SEC Announces Recommencement of Normal Operations

In a recent statement, SEC Chairman Jay Clayton announced that the Commission “has resumed normal staffing levels and is returning to normal operations” following the end of the partial shutdown of the U.S. government.

In addition to Chairman Clayton’s statement, certain of the SEC’s offices and divisions have released announcements regarding their respective returns to normal operations, including the Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations, the Division of Corporation Finance, the Division of Trading and Markets, and the Division of Investment Management.