The SEC Punts (Again) on Financial Stability Reform
Editor’s Note: Jeffrey Gordon is the Richard Paul Richman Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Center for Law and Economics at Columbia Law School. In an all-too-familiar pattern, the SEC has backed...
View ArticleInvesting in Good Governance
Editor’s Note: Lucian Bebchuk is a Professor of Law, Economics, and Finance and Director of the Program on Corporate Governance at Harvard Law School. This post is based on an op-ed article by...
View ArticleThe Rise of the General Counsel
Editor’s Note: Ben W. Heineman, Jr. is a former GE senior vice president for law and public affairs and a senior fellow at Harvard University’s schools of law and government. This post is based on an...
View ArticleCitigroup: A Symbol of Board Resurgence?
Editor’s Note: Ben W. Heineman, Jr. is a former GE senior vice president for law and public affairs and a senior fellow at Harvard University’s schools of law and government. This post is based on an...
View ArticleNot All Money Market Funds Are Equal
Editor’s Note: Robert Pozen is a senior lecturer at Harvard Business School and a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. This post is based on an article by Mr. Pozen and Theresa Hamacher that...
View ArticleCorporate Short-Termism in the Fiscal Cliff’s Shadow
Editor’s Note: Mark Roe is the David Berg Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, where he teaches bankruptcy and corporate law. This post is Professor Roe’s most recent op-ed written for the...
View ArticleCorporate Tax Reform
Editor’s Note: Robert Pozen is a senior lecturer at Harvard Business School and a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. This post is based on a Tax Notes article written by Mr. Pozen and Lucas W....
View ArticleWhy Are Some Sectors (Ahem, Finance) So Scandal-Plagued?
Editor’s Note: Ben W. Heineman, Jr. is a former GE senior vice president for law and public affairs and a senior fellow at Harvard University’s schools of law and government. This post is based on an...
View ArticleThe JP Morgan “Whale” Report and the Ghosts of the Financial Crisis
Editor’s Note: Ben W. Heineman, Jr. is a former GE senior vice president for law and public affairs and a senior fellow at Harvard University’s schools of law and government. This post is based on an...
View ArticleDon’t Make Poison Pills More Deadly
Editor’s Note: Lucian Bebchuk, professor of law, economics and finance at Harvard Law School, is co-author (with Robert J. Jackson Jr.) of The Law and Economics of Blockholder Disclosure. This post...
View ArticleLondon Whale is the Cost of Too Big to Fail
Editor’s Note: Mark Roe is the David Berg Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, where he teaches bankruptcy and corporate law. This post is Professor Roe’s recent op-ed written for The Financial...
View ArticleA Reply to Professor Bebchuk
Editor’s Note: Martin Lipton is a founding partner of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, specializing in mergers and acquisitions and matters affecting corporate policy and strategy. This post is a...
View ArticleApple’s Cash-Flow Problem
Editor’s Note: Mark Roe is the David Berg Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, where he teaches bankruptcy and corporate law. This post is Professor Roe’s most recent op-ed written for the...
View ArticleFor Dimon and Board Leaders: Function Matters, Not Form
Editor's Note: Ben W. Heineman, Jr. is a former GE senior vice president for law and public affairs and a senior fellow at Harvard University’s schools of law and government. This post is based on an...
View ArticleOnly the Right CEO Can Create a Culture of Integrity
Editor's Note: Editor’s Note: Ben W. Heineman, Jr. is a former GE senior vice president for law and public affairs and a senior fellow at Harvard University’s schools of law and government. This post...
View ArticleThe Costs of “Too Big To Fail”
Editor's Note: Mark Roe is the David Berg Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, where he teaches bankruptcy and corporate law. This post is Professor Roe’s most recent op-ed written for the...
View ArticleHarpooning the London Whale is no Substitute for Reform
Editor's Note: Mark Roe is the David Berg Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, where he teaches bankruptcy and corporate law. This post is based on an op-ed by Professor Roe that was published today...
View ArticleNo, GCs Should Not Be on the Board
Editor's Note: Ben W. Heineman, Jr. is a former GE senior vice president for law and public affairs and a senior fellow at Harvard University’s schools of law and government. This post is based on an...
View ArticleThe (Advisory) Ties That Bind Executive Pay
Editor's Note: Robert Pozen is a senior lecturer at Harvard Business School and a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. This post is based on an article by Mr. Pozen and Theresa Hamacher that...
View ArticleJamie Dimon’s Pay Raise Sends Mixed Signals on Culture and Accountability
Editor's Note: Ben W. Heineman, Jr. is a former GE senior vice president for law and public affairs and a senior fellow at Harvard University’s schools of law and government. This post is based on an...
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