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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA __________________________________________ ) ) Petitioner, ) ) -v.) ) Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu CPA Ltd., ) ) Respondent. ) __________________________________________) U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission,

11 Misc. 512 GK/DAR

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSIONS MEMORANDUM OF POINTS AND AUTHORITIES IN OPPOSITION TO OBJECTIONS TO MAGISTRATE JUDGES MARCH 4, 2013 ORDER

DAVID MENDEL (D.C. Bar #470796) Assistant Chief Litigation Counsel U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Enforcement Division 100 F Street, NE Washington, DC 20549 (202) 551-4418 (phone) (202) 772-9282 (fax) mendeld@sec.gov

Of Counsel: ANTONIA CHION New York Bar Attorney Registration No. 1873405 LISA WEINSTEIN DEITCH California Bar No. 137492 HELAINE SCHWARTZ New York Bar Attorney Registration No. 1917046

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TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF AUTHORITIES ........................................................................................................... ii PRELIMINARY STATEMENT ..................................................................................................... 1 BACKGROUND ............................................................................................................................. 4 A. DTTCs Registration With The Board And Receipt of Board Warning ....................... 4 B. This Action Seeks to Enforce the Subpoena .................................................................. 5 C. Administrative Proceedings ........................................................................................... 7 D. Timeframe for Resolution of the Administrative Proceeding ....................................... 8 E. The Magistrate Judges Denial of DTTCs Motion To Extend The Stay ...................... 9 ARGUMENT .................................................................................................................................. 9 A. The Magistrate Judges Decision To Deny DTTCs Requested Stay Was Neither Contrary to Law Nor Clearly Erroneous ..................................................................... 10 1. The Absence Of Any Pressing Need For A Stay Merits Its Rejection ................... 11 2. The Balance Of Interests Also Merits Rejection Of The Requested Stay .............. 12 3. The Magistrates Judges Assessment of Potential Judicial Efficiency Was Not Contrary To Law Or Clearly Erroneous ................................................................ 15 B. The Magistrate Judge Did Not Err By Holding A Motions Hearing On March 13, 2013 ............................................................................................................ 19 1. This Subpoena-Enforcement Action Is A Summary One ...................................... 20 2. DTTC Voluntarily Chose Not To Seek Leave To File A Sur-reply....................... 21 3. DTTC Has Not Identified A Special Circumstance Justifying Discovery ......... 21 a. DTTCs Proposed Expert Discovery Is Unnecessary................................. 23 b. The SEC-CSRC Correspondence Can Provide DTTC With No Basis For Resisting Enforcement Of The Subpoena ................................................. 24 c. Discovery Of The Reasons For The SECs Failed Negotiations With The CSRC Also Cannot Provide A Basis For Resisting Enforcement Of The Subpoena ................................................................................................... 25 4. The Magistrate Judge Provided DTTC With An Opportunity To Request An Evidentiary Hearing............................................................................................... 26 5. The Parties Should Not Be Required To Re-Brief The Case To The Magistrate Judge ...................................................................................................................... 27 CONCLUSION ............................................................................................................................. 30

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TABLE OF AUTHORITIES CASES Am. Ctr. for Civil Justice v. Ambush, 794 F. Supp. 2d 123 (D.D.C. 2011)................................................................................... 10, 19 *Belize Soc. Dev. Ltd. v. Govt of Belize, 668 F.3d 724 (D.C. Cir.), cert. denied, 133 S. Ct. 274 (2012)......................................................................... 3, 10, 11, 12 *Cherokee Nation of Okla. v. United States, 124 F.3d 1413 (Fed. Cir. 1997) ......................................................................................... 11, 12 Clinton v. Jones, 520 U.S. 681 (1997) .................................................................................... 10, 13 Dellinger v. Mitchell, 442 F.2d 782 (D.C. Cir. 1971) ................................................................... 12 Dependable Highway Exp., Inc. v. Navigators Ins. Co., 498 F.3d 1059 (9th Cir. 2007) ................................................................................................. 15 Endicott Johnson v. Perkins, 317 U.S. 501 (1943) ......................................................................... 3 Fed. Savs. & Loan Ins. Corp. v. Commonwealth Land Title Ins. Co., 130 F.R.D. 507 (D.D.C. 1990) ................................................................................................ 19 FTC v. Atl. Richfield Co., 567 F.2d 96 (D.C. Cir. 1977)......................................................... 20, 27 FTC v. Texaco, Inc., 555 F.2d 862 (D.C. Cir. 1977) ................................................................. 3, 16 Gordon v. FDIC, 427 F.2d 578 (D.C. Cir. 1970) .......................................................................... 15 In re Grand Jury Proceedings the Bank of N.S., 740 F.2d 817, 821 (11th Cir. 1984) ................................................................................... 14, 17 Johnson v. SEC, 87 F.3d 484, 490 (D.C. Cir. 1996) ..................................................................... 17 *Landis v. N. Am. Co., 299 U.S. 248, 254 (1936) ............................................................. 10, 11, 12 Mathis v. SEC, 671 F.3d 210, 217 (2d Cir. 2012) ......................................................................... 18 McCurdy v. SEC, 396 F.3d 1258,1264 (D.C. Cir. 2005)............................................................... 17 N.H. Fire Ins. Co. v. Scanlon, 362 U.S. 404 (1960)................................................................ 20, 27 Okla. Press Publg Co. v. Walling, 327 U.S. 186 (1946).............................................................. 16 Rubin, Release No. 295, 2005 WL 2180440 (RGM Sept. 8, 2005) (Initial Decision) ...................................................................................................................... 17 ii

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SEC v. Dresser Indus., Inc., 628 F.2d 1368 (D.C. Cir. 1980) .......................................... 13, 15, 21 SEC v. Lavin, 111 F.3d 921 (D.C. Cir. 1997) ................................................................... 21, 22, 23 SEC v. McCarthy, 322 F.3d 650 (9th Cir. 2003) ........................................................................... 20 SEC v. Sprecher, 594 F.2d 317 (2d Cir. 1979) ........................................................................ 20, 21 Touche Ross & Co. v. SEC, 609 F.2d 570 (2d Cir. 1979) ............................................................ 17 United States v. Hubbard, 650 F.2d 293(D.C. Cir. 1980) ............................................................ 20 United States v. Kordel, 397 U.S. 1 (1970) ................................................................................... 15 United States v. McCarthy, 514 F.2d 368 (3d Cir. 1975)........................................................ 20, 21 United States v. Morton Salt Co., 338 U.S. 632 (1950) ................................................................ 16 United States v. Philip Morris USA Inc., 841 F. Supp. 2d 139 (D.D.C. 2012)......................................................................................... 12 Wonsover v. SEC, 205 F.3d 408 (D.C. Cir. 2000)......................................................................... 18

STATUTES, RULES AND REGULATIONS

15 U.S.C. 77s(c) ......................................................................................................................... 17 15 U.S.C. 78d-3 ............................................................................................................................ 8 15 U.S.C. 78u(b)......................................................................................................................... 17 15 U.S.C. 7202(b)(1) .................................................................................................................... 7 15 U.S.C. 7216(b)(1) .................................................................................................................... 7 15 U.S.C. 7216(e) ......................................................................................................................... 7 17 C.F.R. 201.102(e)(1)(iii) ......................................................................................................... 7 17 C.F.R. 201.360(a)(3) ............................................................................................................... 8 17 C.F.R. 201.410(a) .................................................................................................................... 8 Fed. R. Civ. P. 44.1 ....................................................................................................................... 24 iii

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Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(a) ........................................................................................................................ 9 Local Civ. R. 72.2.......................................................................................................................... 10

