"

Seyfarth Shaw Boston partner Christopher Robertson was quoted in the December 6 issue of Compliance Week.  The article discusses the SEC's intention to adopt the majority of the remaining rules required by the Dodd-Frank Act in 2012, and "[t]he SEC also says it intends to go further than Dodd-Frank requires by finalizing rules on executive compensation for which Dodd-Frank does not specify a mandatory deadline...[and] it plans to adopt rules related to credit ratings, asset-backed securities, derivatives, and market oversight.

Chris, a former senior counsel with the SEC's Division of Enforcement noted his confidence in the SEC to accomplish their goals for completion of the Dodd-Frank rules by noting, "[i]f the key people in charge of each rulemaking initiative remain unchanged, it is realistic for them to meet these deadlines[.]" 

Chris also notes that Dodd-Frank has placed a large workload on the SEC and that once the SEC has completed the rules, "he expects the Commission to shift its focus back to monitoring securities transactions, identifying regulatory gaps in the market, stopping market manipulations and improper trading, and developing an investor-focused rulemaking agenda".