The debate surrounding the interaction between directors' duties and stakeholder interests has traditionally centred around the duty to act in good faith in the interests of the company. However, stakeholder interests are becoming increasingly relevant in relation to the duty of care. This was...

This submission is in response to Chairman Clayton's July 30 press release announcing a staff roundtable on the proxy process and calling for submissions from interested parties. It refers in particular to proxy advisory firms and is distinguished from my October 8, 2018 comment letter that...

A disclosure -based framework is at the heart of U.S. securities regulation. This paper examines this model's emphasis on disclosure and discuss why it is inherently flawed. Specifically, the disclosure model is outdated and does not seem to reflect the current trading patterns that dominate the...

This article studies the political preferences of chief executive officers (CEOs) of public companies. We use Federal Election Commission records to compile a comprehensive database of the political contributions made by more than 3800 individuals who served as CEOs of Standard & Poor's 1500...

The Australian Treasury has identified a number of challenges in FinTech, especially around Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs). In this paper we examine four types of tokens within ICOs: pure utility tokens, security tokens, stored value tokens, and hybrid tokens. There is considerable confusion...

As businesses and other entities have sought to collect more personal data on individuals, the public has pushed back, and lawmakers throughout the United States and elsewhere have responded by passing data protection laws. Recent data protection laws passed by the European Union and by several...

Written by leading academics in the area, Pettet, Lowry & Reisberg's Company Law offers comprehensive coverage of all major company law and financial regulation topics. It also introduces you to the theories, policies and wider socio-economic and political influences that underpin the legal...

The paper deals with the application of Sharia rules within the European legal framework for banking contracts. It attempts to ascertain whether Sharia rules can be legally enforceable in contracts made between a Muslim client and a bank. The paper comprises five sections, all of which refer to...