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Wang and Steinberg on Insider Trading
Two chapter from the new edition of Insider Trading (PLI 2d ed. 2006), by WILLIAM K.S. WANG, University of California, Hastings College of the Law, and MARC STEINBERG, Southern Methodist…
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Brown on Corporate Governance and SEC
Essay: Corporate Governance, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the Limits of Disclosure, by J. ROBERT BROWN Jr., University of Denver Sturm College of Law, was recently posted on SSRN. …
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SSRN Top Ten Takeover Papers (Feb. 16-Apr. 16 2007)
Here are the top-ten most downloaded takeover-related papers on the SSRN for the period February 16-April 16, 2007. I am happy to say that #5 is mine!1. Corporate Governance Reforms…
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Baker Hughes Settles FCPA Charges
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced the filing of a settled enforcement action charging Baker Hughes Incorporated, a Houston, Texas-based global provider of oil field products and services, with…
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Hail America?!
The Wall Street Journal today has an article about a recent study by Andrew Karolyi and René Stulz of Ohio State University and Craig Doidge of the University of Toronto. …
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Academic Study on Foreign Private Issuers
The WSJ highlights an academic study that disputes the frequently-made assertion that Sarbanes Oxley caused foreign private issuers to flee the U.S. capital markets in favor of London. Instead, the…
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Citigroup Completes Nikko Tender Offer
After a long and difficult tender offer, Citigroup acquired 56.2% of Nikko Cordial, Japan's third largest brokerage firm that is recovering from an accounting scandal. Together with its previous stock…
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SEC and German Regulator Sign MOU
The Securities and Exchange Commission and the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht, or BaFin) today signed a comprehensive arrangement to facilitate their supervision of internationally active firms…
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NASAA Announces Speakers for Investor Protection Conference
The North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) announced today that U.S. Senator Robert P. Casey (D-PA) and former Securities and Exchange Commissioner Harvey J. Goldschmid will be the featured speakers…
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Harman’s Shopping Spree
Harman International Industries, Inc., the audio equipment maker, this morning announced an agreement to be acquired for $7.8 billion by Kohlberg, Kravis Roberts & Co. and Goldman Sachs Group Inc.'s…