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Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 72(a) and Local Civil Rule 72.2(b), the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or Commission) respectfully submits this Memorandum of Points and Authorities In Opposition To the Objections of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu CPA Ltd. (now known as Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu CPA LLP) (DTTC) to Magistrate Judge Robinsons March 4, 2013 Memorandum Opinion and Order (March 4 Order). PRELIMINARY STATEMENT Through this proceeding, the SEC seeks a court order requiring DTTC to produce documents in response to an administrative subpoena (the Subpoena) that the SEC served on DTTC in May 2011. The Commission needs the requested documents to investigate possible securities laws violations involving Longtop Financial Technologies Limited (Longtop), a foreign private issuer the securities of which were registered with the Commission and traded on U.S. markets. The SEC began the investigation shortly after DTTC, Longtops auditor for several years, disclosed that it had uncovered numerous indicia of financial fraud at Longtop and further indicated that DTTCs prior audit reports for Longtop, which it had filed with the SEC, could no longer be relied upon by investors. At the time, Longtop had a market capitalization of over $1 billion. The Subpoena called for DTTC to produce, among other things, audit workpapers it had prepared while auditing the financial statements of Longtop. It has not done so. DTTC does not dispute the legitimacy of either the SECs investigation or its need for the requested documents. But DTTC still refuses to comply with the Subpoena claiming, among other things, that to do so would constitute a violation of the laws of the Peoples Republic of China (China). DTTC has maintained this refusal notwithstanding the facts that: it has registered in the United States with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board

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(the Board); it has conducted numerous audits for U.S.-listed companies; and it knew about the purported Chinese-law restrictions long before it conducted the audit work for Longtop that is at issue. On March 13, 2013, the Magistrate Judge held a motions hearing on the merits of the SECs Application for an order requiring compliance with the Subpoena. In addition to the extensive oral argument by the parties at the hearing, the Magistrate Judge has for her consideration some 230 pages of briefs and declarations by the parties that comprehensively address the merits issues raised by the SECs Application. The Magistrate Judges decision on the merits is now pending. Notwithstanding these events, DTTC now still seeks 18 months after the SEC filed its Application, in September 2011; 20 months after the SEC served the Subpoena, in May 2011; and after the Magistrate Judge already has heard arguments on the merits of the Application to put this proceeding and the SECs Longtop investigation on indefinite hiatus. DTTC here challenges the Magistrate Judges procedural decision in the March 4 Order denying DTTCs motion for an indefinite stay of this case. DTTC argues, as it did before the Magistrate Judge, that the Court should disregard the SECs interest in promptly advancing the Longtop investigation. DTTC argues that the proposed stay should last until resolution of the Commissions wholly separate administrative proceeding, now pending before an Administrative Law Judge, against DTTC and four other China-based public accounting firms alleging violations of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (Sarbanes-Oxley), based on conduct unrelated to Longtop (the Administrative Proceeding). See Objections at 18. Contrary to DTTCs contentions in its Objections, the Magistrate Judges denial of the requested stay in her March 4 Order was not contrary to law or clearly erroneous, and should

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be upheld. As the Magistrate correctly found, the requested stay does not have an ascertainable end date, and, therefore, only can be justified by a finding of a pressing need under this Circuits precedents a showing that DTTC clearly failed to make. March 4 Order at 9 (quoting Belize Soc. Dev. Ltd. v. Govt of Belize, 668 F.3d 724, 732 (D.C. Cir.), cert. denied, 133 S. Ct. 274 (2012)); id. at 10. The Magistrate Judge also correctly found that the SECs need for the requested documents and opposition to a further delay of this proceeding comport with the purpose behind the summary nature of administrative subpoena enforcement proceedings. Id. at 11. DTTC had argued that a stay would promote judicial efficiency on the asserted ground that the Administrative Proceeding allegedly will address similar issues, but the Magistrate Judge correctly rejected this argument as a basis for the stay; whether or not an audit firms noncompliance with a document request under Section 106 of Sarbanes-Oxley constituted a willful violation of that Act is not material to this courts determination of whether the Subpoena, invoking different provisions of the securities laws, is enforceable. Id. at 8. The only aspect of the Magistrate Judges decision that DTTC now challenges is her evaluation of the potential overlap between the two proceedings. DTTC contends that this evaluation was allegedly flawed because it was based on the Magistrate Judges observation consistently shared by federal courts over the last 70 years that a courts role in a proceeding to enforce an administrative subpoena is a strictly limited one. FTC v. Texaco, Inc., 555 F.2d 862, 871-72 (D.C. Cir. 1977) (citing Endicott Johnson v. Perkins, 317 U.S. 501 (1943)); see also March 4 Order at 5 (citing authorities). DTTCs objection is meritless. The Magistrate Judge correctly characterized the scope of this proceeding, and her assessment of judicial efficiencies to be gained through a stay was not clearly erroneous. The Administrative

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Proceeding involves different legal claims that arise from different SEC investigations, present different legal standards, and seek different remedies. The Longtop investigation is not even at issue in the Administrative Proceeding, nor can the Administrative Proceeding compel the production of any documents. Furthermore, it may well be years before either the Commission or the D.C. Circuit resolves in the Administrative Proceeding the parties very different views as to what constitutes a willful violation of Sarbanes-Oxley Section 106. Thus, DTTCs claimed efficiencies even assuming they could overcome the Magistrate Judges other bases for rejecting the extended stay are wholly speculative. For this Court now to halt consideration of the merits of this subpoena-enforcement action pending such resolution would be the height of judicial inefficiency. DTTC also objects to the March 4 Orders directive that the parties appear for a motions hearing on March 13, 2013, without first allowing DTTC additional time in which to submit an additional merits brief, or further to stall the proceeding by taking unnecessary discovery. These objections, obviously an alternative stratagem by DTTC to delay this proceeding in the absence of an extended stay, are also without merit. BACKGROUND A. DTTCs Registration With The Board And Receipt of Board Warning

On June 4, 2004, DTTC became registered with the Board. In submitting its application for registration to the Board, DTTC acknowledged potential difficulty in providing information required by Board requests because of restrictions imposed by Chinese law. See DTTC Opposition to SECs Application, at 9 (Docket No. 23) (DTTC Merits Opp.); Warden Decl. Exh. 3 (Docket No. 23-5 to 23-6). In response, the Board wrote to DTTC that the Boards approval of DTTCs registration did not mean that the Board agreed with DTTCs

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assertions about Chinese law. See SEC Merits Reply, at 19 n.11 (Docket No. 38); Declaration of Sarah Williams, Exh. A (Docket Nos. 38-8, 38-9). Also in 2004, the Board issued guidance stating that an audit firms failure to cooperate with information requests could subject the firm to disciplinary sanctions, regardless of whether the non-cooperation was caused by the firms inability to obtain consents required under non-U.S. law. See SEC Merits Reply, at 1920 n.12; Williams Decl. Exh. B (Docket No. 38-10). Notwithstanding these warnings, DTTC proceeded to take on audit engagements with companies whose securities are registered with the SEC and traded on U.S. exchanges. In Longtops case, DTTC prepared and issued audit reports filed by the company with the SEC as it raised hundreds of millions of dollars through securities offerings. Declaration of Lisa Deitch 7-9 (Document 1-2) (Deitch Decl.). B. This Action Seeks to Enforce the Subpoena 1

In May 2007, Longtop publicly announced that DTTC had resigned as its auditor. DTTCs resignation letter, also made public, described numerous indicia of fraud at Longtop. Deitch Decl. 11-13. The Commission promptly opened a formal investigation and, on May 27, 2011, served the Subpoena on DTTC. Service was effected by sending the subpoena to DTTCs U.S. counsel, who days before had confirmed to SEC staff that he was authorized and willing to accept service of the Subpoena on DTTCs behalf. Id. 17. On September 8, 2011, the Commission initiated this action by filing Application for an Order to Show Cause and for an Order Requiring Compliance With a Subpoena. On January 4, 2012, the Court issued the

