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DTCC Proposes Path to T+1 Settlement Cycle in Two Years

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The clearing and settlement process was front and center at the House Financial Services Committee’s February 18, 2021 hearing over the GameStop (NYSE: “GME”) short-squeeze and Robinhood’s pause in GME trading. Potter, III ( tpotter@burr.com ) is a partner in the Securities Litigation Practice Group at Burr & Forman, LLP.

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DTCC Proposes Path to T+1 Settlement Cycle in Two Years

Burr Forman

The clearing and settlement process was front and center at the House Financial Services Committee’s February 18, 2021 hearing over the GameStop (NYSE: “GME”) short-squeeze and Robinhood’s pause in GME trading. Potter, III ( tpotter@burr.com ) is a partner in the Securities Litigation Practice Group at Burr & Forman, LLP.

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Two SEC Commissioners Disagree with Stopping Contingent Settlement Offers

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Republican-appointee Commissioners Roisman and Peirce issued a statement on February 12 publicly disagreeing with Acting Chair Lee’s recent fiat discontinuing the Enforcement Division’s practice of proposing settlements that are contingent upon the Commission’s approval of waivers for collateral disqualifications arising from the settlement.