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Fair Value Accounting is arguably the most controversial financial reporting topic debated over the past decade. Conceptually, the idea behind fair value accounting is appealing: if a Balance Sheet is dated as of December 31, 2015, then all of the …
In recent years, taking advantage of expanded jurisdictional provisions in Dodd-Frank, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has brought an increasing number of enforcement actions, including complex matters with difficult factual and legal issues, through administrative proceedings, rather than …
More than ten years after the Global Research Settlement and the adoption of NASD Rule 2711, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or Commission) has approved new FINRA rules addressing conflicts of interest for both equity and debt research analysts …
The SEC’s Division of Enforcement has issued guidelines explaining the factors it will consider in determining whether to bring enforcement actions as administrative or judicial proceedings. The SEC recently has been criticized for its increased use of administrative proceedings to …
The scholarly literature on institutional design focuses on how legal institutions, including administrative agencies, legislatures and courts, should be organized in order to produce the best legal outcomes. In a recent article, I consider how this literature might help …
The Delaware State Senate passed legislation on May 12th that will preclude “loser pays” fee shifting by bylaw or charter provision—sometimes. The Delaware House is expected to act sometime in June. But the pending legislation only bars such fee-shifting …