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- Peter Atkins
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- Byron Georgiou
- Joseph Hall
- Jason M. Halper William P. Mills
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Author Archives: Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation
Summary of Dodd-Frank Financial Regulation Legislation
On June 25, 2010, a House-Senate conference committee reached final agreement on the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the “Act”). The conference report must be approved by the House and Senate before the bill is presented to the President for signature. The House is expected to approve the conference report on June […]
Click here to read the complete postDodd-Frank Act Finalizes Swap Pushout Rule
On June 25, 2010, the Senate-House conference on the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the “Bill”) agreed on the final legislative text of the Bill, including Section 716 (the “Swap Pushout Rule”). The Swap Pushout Rule is a revised version of a provision originally introduced by Senator Blanche Lincoln (D–AR) to the […]
Click here to read the complete postRethinking the Regulation of Securities Intermediaries
In the paper, Rethinking the Regulation of Securities Intermediaries, which is forthcoming in the University of Pennsylvania Law Review [Jill E. Fisch, Rethinking the Regulation of Securities Intermediaries, 158 U. Pa. L. Rev. (forthcoming 2010)], I argue that existing regulation of mutual funds has serious shortcomings. In particular, the Investment Company Act, which is based […]
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Posted in Academic Research, Securities Litigation & Enforcement, Securities Regulation
Tagged Investment Company Act, Mutual funds
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The Future of the Board of Directors
Editor’s Note: Martin Lipton is a founding partner of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, specializing in mergers and acquisitions and matters affecting corporate policy and strategy. This post is based on a recent speech by Mr. Lipton to the New York Stock Exchange Chairman & CEO Peer Forum. In an effort to think about the […]
Click here to read the complete postSEC Proposes Consolidated Audit Trail
The Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) recently proposed to require the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority and the national securities exchanges (collectively, the “SROs”) to adopt a plan (the “Plan”) for the development, implementation and maintenance of a consolidated audit trail (“CAT”) for the listed equities and options markets. The SEC’s proposal would set in […]
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Posted in Financial Regulation, Practitioner Publications, Securities Regulation
Tagged Audit trail, Audits, FINRA, SROs
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Reducing Insider Trading Risk at Hedge Fund Advisers
My recent article on “How hedge fund advisers can reduce insider trading risk,” in the Journal of Securities Law, Regulation & Compliance, Vol. 3, No. 2 (2010), discusses some of the approaches that hedge fund managers use to prevent insider trading violations. They include avoiding agreements to keep information confidential and giving heightened attention to […]
Click here to read the complete postResetting the Trigger on the Poison Pill: Selectica’s Unanticipated Consequences
In a recent paper, Paul Edelman and I critically examine the Delaware Chancery Court’s recent decision in Selectica, Inc. v. Versata Enters., Inc., 2010 Del. Ch. LEXIS 39 (Del. Ch. March 1, 2010). In that case, applying the Unocal test to the use of the NOL pill against a potential acquirer, the Court rejected Versata’s […]
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Posted in Academic Research, Court Cases, Mergers & Acquisitions
Tagged Delaware cases, Delaware law, Poison pills, Selectica v. Versata
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Versata Files Final Brief in Appeal of NOL Pill Case
Editor’s Note: This post relates to the appeal from the decision in Selectica, Inc. v. Versata, Inc., which was discussed on the Forum here and here. Versata’s final reply in the appeal is available here. This post is part of the Delaware law series, which is cosponsored by the Forum and Corporation Service Company; links […]
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Posted in Court Cases, Mergers & Acquisitions
Tagged Delaware cases, Delaware law, Poison pills, Selectica v. Versata
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