The SEC has provided additional details about the Subpoena, the circumstances of its issuance, and the SECs prosecution of this enforcement action (including its request for a stay in the summer of 2012) in other briefing. See SECs Memorandum of Points and Authorities in Support of Application for Order to Show Cause and Order Requiring Compliance with A Subpoena, at 2-5 (Docket No. 1-1); Unopposed Motion for a Stay of this Action (Docket No. 29); Motion to Lift the Stay, at 2-5 (Docket No. 36). 5

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Order to Show Cause directing DTTC to show cause why it should not be ordered to comply with the Subpoena. On April 11, 2012, DTTC filed a brief in response. See DTTC Merits Opp. By minute order on August 7, 2012, the Magistrate Judge granted the SECs unopposed request for a six-month stay of the proceedings, to allow the SEC to continue the discussions it was then having with the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC). (Docket Nos. 27, 29). Through these negotiations, the SEC hoped to use international cooperative mechanisms to facilitate production of the needed Longtop documents to the SEC; those negotiations, if successful, could have significantly impacted the appropriate resolution of this case. In connection with the stay, the Magistrate Judge also entered an additional order denying without prejudice the SECs Application for enforcement of the Subpoena, and stating that such denial shall not impact any of the prior orders issued in this case and the SEC Application may be re-filed at any time, including prior to January 18, 2013, if accompanied by a motion to terminate the stay. August 9, 2012 Order (Docket Nos. 32, 33). As detailed in SEC declarations filed on December 3, 2012, the SECs efforts to reach an arrangement with the CSRC concluded unsuccessfully. See Declarations of Alberto Arevelo and Ethiopis Tafara (Docket Nos. 38-1 to 38-5). On December 3, having no other option for obtaining the Longtop documents, the SEC moved to lift the stay (Docket No. 36) and re-filed its Application for Order Requiring Compliance with Subpoena (Docket No. 37), as the Court had previously instructed. Also on that date, consistent with the understanding that this case would resume course upon the re-filing of its Application, the SEC completed briefing on the merits of the Application by filing its Merits Reply Brief and supporting declarations (Docket Nos. 38 through 38-10), which responded to DTTCs April 2011 filing.

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C.

The Administrative Proceedings

Also on December 3, 2012, the Commission instituted the Administrative Proceeding against five China-based public accounting firms, including DTTC (the respondents or audit firms). See Order Instituting Administrative Proceedings Pursuant to Rule 102(e)(1)(iii) of the Commissions Rules of Practice and Notice of Hearing, File No. 3-15116, Ex. 1 to Kowalski Declaration (Docket No. 42-1) (OIP). This Administrative Proceeding was subsequently consolidated with another, earlier-filed, SEC administrative proceeding involving similar allegations against only DTTC. 2 The OIP alleges that the Commission requested the audit firms to provide audit workpapers and other materials prepared in connection with audit work they had performed for various U.S. issuer-clients (with China-based operations), under Section 106 of Sarbanes-Oxley, as amended by Section 929J of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Section 106). OIP 1-16. In response to these requests, the audit firms informed the Commission that they would not produce the requested documents because of asserted constraints under Chinese law. Id. 17. The OIP contends that, based on this conduct, each respondent willfully refused to provide the requested documents in violation of both the firms obligations under Section 106 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Exchange Act). Id. 19-32; Sarbanes-Oxley Section 3(b)(1), 15 U.S.C. 7202(b)(1). 3

See Second Corrected OIP for DTTC Proceeding, Ex. 1 to Mot. to Consolidate, Ex. 2 to Kowalski Declaration (Document 42-3).
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Section 106(b) of Sarbanes-Oxley directs a foreign public accounting firm that performs audit work to produce the audit workpapers of the foreign public accounting firm and all other documents of the firm related to any such audit work to the Commission upon request. 15 U.S.C. 7216(b)(1); OIP 19. Section 106(e) of Sarbanes-Oxley provides, in pertinent part, A willful refusal to comply, in whole or in part, with any request by the Commission . . . under this section, shall be deemed a violation of this Act. 15 U.S.C. 7216(e). 7

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The OIP directs that the Administrative Proceeding be brought pursuant to Rule 102(e)(1)(iii) of the Commissions Rules of Practice to determine whether respondents should be censured or denied the privilege of appearing and practicing before the Commission for having willfully violated Section 106 of Sarbanes-Oxley. OIP 32. 4 The OIP does not seek the production of any documents relating to any of the relevant requests from any of the audit firms. None of the issuer-clients that relate to the audit firms underlying conduct is Longtop. D. Timeframe for Resolution of the Administrative Proceeding

Under the OIP and the Commissions rules, the Hearing Officer is required to issue an initial decision in the Administrative Proceeding in October 2013, assuming the OIP has been properly served on respondents. See OIP (directing Hearing Officer to issue an initial decision no later than 300 days from the date of service of the OIP). 5 The rules permit the SECs Chief Administrative Law Judge to ask the Commission for an extension of time in which the initial decision may be issued. See Rule 360(a)(3); 17 C.F.R. 201.360(a)(3). Any party to the proceeding may file a petition for review of the initial decision with the Commission. See Rule 410 (a), 17 C.F.R. 201.410(a).

Rule 102(e) is captioned Suspension and disbarment and provides, in pertinent part, The Commission may censure a person or deny, temporarily or permanently, the privilege of appearing or practicing before it in any way to any person who is found . . . to have willfully violated, or willfully aided and abetted the violation of any provision of the Federal securities laws or the rules and regulations thereunder. Rule 102(e)(1)(iii), 17 C.F.R. 201.102(e)(1)(iii). The current Rule 102(e) was codified by Congress as part of the SarbanesOxley Act, at the same time that it passed Section 106. 15 U.S.C. 78d-3. At a prehearing conference held January 9, 2013 in the Administrative Proceeding, the Hearing Officer noted the respondents objection that they had not been properly served with the OIP, and he indicated that resolution of that objection would affect the due date for his initial decision. Thus, it is possible that the Hearing Officer will decide that the deadline for his initial decision is later than October 2013. 8
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E.

The Magistrate Judges Denial Of DTTCs Motion To Extend The Stay

In response to the SECs December 3, 2012 motion to lift the stay, DTTC opposed the motion and separately moved to extend the stay, for reasons wholly unrelated to why the Magistrate Judge granted the stay in the first place. DTTC urged the Court to further delay this proceeding in light of the ongoing Administrative Proceeding. On January 29, 2013, the Magistrate Judge held a hearing on the parties competing motions on the stay issue. The March 4 Order granted the SECs motion, denied DTTCs motion to extend the stay, and set a hearing on the merits of the SECs Application for March 13, 2013. On March 6, 2013, DTTC filed an Emergency Motion For Continuance of March 13, 2013 Hearing (Docket No. 50) (DTTC Continuance Motion) on grounds, among others, that the March 4 Order did not provide DTTC with an appropriate opportunity for limited discovery or to respond to the SECs newly filed brief and voluminous declarations (id. at 6). However, DTTC failed in that motion to identify what discovery it sought or why it was justified. 6 DTTC did not seek leave to file a sur-reply to the SECs filing made three months earlier, on December 3, 2012. The Magistrate Judge denied DTTCs Continuance Motion and held the merits hearing as planned. The Magistrate Judges decision on the merits is now pending. ARGUMENT Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 72(a) provides that the District Court must consider timely objections to a magistrate judges order on non-dispositive matters and modify or set

