David M. Becker, the former top lawyer at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, is returning to his prior job as Partner at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, LLP according to an announcement by the firm on May 9, 2011. See “Mark Cahn Named SEC General Counsel,” Hedge Fund Law Report, Vol. 4, No. 5 (Feb. 10, 2011); “Certain Madoff Investors May Find Themselves in an Unusual Dual Role – As Potential Lawsuit Plaintiffs or SIPA Claimants, but also as Potential Clawback Defendants,” Hedge Fund Law Report, Vol. 2, No. 9 (Mar. 4, 2009).