The improper use of inside information, governed by EU Regulation No 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on market abuse (MAR) consists of three types of conduct: two of them, known as ‘insider dealing' (or insider trading), are described under Article...

Individuals disclose an increasing amount of personal information when buying goods or services. Personal details are revealed despite the rising threat of privacy breaches at firms that collect the information. Yet, we know surprisingly little about the trade-offs individuals consider when...

Following the lead of the United Kingdom and Australia, Hong Kong recently proposed to tighten up the access of directors' residential addresses and identity card or passport numbers by the public during the reform of its Companies Ordinance exercise, but encountered strong opposition from the...

Individuals disclose an increasing amount of personal information when buying goods or services. Personal details are revealed despite the rising threat of privacy breaches at firms that collect the information. Yet, we know surprisingly little about the trade-offs individuals consider when...

Companies are under an increasing pressure by policy makers to publicize data breaches. Such notification obligations require announcing the loss of personal data collected from customers, because of hacker attacks or other incidents. While notification is likely to impact on firms’...

FASB Interpretation No. 48 (FIN 48) requires firms to disclose a forecast of significant changes in unrecognized tax benefits (UTBs) that are reasonably possible to occur within 12 months of the reporting date. According to paragraph 21(d), the “look-forward” disclosure, a firm must disclose...