DTTC did not purport to identify the areas of discovery that it believes it needs until its March 11, 2013 Reply in support of its Continuance Motion (Document 52). As explained below, infra Argument Section B.3, the discovery topics that DTTC belatedly described the which are the same as the topics listed in DTTCs present Objections are not justified by any special circumstance, nor are they necessary for this Court to rule on the merits of the SECs Application. 9

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aside any part of the order that is clearly erroneous or is contrary to law. See also Local Civ. R. 72.2(c); Am. Ctr. for Civil Justice v. Ambush, 794 F. Supp. 2d 123, 129 (D.D.C. 2011). The clearly erroneous standard applies to factual findings and discretionary decisions. Am Ctr., 794 F. Supp. 2d at 129 (internal quotations omitted). Because DTTC objects to the Magistrate Judges non-dispositive decisions to lift the stay, and to hold a motions hearing without first permitting discovery or further briefing, Rule 72(a)s standard of review applies. A. The Magistrate Judges Decision To Deny DTTCs Requested Stay Was Neither Contrary To Law Nor Clearly Erroneous

The Magistrate Judges exercise of her discretion to deny DTTCs requested stay was neither contrary to law nor clearly erroneous. As the March 4 Order correctly stated and DTTC nowhere disputes [a] district court has broad discretion in determining whether to stay proceedings. March 4 Order at 4 (quoting Clinton v. Jones, 520 U.S. 681, 706 (1997)). The power to stay proceedings is incidental to the power inherent in every court to control the disposition of the causes on its docket with economy of time and effort for itself, for counsel, and for litigants. March 4 Order at 4 (quoting Landis v. N. Am. Co., 299 U.S. 248, 254 (1936)). The court must, in an exercise of judgment, weigh competing interests and maintain an even balance. March 4 Order at 4 (quoting Landis, 299 U.S. at 254-55). The party requesting a stay bears the burden of establishing its need. March 4 Order at 4 (quoting Clinton, 520 U.S. at 708). In cases of extraordinary public moment, the individual may be required to submit to delay not immoderate in extent and not oppressive in its consequences if the public welfare or convenience will thereby by promoted, March 4 Order at 4 (quoting Landis, 299 U.S. at 256), and the scope of the stay and the reasons for its issuance determine whether a stay is immoderate, March 4 Order at 4-5 (quoting Belize Soc., 668 F.3d at 732).

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1.

The Absence Of Any Pressing Need For A Stay Merits Its Rejection

Although DTTC challenges the Magistrate Judges assessment of potential judicial efficiencies to be obtained from a stay, the Court can and should uphold the denial of the stay without even considering this factor. That is because DTTC improperly seeks a stay that would last indefinitely without identifying a pressing need for such a stay as required under this Circuits precedents. Even in cases of extraordinary public moment, a delay imposed on a plaintiff must be not immoderate in extent and not oppressive in its consequences. Landis, 299 U.S. at 256. As the D.C. Circuit recently recognized, a court abuses its discretion in ordering a stay of indefinite duration in the absence of a pressing need. Belize Soc., 668 F.3d at 731-32 (quoting Landis, 299 U.S. at 255)); see also Cherokee Nation of Okla. v. United States, 124 F.3d 1413, 1416 (Fed. Cir. 1997); (In deciding to stay proceedings indefinitely, a trial court must first identify a pressing need for the stay.) Here, DTTCs proposed stay is indefinite because it would have no clear ending point; it would last pending resolution of Administrative Proceeding. Objections at 18. This could take years. After the ALJ renders an initial decision in the Administrative Proceeding, any party can appeal to the full Commission, and from there to the D.C. Circuit. See DTTCs Opposition To Motion To Lift The Stay, at 12 (Docket No. 42) (DTTC Stay Br.) (seeking stay for duration of Administrative Proceeding subject to review by the full Commission and subsequently by the D.C. Circuit). Meanwhile, in its brief to the Magistrate Judge, the only asserted hardship claimed by DTTC in moving forward with this proceeding was the need to litigate this action and the Administrative Proceeding simultaneously, while the other four respondent firms in the Administrative Proceeding do not have subpoena enforcement actions pending against them. See DTTC Stay Br. at 17. The Magistrate Judge correctly found that DTTC failed to identify a pressing need that warrants a stay of any prolonged duration. 11

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March 4 Order at 10. Given this failure, DTTCs request for an indefinite stay is plainly immoderate and oppressive, and must be rejected irrespective of DTTCs claimed judicial efficiencies that a stay allegedly would bestow. See Landis, 299 U.S. at 256-58; Clinton, 520 U.S. at 707; Cherokee Nation, 124 F.3d at 1416-17; Dellinger v. Mitchell, 442 F.2d 782, 786 (D.C. Cir. 1971) (rejecting stay that would persist[] until completion of all appellate and remand proceedings); United States v. Philip Morris USA Inc., 841 F. Supp. 2d 139, 141 (D.D.C. 2012) (Kessler, J.) (rejecting stay pending another case that would take at least one or more years to get resolved and further review that was lengthy and indefinite). 7 2. The Balance Of Interests Also Merits Rejection Of The Requested Stay

Regardless of the length of the stay sought by DTTC, the balance of interests merits rejection of the stay. Under Supreme Court precedent, the suppliant for a stay must make out a clear case of hardship or inequity in being required to go forward if there is even a fair possibility that the stay for which he prays would work damage to some one else. Landis, 299 U.S. at 255 (emphasis added). Here, an additional stay would work obvious damage to the SEC and investors by further stalling the now 20-month-old Longtop investigation. DTTCs statement, that [t]here is no reason for haste in pushing ahead here, could not be more wrong. (Objections at 2). If the SEC suspects that a company has violated the

DTTC here seeks as it did its earlier briefs to the Magistrate Judge a stay pending resolution of the Administrative Proceeding. However, during the January 29, 2013 hearing, DTTC limited its request to a stay pending determination only by the ALJ. March 4 Order at 8-9. But the Magistrate Judge correctly found that even DTTCs more limited request was unjustified, as the proceedings before the ALJ would take many months and did not have an ascertainable end date. March 4 Order at 9; see also Belize Soc., 668 F.3d at 732 (district court exceeded proper exercise of discretion in staying case pending consideration of another case by its current tribunal). In any event, DTTC now appears to have reverted to its original gambit for a stay pending all appeals of the Administrative Proceeding, which must be rejected under Landis and this Circuits case law. 12

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securities laws, it must be able to respond quickly: it must be able to obtain relevant information concerning the alleged violation and to seek prompt judicial redress if necessary. SEC v. Dresser Indus., Inc., 628 F.2d 1368, 1377 (D.C. Cir. 1980) (en banc); see also Clinton, 520 U.S. at 707-08 (rejecting stay where delaying trial would increase the danger of prejudice resulting from the loss of evidence, including the inability of witnesses to recall specific facts, or the possible death of a party.). But a stay of this proceeding would virtually guarantee that the SEC does not obtain documents that are critical to its ongoing Longtop investigation within any reasonable timeframe. The Longtop investigation involves an apparently massive fraud at a company that raised hundreds of millions of dollars from U.S. investors. See Deitch Decl. 7-9, 12-13. The documents sought by the Subpoena are important because they may reveal information as to DTTCs discovery of false financial records at Longtop, and how any fraud schemes at Longtop were able to continue for years undetected. Id. 26. Any suggestion that the SEC is now somehow estopped from seeking prompt access to the Longtop documents, because the SEC earlier sought a stay to facilitate negotiations with Chinese regulators, is meritless. (Objections 1-2). Far from being motivated by delay, the SEC sought the earlier stay in an effort to expedite the production of the Longtop documents. Indeed, DTTC supported the stay for this purpose. See 8/7/12 Tr. at 5:5-8 (Docket No. 31) (We do . . . support this six-month stay. Its important that the SEC and the CSRC have an opportunity to negotiate the resolution, the CSRC being the China Securities Regulatory Commission.). Unfortunately, those efforts concluded unsuccessfully. That does not mean, however, that the SEC and investors now should be penalized by a stay that would freeze efforts to advance the Longtop investigation through Subpoena enforcement.

