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My recently published book, Rethinking Securities Law (Oxford University Press 2021) (ISBN 978-0-19-758314-2), focuses on many…

Key Points: While federal district courts have consistently applied the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act (PSLRA) automatic…

In markets with significant scale economies and network effects, scholars and policymakers often tout open access and interoperability…

Executive Summary In this post, we analyze how the language used in the capital markets is evolving as a…

Background The most groundbreaking development this proxy season was that Exxon Mobil, one of the largest corporations in the…

In prepared remarks on June 23, 2021, Chair Gary Gensler of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) provided additional…

Information acquisition is costly for investors—the exact cost of which depending on timing, location, a person’s private information…

Introduction On June 21, 2021, the US Supreme Court issued its decision in Goldman Sachs Group Inc. v. Arkansas…

Exxon-Mobil spent $35 million, added new directors, and made promises to do better, all in an effort to defeat…