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inSecurities Podcast Episode 100: J.W. Verret, an Associate Professor of Law at the George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School and a long-time friend of the inSecurities podcast, sits down with Chris and Kurt to discuss his new paper “Disgorgement Accounting After Liu v. SEC in Securities Enforcement Cases.” Professor Verret’s article is the first to link Liu’s directives on disgorgement to fundamental accounting principles. The result is an article at the intersection of securities law and accounting. Chris, Kurt, and J.W. talk about how practitioners should think about disgorgement accounting after Liu, and where they may be able to get a leg up in negotiations with the SEC Enforcement staff.
 
You can read Professor Verret’s new article on SSRN here: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4542940

inSecurities is a biweekly podcast featuring in-depth conversations with senior regulators, top practitioners, and leading academics, along with "deep dives" on hot topics in the securities regulatory and enforcement world. In an increasingly complex business and regulatory environment, inSecurities co-hosts Chris Ekimoff, a forensic accountant with RSM, and Kurt Wolfe, a securities enforcement attorney at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, keep you current on key developments.

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J.W. Verret

J.W. Verret teaches banking, securities, and corporation law as well as accounting for lawyers at the Antonin Scalia Law School. He's also been a visiting professor at Stanford Law School. Currently, Professor Verret serves on the Investment Advisory Committee of the SEC, where he advises the chairman of the SEC on legal and policy reform.  

He has also served as independent chairman of the board of directors of Egan Jones Ratings, one of the eight domestic credit rating firms licensed by the SEC to provide credit ratings on the debt of public companies and provides recommendations on shareholder proxy votes.  

Previously, Professor Verret served as chief economist and senior counsel to the US house committee on financial services. In recent years, you may have seen him on CNN, MSNBC, and other news networks where he comments on constitutional and political issues playing out inside the beltway.