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DTTCs suggestion that it would refuse to abide by this Courts order requiring compliance with the Subpoena (Objections at 14 n.6), also must be rejected as a reason for an additional stay. Adoption of DTTCs logic would perversely reward DTTC for its own contumacious conduct. And whatever DTTC may now say about its present intentions to produce documents, circumstances could change depending on how the Court rules on the SECs Application. Chinese regulators that allegedly have instructed DTTC not to produce documents directly to the SEC conceivably could modify this alleged instruction. See In re Grand Jury Proceedings the Bank of N.S., 740 F.2d 817, 821 (11th Cir. 1984) (although bank moved to quash subpoena based on assertion that compliance would violate Bahamian secrecy laws, following compliance order but before sanctions took effect, Attorney General of Bahamas issued order allowing bank to produce requested documents). Or, alternatively, DTTC might change its professed assessment of possible penalties under Chinese law and produce the documents regardless of what the China regulators have said. In short, notwithstanding DTTCs current stance toward the Subpoena, there remains a fair possibility that a stay would work damage to the SEC and investors, by dramatically lowering the odds that that the SEC will ever get the Longtop documents. Finally, as noted, DTTC cannot claim any serious hardship or inequity in going forward with this proceeding. See March 4 Order at 10. [B]eing required to defend a suit if a stay is vacated . . . does not constitute a clear case of hardship or inequity within the meaning of

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Landis. Dependable Highway Exp., Inc. v. Navigators Ins. Co., 498 F.3d 1059, 1066 (9th Cir. 2007) (internal quotation omitted). 8 DTTC is not being treated unfairly compared to the other respondent audit firms in the Administrative Proceeding, because, among other reasons, DTTC can point to no comparable circumstances in which another China-based firms U.S. counsel agreed to accept service of an administrative subpoena. Moreover, this action does not unfairly prejudice DTTC. This action involves a different investigation and different documents, and seeks quite different relief than the Administrative Proceeding under different legal standards. Whatever profession-wide resolution the Administrative Proceeding obtains, it will not result in a production of the Longtop documents. 9 3. The Magistrate Judges Assessment Of Potential Judicial Efficiency Was Not Contrary To Law Or Clearly Erroneous

DTTC argues that because the Magistrate Judge allegedly misappl[ied] . . . the legal standard that governs subpoena enforcement actions in which the recipient would be required to violate foreign law, she allegedly erred in examining the nature and scope of overlap between this action and the Administrative Proceeding. (Objections at 12). However, the

DTTCs contention that the Magistrate Judge improperly assessed the balance of interests between the parties based on an improper legal standard is a non-sequitur. (Objections at 12). To the extent the Magistrate Judge misstated the legal standard (which she did not), this could only cause hardship to DTTC by requiring it to produce documents; this is a merits point and has nothing to do with whether the Magistrate Judge properly denied the stay. Case precedents involving parallel civil and criminal proceedings further reinforce the inadequacy of DTTCs complaint here about being required to litigate in two forums. In the absence of substantial prejudice to the rights of the parties involved, such parallel proceedings are unobjectionable under our jurisprudence. Dresser, 628 F.2d at 1374; see also Gordon v. FDIC, 427 F.2d 578, 580 (D.C. Cir. 1970) (It would stultify enforcement of federal law to require a governmental (regulatory) agency invariably to choose either to forgo recommendation of criminal prosecution once it seeks civil relief, or to defer civil proceedings pending the ultimate outcome of a criminal trial. (quoting United States v. Kordel, 397 U.S. 1 (1970)). A continued stay of this subpoena proceeding would stultify enforcement of the securities laws by the SEC, by unduly narrowing its options for seeking different relief in different forums. 15

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Magistrate Judge did not misstate the legal standard. The March 4 Order (at 5-6) stated, in relevant part, This court has a limited role in a proceeding to enforce an administrative subpoena: it is sufficient if the inquiry is within the authority of the agency, the demand is not too indefinite and the information sought is reasonably relevant. (quoting Texaco, 555 F.2d at 871-72 (quoting United States v. Morton Salt Co., 338 U.S. 632 (1950))); see also March 4 Order at 6 (the scope of issues which may be litigated in an enforcement proceeding must be narrow. . .). These statements were wholly consistent with seven decades of judicial precedent, much of which the Magistrate Judge cited in her ruling. See March 4 Order at 6 (citing authorities); see also Okla. Press Publg Co. v. Walling, 327 U.S. 186, 209 (1946); Endicott Johnson, 317 U.S. at 509. DTTC contends that the Magistrate erred by not also referencing various factors, some drawn from the Restatement on Foreign Relations Law, that prior courts have considered in determining whether to require the production of documents from a foreign jurisdiction that allegedly restricted such production (foreign law factors). This contention fails. The Magistrate Judge concluded that the legal questions raised in the Administrative Proceeding were not material to this courts determination of whether another document request [i.e., the Subpoena], invoking different statutory authority, is enforceable. March 4 Order at 8. The presence or absence of foreign-law factors was irrelevant to this conclusion. First, this subpoena enforcement action indisputably does not raise the question whether Respondents conduct constitutes, or could constitute, a willful refusal to comply with a document request under Section 106 of Sarbanes-Oxley. Second, even assuming for the sake of argument that the willful refusal issue could be analogized to the questions this Court must decide in this case, as the Magistrate Judge correctly found, the willful refusal issue could not be

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pertinent at this stage of the action where this Court has not yet ordered compliance with the Subpoena. March 4 Order at 7-8. Third, the ALJ in the Administrative Proceeding indisputably will not consider the validity or enforceability of any subpoena issued under the Commissions authority provided at 15 U.S.C. 77s(c) or 78u(b), as this Court may do in this case. Fourth, the two proceedings seek very different forms of relief, reflecting different regulatory objectives. It cannot be disputed that, [i]n this matter, Petitioner seeks to compel compliance with a subpoena in order to obtain documents, whereas in the administrative proceeding, Petitioner contemplates disciplinary sanctions. March 4 Order at 8. 10 Finally, any alleged overlap among the issues to be resolved in the proceedings is speculative at best. There is no predicate fact or issue of law that must be decided in the Administrative Proceeding, in order for this Court to issue a merits ruling on the SECs Application. Nor does DTTC contend that the Commission has any exclusive expertise on the issues raised here indeed, DTTC argues in the Administrative Proceeding that the SECs claims there first should be heard in federal court. See Objections at 7. More fatal still, the foreign law factors that DTTC contends are important to this Courts inquiry are irrelevant to the ALJs analysis of whether the audit firms conduct amounts to a willful refusal under Section 106 of Sarbanes-Oxley. The ALJs analysis will require only the narrow

