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Securities Law Prof Blog
Higginbotham on Developing Policy for Disclosure
'See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil' - Developing a Policy for Disclosure by Counsel to Public Corporations, by F. Michael Higginbotham, University of Baltimore School of Law,…
Securities Law Prof Blog
SEC Approves Major Expansion of BrokerCheck Disclosure
FINRA announced that the SEC has approved a major expansion of its BrokerCheck service — to make records of final regulatory actions against brokers permanently available to the public, regardless of…
ContractsProf Blog
Just in Time for Halloween: Stambovsky v. Ackley revisited?
Previously on this blog, Eric Goldman provided a wonderful compilation of resources for Stambovsky v. Ackley --the haunted house case. Maybe the West Village will get a haunted housecase all…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Estlund Argues for Workplace Transparency
Cynthia Estlund (NYU) has just posted on SSRN her article Just the Facts: Toward Workplace Transparency. Here's the abstract:In many areas of regulation, mandating disclosure of information about a firm’s…
Energy & Environmental Law Blog
Frac Fluid Disclosure Becoming a Reality?
By Greg Russell
We have reported several times on the conflict between environmentalists looking for greater disclosure of the chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing and the service companies looking for protection for their…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
NACDL’s 5th Annual Defending the White Collar Case Seminar – “Choppy Waters – The Ethics of Privilege and Disclosure,” Thursday, October 1, 2009
By Ellen Podgor
Guest Blogger: Peter D. Hardy, Post & Schell, P.C. (Philadelphia, PA)Moderator: Gerald B. LefcourtPanelists: Robert Cary, Hon. Nancy Gertner, Prof. Bruce Green, Paul Shechtman, Larry Thompson Gerald Lefcourt noted that…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Former American Commercial Lines CFO Settles Reg FD Charges
The SEC settled charges against Christopher A. Black (Black), the former chief financial officer of American Commercial Lines, Inc. (ACL), a Delaware marine transportation and manufacturing company. The SEC alleged that Black, while…
Litigation & Trial
Bank of America / Merrill Lynch Saga Continues: Can Attorney-Client Privilege Be Both A Sword And A Shield?
As you may have heard, Judge Rakoff did not like the proposed SEC settlement with Bank of America (neither did I) in part because it blamed the bank's lawyers while refusing to…
M & A Law Prof Blog
Cuomo taking a run at BAC?
By CorporateAcquisitions MergerLawBlogger
The WSJ has an article on C1 today suggesting that New York will soon be charging BAC with state securities law violations in connection with its acquisition of Merrill Lynch…
M & A Law Prof Blog
BAC Settles with SEC Over Merrill Bonuses
Bank of America settled with the SEC over charges that it had made inadequate disclosures to its shareholders in connection with its acquisition of Merrill Lynch. The SEC charged that…