PoliticsNews
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL – The Securities and Exchange Commission could make it tougher for shareholders to challenge left-leaning corporate policies that promote diversity,… Read More
EconomyNews
As America turns 250 years old, it’s important to remember that freedom, not top-down communism, created our prosperity, Security and Exchange Commission Chairman Paul Atkins… Read More
LawCommentary
Ron Klain is the eye of the storm. Again. Klain, who served as chief of staff to former President Joe Biden, moved to the private… Read More
LawCommentary
Members of Congress get a number of generous benefits from their positions. They earn $174,000 annually (nearly three times the salary of the average American),… Read More
SocietyCommentary
As the wind slowly goes out of the sails of corporate diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, it’s worth noting just how much purveyors of this… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Shareholders who recoil at the specter of self-described human rights activists partnering with corporations to promote “gender transition” surgeries had the opportunity to make their… Read More
LawCommentary
The Constitution separates power, the administrative state fuses it. The Constitution gives Congress the power to make law, the president the power to enforce law,… Read More
LawCommentary
The Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday adopted a final rule to require public companies to disclose climate-related information in financial statements and other reports… Read More
EnergyNews
A coalition of red states announced Wednesday that it is challenging the Biden administration over its fresh corporate emissions and climate disclosure rule, just hours… Read More
LawNews
Congress created and empowered the Securities and Exchange Commission to help enforce U.S. securities laws. The SEC’s unique structure and broad powers have long been… Read More
PoliticsNews
A letter from 21 state financial officials is urging the Securities and Exchange Commission to postpone a rule creating a new type of company designed… Read More
LawNews
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—A government and corporate watchdog group filed a complaint Tuesday with the Securities and Exchange Commission against Berkshire Hathaway in connection… Read More
LawCommentary
Will ill-advised precedent or fundamental constitutional principles prevail when the right to a jury trial is at stake? After two hours of oral argument Wednesday… Read More
LawCommentary
School isn’t the only thing back in session this fall. The Supreme Court will resume hearing cases when its new term begins Oct. 2. So,… Read More
LawCommentary
The major theme of the coming Supreme Court term is administrative law. Once obscure, this body of statutes, rules, and cases governing the structure and… Read More
EconomyCommentary
June proved to be a momentous month for the cryptocurrency industry, but not in a good way. With Sam Bankman-Fried’s fall from grace and his… Read More
EconomyAnalysis
Alibaba, the Chinese e-commerce giant whose sales top eBay and Amazon combined, chose the U.S. as the location for its initial public offering (IPO) last… Read More
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced an initiative last week to examine the cybersecurity of 50 security brokerages. The initiative is a detailed, high-level… Read More
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is to be commended for recognizing the debilitating problems with the existing Regulation A, but unless the proposed rule… Read More
The 2010 Dodd–Frank Act is a colossal regulatory mess that gave us, among other things, a new set of turf battles among regulators. The latest… Read More
“Going public” now costs a company about $2.5 million. This money is spent on lawyers, accountants, and other expenses to meet the registration requirements of… Read More
During a recent House Financial Services Committee mark-up, a number of members complained that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) was “slow walking” the regulations… Read More
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has proposed a rule that would impede capital formation, job creation, innovation, productivity improvement, and economic growth by making… Read More
The Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act, passed in April 2012 with huge bipartisan majorities, was designed to substantially reduce the regulatory burden on entrepreneurs… Read More
Not many people know the meaning of “swap” (as in a financial hedge, not flea market). Only the most sophisticated investors actually understand the complexities… Read More
President Obama, moving quickly to complete the lineup for his second-term regulatory team, nominated attorney Mary Jo White yesterday to chair the Securities and Exchange… Read More
The Wall Street Journal and the Financial Times had front-page stories yesterday on the Securities and Exchange Commission suing the China subsidiaries of major accounting… Read More
The now defunct Countrywide Financial Corp. issued hundreds of discounted loans to government officials and Fannie Mae employees in order to build clout with influential… Read More
The Securities and Exchange Commission filed a subpoena against electric vehicle company ECOtality in October of 2010, requesting documents relating to its investigation into insider… Read More
The misguided federal policy to concentrate the U.S. mortgage finance industry in two huge government-sponsored entities was underscored again this morning when the Securities and… Read More
