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Financial Stability Oversight Council's Proposed Metrics for Supervision of Non-Bank Financial Firms

We have previously commented on the efforts worldwide to make the financial system "healthier" via the Basel III process of forcing financial ...

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

by Thomas A. Dubbs
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2010 – The Securities Year in Review

The end of 2010 is upon us and the beginning of 2011 looms on the horizon. Though not as tumultuous as 2007 or 2008, with no world-shaking corporate ...

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

by Thomas A. Dubbs
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SEC Contemplating Governance Reforms

After enacting reform in the finance and healthcare sectors legislators and regulators have staked out a new battleground. After enacting reform in ...

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

by Christopher Keller
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Is the Shield Beginning to Crack?

In recent years, many U.S. businesses have come to see class action waiver clauses in arbitration agreements as the silver bullet that will put the ...

Monday, November 15, 2010

by Christopher Keller
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Pre-Confirmation Remedies to Assure Collection of Arbitration Awards

New York Law Journal A successful litigant in an arbitration proceeding may be faced with a recalcitrant respondent, unwilling to satisfy the award ...

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

by Jonathan Gardner, Joseph H. Einstein
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Auditor Liability Still a Going Concern

Company management retains the auditor and has contractual rights and responsibilities negotiated at the time of retention. Investors rely on auditor ...

Friday, October 1, 2010

by Thomas A. Dubbs