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Jason W. Parsont
SEC Removes References to NRSRO Ratings in Certain Rules and Forms
SEC Releases Report on Regulation S-K’s Disclosure Requirements
On December 20, 2013, the Securities and Exchange Commission released a report, required by Section 108 of the JOBS Act, that reviews the disclosure requirements in Regulation S-K. The report summarizes the Commission’s prior initiatives, reviews the current disclosure requirements, …
SEC Issues Proposed Regulation A+
Morrison Foerster’s Regulatory Reform Glossary
On Monday, December 16th, Morrison Foerster released what may be a first-of-its-kind regulatory reform glossary. The glossary, which is not comprehensive, is intended to serve as a helpful summary of neologisms and other acronyms (e.g., SIFI), nicknames (e.g., repo), and …
Federal Agencies Adopt the Long-Awaited Volcker Rule
SEC Issues Proposal on Crowdfunding
SEC Proposes Rules for Pay Ratio Disclosure
Professor John C. Coffee, Jr. to Address U.N. General Assembly on the Role of Credit Rating Agencies at 4pm Today
The following comes to us from Public Affairs at Columbia Law School:
John C. Coffee Jr., the Adolf A. Berle Professor of Law at Columbia Law School, has been asked by Vuk Jeremić, president of the 67th Session …
Credit Risk Retention: Agencies Propose Revised Rule
The following is a joint press release from six federal agencies on the revised credit risk retention rule, available here.
Six federal agencies on Wednesday issued a notice revising a proposed rule requiring sponsors of securitization transactions to retain …
The Marketplace of Ideas: Rethinking the Disclosure of Beneficial Ownership under Section 13(d)
The Marketplace of Ideas: Concluding Remarks on the Legal Theory of Finance (LTF)
The Marketplace of Ideas: Bruno Salama, Osny da Silva Filho, and Richard Shamos on Pistor’s Legal Theory of Finance
The Marketplace of Ideas: Professor Anna Gelpern and James P. Sweeney Weigh in on Pistor’s Legal Theory of Finance
U.S. District Court Upholds the Conflict Minerals Rule, but Vacates the Resource Extraction Rule
The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia has released two important rulings this month that speak to the SEC’s ability to promulgate rules. On July 23rd, the court upheld the SEC’s conflict minerals rule (see here) and …
The Marketplace of Ideas: Cathy M. Kaplan and Jeremiah S. Pam Weigh in on Pistor’s Legal Theory of Finance
The Marketplace of Ideas: Kathryn Judge takes on Katharina Pistor’s Legal Theory of Finance
The CLS Blue Sky Blog presents the second installment of our new series, entitled “The Marketplace of Ideas.” Earlier installments are available here. The intent is to present different perspectives on the same subject by two or more authors.…
SEC Lifts Historic Ban on General Solicitation and Advertising in Rule 506 and 144A Offerings
On July 10, 2013, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) adopted a final rule, available here, to implement the requirement in JOBS Act Section 201(a) to lift the historic ban on general solicitation and advertising in Rule 506 and …
SEC Proposes Money Market Fund Reforms
The Securities and Exchange Commission yesterday voted unanimously to propose rules to reform the money market fund industry. The overall goal is to make money market funds less susceptible to runs.
According to the SEC’s press release, “[t]he SEC’s proposal …
The Marketplace of Ideas: Professor Coffee and Brandon Gold on the Wachtell Bylaw
The CLS Blue Sky Blog presents its first installment of our new series, entitled “The Marketplace of Ideas.” The intent is to present different perspectives on the same subject by two or more authors.
Today, Professor John C. Coffee, Jr. …