Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Paul Atkins announced a return to a practice that never should have been abandoned: simultaneous consideration of enforcement settlement offers together with related waiver requests. "Statement on Simultaneous Commission Consideration of Settlement Offers and Related Waiver Requests" (Statement by SEC Chair Paul S. Atkins / September 26, 2025). In his Statement, Atkins announces that the SEC is reinstating its prior practice of allowing entities under SEC enforcement actions to submit both: