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NEWS: SEC ends 50-year-old corporate wrongdoing ‘gag rule’

Paul Atkins, Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), delivers remarks at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., December 2, 2025. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/File Photo

By Douglas Gillison, Jasper Ward and Daphne Psaledakis

THE U.S. SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission) ended its longstanding practice requiring that people and companies who settle allegations of ​wrongdoing refrain from publicly refuting the case against them.

It was a practice that some conservative ‌critics had said violated defendants’ freedom of speech.

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