[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 20 (Wednesday, January 30, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 5603]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-1694]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION


Sunshine Act Meetings

    Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the provisions of the 
Government in the Sunshine Act, Public Law 94-409, that the Securities 
and Exchange Commission will hold the following meetings during the 
week of January 28, 2008:

    An Open Meeting will be held on Wednesday, January 30, 2008 at 10 
a.m., in the Auditorium, Room L-002, and Closed Meetings will be held 
on Wednesday, January 30, 2008 at 11 a.m. and Thursday, January 31, 
2008 at 10 a.m.

    Commissioners, Counsel to the Commissioners, the Secretary to the 
Commission, and recording secretaries will attend the Closed Meetings. 
Certain staff members who have an interest in the matters may also be 
present.
    The General Counsel of the Commission, or his designee, has 
certified that, in his opinion, one or more of the exemptions set forth 
in 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(5), (7), (9)(B), and (10) and 17 CFR 200.402(a)(5), 
(7), 9(ii) and (10), permit consideration of the scheduled matters at 
the Closed Meetings.
    Commissioner Casey, as duty officer, voted to consider the items 
listed for the closed meetings in closed sessions, and determined that 
no earlier notice of the meetings was possible.
    The subject matter of the Open Meeting scheduled for Wednesday, 
January 30, 2008 will be:

    The Commission will hear oral argument in an appeal by Jeffrey L. 
Gibson from the decision of an administrative law judge. Gibson is a 
part-owner and associated person of Gibson Gaither Wealth Management 
Advisors, an investment adviser, and also was, during the time at 
issue, associated with H. Beck, Inc., a broker-dealer. On May 9, 2006, 
the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia 
enjoined Gibson, with his consent, from violations of the antifraud 
provisions of the securities laws.

    Upon motion for summary disposition, the law judge found that it 
was undisputed that Gibson was associated with an investment adviser 
and a broker-dealer and that he had been enjoined from violating the 
antifraud provisions of the securities laws. The law judge determined 
that Gibson should be barred from association with an investment 
adviser or broker-dealer.

    Among the issues likely to be argued are:

whether the law judge properly granted the Division of Enforcement's 
motion for summary disposition; and
if so, whether sanctions should be imposed in the public interest.

    The subject matter of the Closed Meeting scheduled for Wednesday, 
January 30, 2008 will be: Post-argument discussion.

    The subject matter of the Closed Meeting scheduled for Thursday, 
January 31, 2008 will be:

Institution and settlement of injunctive actions;
Institution and settlement of administrative proceedings of an 
enforcement nature;
Resolution of litigation claims; and
    Post-argument discussion.

    At times, changes in Commission priorities require alterations in 
the scheduling of meeting items.
    For further information and to ascertain what, if any, matters have 
been added, deleted or postponed, please contact:
    The Office of the Secretary at (202) 551-5400.

    Dated: January 25, 2008.
Nancy M. Morris,
Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E8-1694 Filed 1-29-08; 8:45 am]
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