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Commission Speeches and Public Statements Archive: 1981

This index lists speeches and other public statements by the Chairman, Commissioners, and Staff of the SEC, which cover a wide range of topics concerning the state of the markets and the Commission's regulatory agenda.

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1981 Speeches by the Chairman and Commissioners

Date Title Author
Fourth Quarter
Dec. 11, 1981 The S.E.C. and Shareholder Proposals: Simplification in Regulation, National Association of Manufacturers, Denver, Colorado Commissioner Bevis Longstreth
Dec. 4, 1981 Reliance on Advice of Counsel as a Defense to Securities Law Violations, The Fourteenth Annual Securities Regulation Seminar, Los Angeles, California Commissioner Bevis Longstreth
Dec. 2, 1981 The SEC and the Securities Industry, Securities Industry Association, Annual Convention, Boca Raton, Florida Chairman John S. R. Shad
Oct. 29, 1981 Extraterritorial Application of the United States Securities Laws: The Need for a Balanced Policy, Sixth Multi-Choice International Corporate Finance Conference, Seminar Services International, London, United Kingdom Commissioner Barbara S. Thomas
Oct. 21, 1981 Glass-Steagall: The Maginot Approach to Regulation, The Exchequer Club, Washington, D.C. Commissioner Bevis Longstreth
Oct. 16, 1981 Deregulation: A Sensitive Undertaking Requiring Adequate Resources, Symposium on Securities Regulation and the Capital Raising Process for Small Issuers, State University of New York at Buffalo School of Law, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, New York Regional Office and Erie County Bar Association, Buffalo, New York Commissioner John R. Evans
Oct. 12, 1981 A New Milestone, 64th Annual Conference, North American Securities Administrators Association, Atlanta, Georgia Commissioner John R. Evans
Oct. 11, 1981 The Future Is For Those Who Are Prepared, 48th Annual Convention, National Security Traders Association, Boca Raton, Florida Commissioner John R. Evans
Third Quarter
Aug. 10, 1981 Investment Policy Challenges to Directors of Non-Profit Organizations, American Bar Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana Commissioner Bevis Longstreth
Aug. 7, 1981 Remarks Before the Annual Meeting of the American Accounting Association, Chicago, Illinois Chairman John S. R. Shad
Jul. 7, 1981 Risk Taking and Capital Formation, Town Hall of California, Los Angeles, California Commissioner Barbara S. Thomas
Second Quarter
Jun. 19, 1981 Regulating the Deregulators, National Association of Manufacturers Subcommittee on Corporate Governance, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Commissioner Barbara S. Thomas
Jun. 15, 1981 The Options Markets Come of Age: Their Past, Present and Future, Options and the Law: Corporate Issues, Options Legal Forum, American Stock Exchange, Inc., San Francisco California Commissioner Barbara S. Thomas
Jun. 12, 1981 A New Regulatory Approach to Venture Capital, Bureau of Industrial Economics, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C. Commissioner Stephen J. Friedman
Jun. 8, 1981 The Options Markets Come of Age: Their Past, Present and Future, Options and the Law: Corporate Issues, Options Legal Forum, American Stock Exchange, Inc., New York, New York Commissioner Barbara S. Thomas
May 29, 1981 Overregulation and Deregulation -- The Role of Lawyers and the Private Bar, First Annual Ray Garrett, Jr. Corporate and Securities Law Institute, Northwestern University School of Law, Chicago, Illinois Commissioner Stephen J. Friedman
May 16, 1981 The Worthy Lawyer, Columbus School of Law of the Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C. Commissioner Stephen J. Friedman
May 14, 1981 Perspectives of a New Commissioner, N.Y.U. Club, New York, New York Commissioner Barbara S. Thomas
May 7, 1981 An Experiment in Deregulation, 1981 AICPA National Conference for CPAs in Industry, Atlanta, Georgia Commissioner Stephen J. Friedman
May 5, 1981 The Illusion of Intrastate Banking, Policy Committee, Johns Hopkins University Center for Metropolitan Planning and Research, Baltimore, Maryland Commissioner Stephen J. Friedman
Apr. 28 , 1981 Responsible Deregulation, Federal Bar Association, Washington, D.C. Commissioner Barbara S. Thomas
Apr. 27, 1981 Blue Skies and New Horizons of Cooperation, North American Securities Administrators Association, Washington, D. C. Commissioner John R. Evans
Apr. 24, 1981 The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act: The Chapee Amendments, Fourteenth Annual Meeting, Association of American Chambers of Commerce in Latin America, Washington, D.C. Commissioner Stephen J. Friedman
First Quarter
Mar. 24, 1981 Deregulation: An Approach and a Proposal, New York Chapter, Financial Executives Institute, New York City, New York Commissioner Stephen J. Friedman
Feb. 27, 1981 The Accountable Regulator, SEC Speaks, Washington, D.C. Chairman Harold M. Williams
Feb. 25, 1981 The Accounting Provisions of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, University of Kentucky, Distinguished Speaker Series, College of Business and Economics, Lexington, Kentucky Commissioner Stephen J. Friedman
Feb. 14, 1981 The Petrified Forest: Litigation in America, 1981 Northwest Securities Institute, Washington State Bar Association, Seattle, Washington Commissioner Stephen J. Friedman
Jan. 22, 1981 The Corporation as a Continuing Enterprise, Securities Regulation Institute, San Diego, California Chairman Harold M. Williams
Jan. 21, 1981 The Accounting Profession and the Challenges Ahead, The San Diego Chapters of the National Association of Accountants and the California CPA Society, San Diego, California Chairman Harold M. Williams
Jan. 13, 1981 The Accounting Provisions of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act: An Analysis, SEC Developments Conference, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Washington, D.C. Chairman Harold M. Williams

1981 Speeches and Statements by Commission Staff

Date Title Author
Nov. 16, 1981 Remarks to the 1981 SEC Accounting Conference, Foundation for Accounting Education, New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants, New York, New York John M. Fedders, Director, Division of Enforcement
Oct. 12, 1981 Address to the 64th Annual Conference of the North American Securities Administrators Association, Atlanta, Georgia John M. Fedders, Director, Division of Enforcement
Oct. 8, 1981 Remarks to the Fall Meeting of the Association of General Counsel, Washington, D.C. John M. Fedders, Director, Division of Enforcement

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Modified: 10/10/2007