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New Commissioners Proposed for the SEC
BNA is reporting that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has sent forward the names of two individuals to be considered as Democratic representatives to the Securities and Exchange Commission....
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“oPtion$” — the Book Club
Tune in next week to PrawfsBlawg for a lively discussion of the new satiric novel oPtion$, by Fake Steve Jobs (aka Forbes reporter, Dan Lyons). I will be joining Matt Bodie of PrawfsBlawg who is...
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Access Denied
The Associated Press reports that the SEC has approved the new proxy rules denying shareholders access to the management proxy for the nomination of corporate directors. The so-called no-access rule...
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oPtion$ Book Club in Progress
Tune in to PrawfsBlawg today for a book club discussion of oPtion$, the secret life of steve jobs. I am joining host Matt Bodie, Michael Dorff, Darian Ibrahim and David Zaring for a discussion of this...
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Guest Appearance
In addition to blogging here, I will be guest blogging at Conglomerate for the next two weeks. Look for posts on Sarbanes-Oxley, judging and other interesting topics in corporate governance.
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Why Do Judges Write Law Review Articles?
Here is a question I have been pondering for a while: Why do Delaware judges write so many law review articles? For example, I have sitting on my desk a stack of 14 articles by Norman Veasey former...
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Own to Rent?: A Proposal to Ease the Mortgage Crisis
Dean Baker has posted a piece in the The Economists Voice on a different approach to addressing the sub-prime mortgage crisis. Baker proposes a “rent to own” program where certain homeowners at risk...
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What a Difference a Year Makes
One year ago discussions surrounding corporate law policy were driven by the Sarbanes-Oxley ‘backlash.” The Paulson Committee and others were warning about how excessive regulation and litigation...
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Bailout-palooza
The federal goverment’s proposal for a bailout of the financial industry sounded somewhat familiar to me. I remembered that I had blogged about a similar proposal about a year ago on Conglomerate....
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Whither State Securities Enforcement?
Susan Antilla of Bloomberg news published a recent column revisiting the question of the continued viability of state securities regulators’ enforcement authority. I spoke to Susan about my research...
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