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If this Court were to find DTTC in contempt, the Court could consider imposing a daily fine on DTTC to encourage future compliance. See Bank of N.S., 740 F.2d at 820. By contrast, the SEC instituted the Administrative Proceeding essentially to protect the integrity of its own processes. Touche Ross & Co. v. SEC, 609 F.2d 570, 581 (2d Cir. 1979). In that Proceeding, the purpose of any remedial relief would be not to punish, but to protect the public from future improper conduct by professionals who practice before the Commission. Rubin, Release No. 295, 2005 WL 2180440, at *19 (RGM Sept. 8, 2005) (Initial Decision) (citing McCurdy v. SEC, 396 F.3d 1258,1264 (D.C. Cir. 2005); Johnson v. SEC, 87 F.3d 484, 490 (D.C. Cir. 1996)). Thus, the ALJ would consider factors relevant to whether respondents should be censured or barred from appearing and practicing before the Commission. 17

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determination of whether the audit firms were cognizant of their refusal to produce the requested documents. The limited nature of this inquiry is compelled by the fact that willful means knowing, as courts and the Commission repeatedly have defined the term under the securities laws. See, e.g., Mathis v. SEC, 671 F.3d 210, 217 (2d Cir. 2012) (concluding willfully as used in Exchange Act means intentionally committing the act which constitutes the violation (internal quotation omitted)); Wonsover v. SEC, 205 F.3d 408, 414 (D.C. Cir. 2000) (same). Thus, contrary to DTTCs contentions here, the straightforward willfulness inquiry will not require the ALJ to consider the alleged restrictions on production imposed by Chinese law or any of the other foreign law factors or, for that matter, whether the audit firms have acted in good faith in failing to produce the requested documents, despite having consciously availed themselves of U.S. markets. The Division of Enforcement made this point clear in a recent filing in the Administrative Proceeding. 11 While DTTC apparently contests this view, the scope of the willful refusal issue under Sarbanes-Oxley is a question of first impression for the Commission. It is highly speculative to assume that the ALJ will reject the Divisions position and undertake to address the much broader enforceability question as formulated by DTTC. And regardless of the ALJs decision on this point, either party might appeal such decision to the full Commission and, after that, to the D.C. Circuit. Given what may well be years of additional uncertainty on the willful refusal issue and, hence, on the extent of any

See Division of Enforcements Consolidated Opposition To Respondents Motions For Summary Disposition As To Certain Threshold Issues, at 3, In the Matter of BDO China Dahua CPA Co., Ltd., SEC Admin. Proc. File Nos. 3-14872, 3-15116 (filed Feb. 22, 2013) ([I]f and when [the willful refusal] question is addressed, it will require only the narrow determination of whether Respondents were in fact cognizant of their refusal to produce the requested documents.).

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alleged overlap between this action and the Administrative Proceeding the Magistrate Judges denial of the stay is not contrary to law or clearly erroneous. There is no compelling reason to unwind that ruling and inject into this proceeding the further delay that DTTC seeks. B. The Magistrate Judge Did Not Err By Holding A Motions Hearing On March 13, 2013

Although DTTC objects to the Magistrate Judges decision to hold a motions hearing on the merits of the SECs Application on March 13, 2013, without first allowing DTTC limited discovery, supplemental declarations and briefing, and an opportunity to request an evidentiary hearing (Objections at 14), these objections are now moot. DTTC already presented these same arguments to the Magistrate Judge in its Continuance Motion, which the Magistrate Judge denied in a minute order. Thereafter the Magistrate Judge held the motions hearing as planned, during which the parties presented extensive argument on the merits of the Application. At this juncture, there is no reason to create further delay by halting the Magistrate Judges consideration of this case. In any event, the Magistrate Judges decision to move forward with the motions hearing was not contrary to law or clearly erroneous. Because this decision was discretionary in nature, the clearly erroneous standard applies. See Am. Ctr., 794 F. Supp. 2d at 129. Under that deferential standard, a magistrate judges . . . discretionary decisions must be affirmed unless, although there is evidence to support them, the reviewing court on the entire evidence is left with the definite and firm conviction that a mistake has been committed. Id. (quoting Federal Savs. & Loan Ins. Corp. v. Commonwealth Land Title Ins. Co., 130 F.R.D. 507, 508 (D.D.C. 1990)). DTTCs objections cannot be sustained under this standard.

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1.

This Subpoena-Enforcement Action Is A Summary One

Although DTTC faults the Magistrate Judge for characterizing this proceeding as summary (Objections at 3, 18), the Magistrate Judge was exactly correct. It is wellestablished that subpoena-enforcement actions commenced by application, such as this one, are summary in nature and must be conducted in a prompt and simple manner. U.S. v. Hubbard, 650 F.2d 293, 310-11 n. 66 (D.C. Cir. 1980) (internal quotation omitted); SEC v. Sprecher, 594 F.2d 317, 320 (2d Cir. 1979) (holding that SEC could enforce investigatory subpoenas in summary proceedings upon application to a district court). As the Supreme Court has recognized, [t]he very purpose of summary proceedings is to avoid procedures required for full-blown litigation; summary proceedings may be conducted without formal pleadings, on short notice, without summons and complaints, generally on affidavits, and sometimes even ex parte. New Hampshire Fire Ins. Co. v. Scanlon, 362 U.S. 404, 406 (1960)); SEC v. McCarthy, 322 F.3d 650, 655 (9th Cir. 2003) (same). Thus, [d]epending on the circumstances of the case, [an] adversary proceeding [for enforcement of administrative subpoena] may take the form of an evidentiary hearing, oral arguments without the taking of evidence, or, as is doubtless the appropriate course in many applications for enforcement orders, consideration based on the papers submitted by the parties to the court. FTC v. Atl. Richfield Co., 567 F.2d 96, 106 n. 22 (D.C. Cir. 1977) (emphasis added). It was well within the discretion of the

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Magistrate Judge to hold a motions hearing on the SECs Application under these precedents. 12 2. DTTC Voluntarily Chose Not To Seek Leave To File A Sur-reply

Any argument by DTTC that it was denied an opportunity to file an additional brief in response the SECs December 3, 2012 filing is meritless. DTTC had over three months in which to prepare a sur-reply to this filing, and it could have sought leave to submit such a surreply promptly after the Courts March 4 Order. The same is true of any additional expert declarations it wished to submit. DTTC declined to take these steps. DTTCs statement to the Magistrate Judge that it planned to file an additional merits brief at some future time did not justify a continuance of the motions hearing, where it already had ample opportunity to file such a brief. 3. DTTC Has Not Identified A Special Circumstance Justifying Discovery

DTTCs stated desire to take discovery similarly did not justify further delay of the motions hearing. Because subpoena enforcement proceedings are generally summary in nature and must be expedited, discovery is not usually permitted. SEC v. Lavin, 111 F.3d 921, 926 (D.C. Cir. 1997); see also Dresser, 628 F.2d at 1388 (noting that district courts must be cautious in granting such discovery rights, lest they transform subpoena enforcement

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DTTCs selective quotation from United States v. McCarthy, 514 F.2d 368, 373 (3d Cir. 1975), in purported support for the contention that an evidentiary hearing ordinarily will be required in the circumstances of this case, is unavailing. (Objections at 15). Unlike this proceeding which was commenced by the SECs filing of an application, United States v. McCarthy involved the very different context of enforcement of an IRS summons, in which the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure presumptively apply. See 514 F.2d at 372 & n.4; contrast Sprecher, 594 F.2d at 320 (concluding federal rules do not apply to summary proceedings to enforce SEC subpoenas). Moreover, even in the context of an IRS summons, the court made clear that not every summons enforcement proceeding will require an evidentiary hearing and certain matter[s] can be decided on the pleadings. Id. at 373. Nothing in United States v. McCarthy demonstrates that the Magistrate Judge has erred by not scheduling an evidentiary hearing to date in this case. 21

