 By February 2015 White had recused herself in about 50 cases setting up deadlock situations within the Commission and thus, per a report, compromised the effectiveness of the SEC.On November 14, 2016, White announced that she would step down from the SEC after nearly four years service at the end of President Obama's term in January 2017.She earned, in the immediate wake of her announcement, a complimentary overall review of her term as an independent regulator from the "Wall Street Journal" despite differences the editors had had with her.