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SEC headquarters building in Washington following the agency’s rescission of its no-deny settlement policy

SEC Rescinds No-Deny Settlement Policy in Enforcement Actions

May 19, 2026 by Alexander Covtun

WASHINGTON, May 18, 2026 — The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said Monday it had rescinded a decades-old policy requiring defendants settling enforcement actions to agree not to publicly deny the agency’s allegations, marking a notable shift in the SEC’s enforcement framework.

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