Beyond Unprecedented S4 Ep4: Trump 2.0: Anticipating the Future of the SEC
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Document Type
Podcast
Publication Year
2025
Description
Former chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and current Debevoise & Plimpton partner Mary Jo White ’74 discusses what to expect from the SEC in the second Trump administration — including the changes that a more conservative commission might make to existing rules and enforcement policies and the relationship between the SEC and U.S. Department of Justice.
Disciplines
Law | Law and Economics | President/Executive Department | Securities Law
Center/Program
Ira M. Millstein Center for Global Markets and Corporate Ownership
Recommended Citation
Talley, Eric L.; Lund, Dorothy S.; and White, Mary Jo, "Beyond Unprecedented S4 Ep4: Trump 2.0: Anticipating the Future of the SEC" (2025). Beyond Unprecedented Season 4. 5.
https://scholarship.law.columbia.edu/beyond_unprecedented_4/5
Episode Details
Released: January 13, 2025
Length: 29:58
Featuring:
Mary Jo White '74 is a litigation partner and senior chair at Debevoise & Plimpton, where she also previously served as chair of the Litigation Department. White has a distinguished record of public service: She completed a four-year term as chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Prior to that, she served as the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) from 1993 to 2002, becoming the only woman to hold the top position in that office’s more than 200-year history. White has also served on the Criminal Justice Act panel for the SDNY and as chair of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Committee on Admissions and Grievances. She has been recognized by The National Law Journal as one of the 50 most influential women lawyers in America and is a recipient of numerous honors.
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Eric Talley, Isidor and Seville Sulzbacher Professor of Law, writes and researches at the intersection of corporate law, governance, and finance. As a co-director of the Ira M. Millstein Center for Global Markets and Corporate Ownership, Talley shapes research and programs focused on the future of corporate governance and performance. He is a frequent commentator in the national media, and he speaks regularly to corporate boards, judges, and regulators on issues pertaining to fiduciary duties, governance, and finance. He is a graduate of the University of California, San Diego, and earned a J.D. and a Ph.D. in economics from Stanford University.
Dorothy S. Lund, Columbia 1982 Alumna Professor of Law, researches and teaches corporate law, corporate governance, securities regulation, contracts, and mergers and acquisitions. Lund’s work has been published in the Columbia Law Review, Journal of Corporation Law, and Stanford Law Review, among other journals. She has also written for popular publications including The Atlantic, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal. Several of her articles have been voted among the top 10 corporate and securities law articles of the year. Before entering academia, Lund clerked for Chief Justice Leo E. Strine Jr. of the Delaware Supreme Court and Judge Joel M. Flaum of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit. She also practiced corporate law at Sullivan & Cromwell in New York.