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Miriam (Mimi) G. Bahcall

Miriam G. Bahcall focuses her practice on a variety of financial services industry litigation and regulatory matters, as well as general commercial litigation. She has represented underwriters, broker-dealers, insurance companies, directors and officers in class action and derivative litigation. In addition, Mimi has represented broker-dealers, investment banks, investment management firms, and public issuers and their management and employees in investigations and disciplinary proceedings initiated by the SEC, FINRA, CBOE and state regulators. She has also conducted internal investigations of publicly traded domestic and foreign companies whose operations are in the United States and China. Additionally, Mimi has represented brokerage firms and their management in various customer-initiated cases, and injunction and arbitration proceedings.

On May 18, 2026, the SEC rescinded Rule 202.5(e), ending its decades-old prohibition on post-settlement public denials by settling parties. This shift removes a longstanding settlement friction point and may affect how companies and individuals approach SEC enforcement matters, public communications, and parallel litigation.

Continue Reading SEC Rescinds Longstanding ‘No-Deny’ Settlement Policy in Enforcement Actions

On Aug. 21, 2025, Judge Margaret Ryan, a former senior judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, was named the Securities and Exchange Commission’s director of the Division of Enforcement.
Continue Reading SEC Enforcement Director Makes First Public Remarks on the Wells Process and Enforcement Priorities