SEC Comments

The Securities and Exchange Commission encourages the public to submit comments on proposed rules during the comment period. All comments are made available to the public and are posted on the SEC’s website.

Academics often submit individual comment letters on proposed rules. Comment letters from law and finance professors have been an important of the SEC comment process, and research by academics is often cited in final rules.

However, particularly given the large number of proposed rules from the SEC, professors often lack the resources or incentives to submit comments. One of the IILF’s goals is to facilitate and promote such comments from professors. 

With that goal in mind, we set forth below the most recent rule proposals, along with relevant links. One of the challenges for many proposals is the very large number of public comments. These comments are important, and we provide a link to all of the comments. We also provide a separate link to “Academic Letters,” to highlight them and make it easier for regulators, commentators, and the public to find letters from professors. Although we include the due date for comment letters, we note that the SEC staff often will include letters submitted after the due date.