Insider Trading Bans Offer Hope to Enforcers
The SEC doesn’t need any help in identifying suspected insiders. Already this year, it has pressed charges in three high-profile insider trading act...
Are You Ready for Clayton’s Take on Disclosure Effectiveness?
President Trump’s administration hasn’t taken up many of the causes championed by the previous occupant of the White House. In fact, the current c...
Not so Fast: The Curious Case of the FAST Act Dissent
The unique handling this week of public remarks from SEC Commissioner Robert Jackson has piqued our curiosity. We’re talking, specifically, about th...
Is Third-Party Securities Regulation Having Its Day?
Last year, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink famously fired a warning shot at public company CEOs. In a 2018 letter, he declared that BlackRock—with $6 trill...
Tech Employees Appear Ready to Flex Muscles as Shareholders
Back during the dot-com boom of the late 1990s, tech companies became notorious for lavishing employees with company stock and options as a form of co...
An Eventful Year for Elon Musk
A year ago, Tesla, Inc. CEO Elon Musk was known as a visionary entrepreneur who was revolutionizing the auto industry. While gossip pages chronicled h...