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proceedings into exhaustive inquisitions into the practices of the regulatory agencies). The Commission recognizes that, in such proceedings, when the circumstances indicate that further information is necessary for the courts to discharge their duty, discovery may be available. Lavin, 111 F.3d at 926 (internal quotation omitted). Here, however, DTTC points to no such special circumstance. In its April 2011 Merits Opposition, DTTC argued that it should not be forced to comply with the Subpoena because, it claimed, the SEC has alternative means to obtain the subpoenaed documents. See DTTC Merits Opp. at 37-38. DTTC also contended that it was entitled to discovery regarding any requests by the SEC to the CSRC for access to the Longtop workpapers. See id.at 13 n.9. But in its December 3, 2012 filing, the Commission submitted two declarations from the SECs Office of International Affairs (OIA), totaling 30 pages, that provided numerous details about the SECs requests for assistance to the CSRC regarding audit workpapers (including the Longtop workpapers) and other documents over the prior several years. (Docket Nos. 38-1 through 38-5). These declarations unequivocally established that the Commission had not obtained the Longtop workpapers through alternative means, and that it presently does not have those documents. These declarations comprehensively addressed the purported factual issues that DTTC raised in its Merits Opposition whether the SEC had tried to obtain or could obtain the audit workpapers through international sharing mechanisms and obviated any purported need for DTTC to take discovery in this summary proceeding. Nevertheless, in the spirit of compromise, the SEC stated in a footnote of its December 3, 2012 Merits Reply (Docket No. 38), in relevant part: DTTC purports to identify topics on which discovery is allegedly needed here. In light of the facts set forth in these declarations, we respectfully

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submit that DTTCs discovery requests are, for the most part, moot. However, to the extent DTTC has specific requests for further information, the SEC will make good-faith efforts to consider them in advance of any hearing ordered by the Court on the present briefs. SEC Merits Reply at 13 n. 4. But in the three-plus months after the SEC made this overture, DTTC did not make any specific requests for further information in this proceeding. Thus, there was nothing for the SEC to consider. Tellingly, even in its March 6, 2013 Continuance Motion, DTTC failed to identify what, if any, discovery it needed, much less explain, as required, how such unidentified information was necessary for the Court to discharge its duty, Lavin, 111 F.3d at 926. Only in its reply brief in support of its Continuance Motion and in its present objections, both filed on March 11, 2013 two days before scheduled motions hearing did DTTC purport to identify supposedly necessary discovery. Then as now, DTTCs belated efforts fall far short of its required showing. a. DTTCs Proposed Expert Discovery Is Unnecessary

The SECs December 3, 2012 submission of Professor Clarkes declaration addressing certain contentions of DTTCs supposed experts with respect to Chinese law was neither latebreaking nor inconsistent with the SECs statements in this proceeding or the Administrative Proceeding. (Objections at 16-17). 13 DTTC does not specify the additional information that it

Professor Clarke opined: (1) that the Chinese-law provisions cited by DTTC did not require DTTC to notify and receive pre-approval from the CSRC or Chinas Ministry of Finance upon receipt of the Subpoena and prior to producing the requested documents to the SEC; and (2) DTTC could not be subject to criminal liability under Chinese law relating to archives for producing Longtop audit workpapers that do not contain state secrets. Declaration of Donald Clarke 8, 9. Neither opinion is inconsistent with the SECs acknowledgement in its Reply Brief that (i) the CSRC may now take the position that at direct production of workpapers by DTTC to the SEC would contravene the CSRCs instruction to DTTC, after DTTC voluntarily consulted with the CSRC regarding its obligations under the Subpoena, and (ii) given the course of events, the Chinese government now could take some form of punitive action against DTTC if it chose to comply with the Subpoena. SEC Merits Reply at 15-16 (emphasis added). 23

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allegedly needs from Professor Clarke. Furthermore, because the Court can enforce the Subpoena without even addressing the different views on Chinese law contained in the declarations, 14 and because any determination of Chinese law by the Court must be treated as a ruling on a question of law, Fed. R. Civ. P. 44.1, it is not necessary for DTTC to conduct discovery regarding Professor Clarkes opinions, or to make additional evidentiary submissions. b. The SEC-CSRC Correspondence Can Provide DTTC With No Basis For Resisting Enforcement Of The Subpoena

The December 3, 2012, declarations submitted by the SECs OIA include the following dispositive facts: (1) the Commission has asked the CSRC to assist in providing the Longtop workpapers to the Commission, and (2) as of now, the Commission has not received them. Declaration of Alberto Arevalo 54-56, 62-64 (Docket No. 38-5) (Arevalo Decl.). DTTC does not dispute these facts. For this reason alone, discovery surrounding these facts is unnecessary. Further, any efforts by DTTC to gather additional information about relations between the SEC and the CSRC (or any other foreign regulator) cannot change these

As the SEC explained during the March 13, 2013 hearing, the Court can and should order DTTC to comply with the Subpoena regardless of what DTTC contends are the prohibitions imposed by Chinese law, because, among other reasons: (1) the United States interest in enforcing the securities laws clearly outweighs Chinas interest in secrecy; (2) at present, the SEC has no alternative means for obtaining all of the documents sought by the Subpoena; (3) DTTC, having availed itself of U.S. markets with full knowledge of U.S. rules requiring that it respond to information requests, cannot show that it has acted in good faith in relying on asserted Chinese law prohibitions; and (4) DTTC indisputably has not shown that any of the requested documents in fact contain state secrets protected from disclosure under Chinese law. See also SEC Merits Reply at 16-24 (discussing balancing of Restatement factors); SECs Initial Merits Brief, at 14-22 (same) (Document 1-1). That said, DTTCs claims about Chinese law are exaggerated and speculative. The CSRC has not issued a written directive to DTTC specifically requiring CSRC approval before DTTC produces documents to the SEC, and it is not at all clear that sanctions, if any, that might be imposed on DTTC for producing documents would be severe. See SEC Merits Reply at 14-16 & notes 6-8 24

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undisputed facts, or that the CSRC to date has failed to provide any meaningful assistance with respect to audit workpapers generally. See id. 4, 56, 59, 64. Nevertheless, DTTC now argues that it should be permitted to review correspondence between the SEC and the CSRC referenced in the OIA declarations, on the alleged ground that such correspondence could be highly relevant to the competing interests of China and the United States that are a factor under the multi-factor balancing test that must be applied in this proceeding. (Objections at 17). But there is no reason to expect that any of this correspondence will shed light on, let alone establish, Chinas alleged competing interest in prohibiting DTTC from producing the Longtop audit workpapers, ostensibly to protect state secrets or archives. The OIA declarations do not address this issue at all; rather, they address the CSRCs inability or unwillingness to produce the desired documents without reference to restrictions, if any, that may be imposed on direct production by an audit firm. The other competing interest at stake is the interest of the SEC and investors in advancing the Longtop investigation, but DTTC already has conceded the legitimacy of this interest. See DTTC Opp. at 35 (DTTC does not dispute that the SEC has an interest in obtaining the subpoenaed documents in connection with its investigations.). DTTCs failure to identify any factual issues that materially could affect this Courts merits determination wholly undermines its request for discovery of the SEC-CSRC correspondence. 15 c. Discovery Of The Reasons For The SECs Failed Negotiations With The CSRC Also Cannot Provide A Basis For Resisting Enforcement Of The Subpoena

In addition, some or all of the SEC-CSRC correspondence is confidential and subject to privileges, including the law enforcement investigatory privilege and a privilege concerning international communications between foreign regulators pursuant to a memorandum of understanding. See Sections 24(d) and (f) of the Exchange Act, 15 U.S.C. 78x(d), (f). 25

