The public debate on mandating gender representation on boards of directors in the United States is close to a boiling point. California introduced a mandatory quota in 2018 and the Nasdaq Stock Market followed suit with new diversity rules in 2021 for all corporations listed on the exchange....

Purpose: The Securities Exchange Commission mandated eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) filing data provide immediate availability and easy accessibility for both academics and practitioners. To be useful, this data should provide information for decisions, specifically, investment...

The corporate lawyer-client privilege is increasingly controversial. Courts assert that the privilege promotes corporate compliance with the law as long as it is restricted to communications in furtherance of legal advice. This article assumes the privilege increases the probability that a...