Should JPMorgan Shareholders Vote to Separate the Chair and CEO?

This Tuesday, May 21, shareholders at JP Morgan Chase & Co. (“JPMorgan”) will vote on whether the bank should separate the roles of chairman and CEO.  Currently, Jamie Dimon holds both titles.  The impending vote is not binding on the …

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Rakoff, Naftalis, and Brodsky Discuss the Gupta Insider Trading Case at Columbia Law School

On February 21, United States District Court Judge Jed S. Rakoff, federal prosecutor Reed Brodsky, and defense attorney Gary Naftalis, came together to discuss the Gupta insider trading case with Columbia Law School students in a seminar called Corporations in …

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Call for Working Papers in Finance, Economics, Accounting, Law, and Business

On June 7, 2013, CalPERS is hosting its inaugural Sustainability & Finance Symposium in Davis, California.  The event is co-chaired by Professor Robert J. Jackson, Jr. of Columbia Law School on behalf of the Ira M. Millstein Center for Global

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Why Buckley v. Valeo May Solve the CFPB’s Most Pressing Dilemma

On January 25, the D.C. Circuit issued a controversial decision in the Noel Canning case.[1]  The Court invalidated three of President Obama’s recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board after finding that the President overreached in making the …

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Editor's Tweet: Jason W. Parsont of Columbia Law explains why Buckley v. Valeo may solve the CFPB’s most pressing dilemma

Jackson Discusses Corporate Political Spending With Bloomberg’s Lee Pacchia

Last week, Professor Robert J. Jackson, Jr.  sat down with Bloomberg Law’s Lee Pacchia to discuss his SEC petition to require public companies to disclose their political spending.  The SEC has received more than 300,000 comments on the petition, more …

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