2020: The Year in Review
Psst. Hey there. It’s okay to come out now—we made it to 2021.
That’s certainly something to celebrate. But as we stumble out of our bunkers,...
Goldman’s Call for More Board Diversity Bears Early Fruit
When Goldman Sachs speaks, corporations listen. The influential investment bank’s tentacles stretch far and wide across both the global capital mark...
GM, Goldman Sachs Offer Model for Rescue Package in Industry
The last time the global economy was spiraling out of control, the American taxpayers’ investment portfolio begrudgingly filled up with some of the ...
Auditor Independence Comes to Fore in 2019
One issue that has kept financial regulators sneakily busy in 2019 is auditor independence. Both the SEC and the Public Company Accounting Oversight B...
J&J Puts Off Fight Over Mandatory Arbitration. . . For Now
Like winter in Westeros, the fight over mandatory arbitration of shareholder disputes is coming. We don’t know when. We don’t know where. But than...
Big Law Alumni Take on New Roles with SEC
Within days of being sworn in as chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Jay Clayton named a new director of the agency’s Division of Co...