Comments on the Volcker Rule (February 14, 2012)

The comment period just ended, and the Times has a piece on how active individual banks have been in filing... (Category: Administrative Law, Financial Crisis, Financial Institutions)

The SEC Investigates Private Equity (February 13, 2012)

The SEC is a resource constrained agency that clearly misses much wrongdoing. But by going after hedge funds with its... (Category: Administrative Law, Securities)

The STOCK Bill's Sideline In Political Expert Networks (February 09, 2012)

It is interesting to see the House sweat over whether they have to act on a bill that passed the... (Category: Politics, Securities)

The Hiring News Is Coming In, And I Don't Believe In It (February 08, 2012)

Prawfsblawg's community spreadsheet thingy is here. You should contribute if you can. It's already looking quite interesting. But it does... (Category: Law Schools/Lawyering)

Executive Compensation As An Increasingly European Preoccupation (February 04, 2012)

As the folks at Corp Counsel observe, the UK is making a big thing about reining in exeuctive pay: As... (Category: Financial Crisis, Financial Institutions)

Google, Apple: Does It Violate Antitrust Laws To Have A Do Not Call List? (February 02, 2012)

So says the government, after settling with some of the most fun firms in technology (Google! Apple! Pixar!) ... and... (Category: Antitrust)

A Different Kind Of Sanction (January 31, 2012)

In the midst of repeated appeals to the merits of jail time as a post-financial crisis government strategy comes word... (Category: Administrative Law, Financial Crisis, Financial Institutions)

Should CEO Pay Be Set In Reference To Pay Given To The Firm's Other Executives? (January 27, 2012)

Broc Romanek thinks yes, so we'll outsource to him: We've told the story about how American capitalist J.P. Morgan is... (Category: Corporate Governance)

National Business Law Scholars Conference: Call for Papers (January 25, 2012)

The National Business Law Scholars Conference (NBLSC), formerly known as the Midwest Corporate Legal Scholars Conference, will be held on... (Category: Conferences)

Are The Feds Overdoing Insider Trading? (January 22, 2012)

Bainbridge thinks maybe, and while I think that insider trading has distracted the government from financial crisis proseuctions (might not... (Category: Securities)

The Joint Forum on Financial Conglomerates Still Exists, and Now an American Will Chair It (January 20, 2012)

Given that there has been the creation of a Financial Stability Board, designed to bring the various financial regulatory networks... (Category: Financial Institutions)

The SEC Files A Financial Crisis Suit (January 18, 2012)

BankAtlantic allegedly minimized the problems in its loan portfolio (strong in Florida real estate) during the financial crisis; now the... (Category: Financial Crisis, Financial Institutions)

The Short Half Lives of North American Reorgs (January 13, 2012)

The Canadian Supreme Court just held that creating a single Canadian securities law would be unconstitutional. Unconstitutional! Those guys haven't... (Category: Administrative Law)

The CFTC Works Fast (January 11, 2012)

The CFTC, the most on track agency in Dodd Frank implementation, just issued its new segregation of customer accounts rule,... (Category: Administrative Law)

It's A Conspiracy (January 08, 2012)

The Times has an op-ed about the truth that 120 million Japanese citizens and hundreds of thousands of foreigners don't... (Category: Comparative Law)