Mary L. Schapiro: “The Dodd-Frank Act significantly changes the SEC's regulatory landscape.”

Companies seeking access to capital should not be overburdened by unnecessary or superfluous regulations.

Do I wish now that he had been more sensitive to the potential of this issue to raise an appearance of conflict? Yes.

This time around, I have had more than a few people in my office weeping with fear about what might happen to them because one person or another was looking into their behavior.

Following the biggest financial crisis since the Great Depression, Congress passed legislation that is already reshaping the U.S. regulatory landscape.