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DTTC argues that it should be permitted to discover the terms and conditions on which the CSRC purported to offer to produce the Longtop workpapers. (Objections at 17). But any such discovery cannot alter the dispositive and undisputed fact that the CSRC to date has not provided the SEC with the requested documents. In any event, the OIA declarations more than sufficiently describe these terms and conditions. As these declarations explain, the CSRCs position changed significantly over time, but at various points the CSRC indicated that it would deliver some of the requested information subject to the following caveats, among others: (1) the SEC would have to agree to a Letter of Consent that would preclude the SEC from using the information in any legal action or for any related purpose, without the CSRCs advance written authorization; (2) the CSRC would produce only an unspecified portion of the requested documents; and (3) the CSRC would exercise its own judgment as to which documents were relevant to the SECs investigations. Arevalo Decl. 37, 62; see also Declaration of Ethiopis Tafara 19. These and other conditions were plainly unacceptable to the SEC. Arevalo Decl. 39-41. Not only would these conditions have precluded the SEC from reviewing all potentially relevant documents, but they were contrary to international protocols to which both the United States and China were signatories, id. 40, and risked rendering the documents useless for their primary intended purpose i.e., for use in an SEC enforcement action. Discovery designed to second-guess the SECs judgment on these issues is plainly unnecessary for the Court to discharge its duty on whether the Subpoena to DTTC should be enforced. 4. The Magistrate Judge Provided DTTC With An Opportunity To Request An Evidentiary Hearing

Although DTTC appears to contend that it was denied an opportunity to request an evidentiary hearing, this is incorrect. DTTC was provided such an opportunity at the March

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13, 2013 motions hearing. Indeed, DTTC could have asked to present witnesses at that very hearing, but it did not do so. 16 In any event, the Magistrate Judge committed no error by holding the motions hearing on the merits, without also expressly scheduling an evidentiary hearing. See N.H. Fire Ins, 362 U.S. at 406; Atl. Richfield, 567 F.2d at 106 n. 22. 5. The Parties Should Not Be Required To Re-Brief The Case To The Magistrate Judge

Although DTTC repeats its contention from its earlier briefs that the SECs filing of its merits reply brief with supporting declarations on December 3, 2012 was procedurally improper (Objections at 3), this contention is without merit. So too is DTTCs assertion that the SECs re-filing of its Application on the same date triggered an opportunity for DTTC to re-brief the case. (Objections at 6-7 n.3). The Magistrate Judge properly ignored these arguments, which directly contradicted the Courts prior orders and discussion with the parties and defied common sense. The Magistrate Judges determination during the January 29, 2012 hearing (addressing the stay issue) that the SECs Application had been fully briefed was correct. See 1/29/13 Tr. at 2:8-16 (Docket No. 48). 17 When the Magistrate Judge granted the SECs unopposed motion for a stay during the August 7, 2012, hearing, the Court indicated and DTTC appeared to agree that the SEC

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On March 8, 2013, the undersigned counsel and counsel for DTTC called the chambers of the Magistrate Judge to inquire about the scope of the planned motions hearing, including, specifically, whether the Magistrate Judge expected to hear from live witnesses. The information provided by the chambers representative did not foreclose either party from asking permission to present witnesses at the hearing. In its earlier papers, DTTC suggested that the parties were required to completely re-brief the case. (DTTC Merits Opp. at 5 n.4). DTTC now appears to have moderated its position and says it needs only supplemental briefing. (Objections at 6-7 n.3). In any event, as explained above, DTTC already has had ample opportunity to seek leave to file a supplemental brief.

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would not be required to re-litigate the case in the event it had to proceed with enforcement of the Subpoena. The Magistrate Judge indicated that she would deny pending motions without prejudice for case management purposes, 8/7/12 Tr. at 7:4-6 (Docket No. 31); however, she emphasized this was not equivalent to dismissal of the SECs action, 8/7/12 Tr. at 5:13-17 (noting the import of an order denying the motion without prejudice is not tantamount to a dismissal of the case). The Court also made clear, with the apparent agreement of DTTCs counsel, that, in the event litigation resumed, the SEC could simply renew its Application, and the parties would not have to start the case over again. MR. LANPHER: But again, Your Honor, the matter is, and perhaps there is a way to clarify this, but certainly our understanding is that denying the SECs underlying motion would be tantamount to dismissing the action because that is the only that is the application that is pending before this Court, that is the application that has initiated the entire proceedings, and so for it to be denied, we would then be back at square one. We would have to file a new application, re-serve it on the Respondent, re-apply for an order to show cause -THE COURT: May I assume that the Respondent would not object to any request to simply renew the motion, should it develop that the parties negotiations are unsuccessful? MR. WARDEN: We would not object to that, Your Honor, and THE COURT: Very well. ... I have already assured you that the case will not be dismissed. If it is the case that the Respondent does not object or will not object to any request to renew the motion, should the negotiations prove unsuccessful, I see no reason why you cannot work out language which will accomplish that, and that will permit the Court, with your consent, to deny the motions without prejudice. 8/7/12 Tr. at 6:9-7:17 (emphasis added). Nothing in this colloquy suggested that, upon resumption of the litigation, the SEC would need the Courts permission to complete briefing

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on its Application, or that the parties otherwise would be required or entitled to re-brief the case. The Order entered by the Court on August 9, 2012, similarly reflects that the case could resume where it left off upon termination of the stay. This Order denied without prejudice the Motion for an Order Requiring Compliance with a Subpoena filed by Petitioner Securities and Exchange Commission (identified in the Order as Document Number 1, Part 2). The Order also stated: This subpoena enforcement action remains pending but stayed in accordance with this Courts August 7, 2012 Minute Order. This Order shall not impact any of the prior orders issued in this case. Accordingly, either of the above-referenced motions may be re-filed at any time, including prior to January 18, 2013, if accompanied by a motion to terminate the stay. August 9, 2012 Order (Docket Nos. 32, 33) (emphasis added). Thus, the SEC was authorized to re-file or renew its Application at any time, without triggering a re-briefing requirement. DTTC has not pointed to any reason why the SEC should have been further delayed or should be further delayed now in seeking to enforce the Subpoena through a requirement that the parties file additional briefs on issues that DTTC already has had ample opportunity to address. See SECs Opposition to Motion To Extend The Stay, at 25-26 (Docket No. 45) (summarizing parties prior briefing).

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CONCLUSION For the reasons set forth above, DTTCs Objections To Magistrate Judges March 4, 2013 Order should be overruled and denied. Dated: Washington, D.C. March 28, 2013 Respectfully submitted,

/s/ David Mendel David Mendel (D.C. Bar #470796) Assistant Chief Litigation Counsel U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Enforcement Division 100 F Street, NE Washington, DC 20549 (202) 551-4418 (phone) (202) 772-9362 (fax) mendeld@sec.gov

Of Counsel: ANTONIA CHION New York Bar Attorney Registration No. 1873405 LISA WEINSTEIN DEITCH California Bar No. 137492 HELAINE SCHWARTZ New York Bar Attorney Registration No. 1917046

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that on March 28, 2013, I served, via email, a copy of the foregoing Securities and Exchange Commissions Memorandum of Points and Authorities In Opposition To Objections to Magistrate Judges March 4, 2013 Order on counsel for the Respondent: Michael D. Warden Sidley Austin LLP 1501 K Street, NW Washington, DC 20005 (202) 736-8000 mwarden@Sidley.com Gary F. Bendinger, pro hac vice Sidley Austin LLP 787 Seventh Avenue New York, NY 10019 (212) 839-5300 gbendinger@sidley.com Miles N. Ruthberg Jamie L. Wine 885 Third Avenue New York, NY 10022-4834 (212) 906-1200 miles.ruthberg@lw.com jamie.wine@lw.com

Dated: March 28, 2013 /s/ David Mendel David Mendel

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