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In a new article, we focus on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s enforcement of the CEO and CFO certification requirement pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX). The article analyzes the appropriate interpretation of the statute’s reach, the SEC enforcement proceedings …
In a forthcoming article, we address recent restrictions and diverging approaches among the federal courts to the purchaser-seller requirement for a private action under Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act and Rule 10b-5. The “Purchaser-Seller Rule,” commonly …
The U.S. insider trading framework is a mess. Principles apply that are inconsistent with one another and that treat similarly situated persons in a disparate manner. In my 2021 book and a forthcoming book chapter, I argue that, rather than …
In a new article, I address a subject that has been ignored for too long: The fiction of meaningful fiduciary standards in the corporate and securities laws contexts. My article explores the standards that legislatures and courts apply to corporate …
Scholars and politicians alike have spoken and written at great length about the importance of gatekeepers in our current corporate governance system. However, relatively little has been done to discipline gatekeepers who seem to have lost the keys to the …