Issues

Volume 5, Summer 2009, Number 2

Essays

Proceedings of the 2009 Annual Symposium: Modernizing the Financial Regulatory Structure   [pdf]
Chancellor William T. Allen [bio]
Steven L. Schwarcz [bio]

Is Private Equity at a Turning Point   [pdf]
Roy C. Smith [bio]

Articles

The Opaque and the Under-regulated Hedge Fund Industry: Victim or Culprit in the Subprime Mortgage Crisis?   [pdf]
Barbra Crutchfield George [bio]
Lynn V. Dymally [bio]
Maria K. Boss [bio]

Restoring Trust in Corporate America: Toward a Republican Theory of Corporate Legitimacy   [pdf]
Michael E. Murphy

Separation of Powers, Independent Agencies, and Financial Regulation: The Case of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act   [pdf]
Richard H. Pildes [bio]

The Failure of Private Ordering and the Financial Crisis of 2008   [pdf]
Brian J.M. Quinn [bio]

A License to Deceive: Enforcing Contractual Myths Despite Consumer Psychological Realities   [pdf]
Debra Pogrund Stark [bio]
Jessica M. Choplin [bio]

Practitioner Notes

The Evolution of Judicial Review Under the Federal Arbitration Act [pdf]
James E. Berger [bio]
Charlene Sun [bio]

The Future of Secondary Actor Liability Under Rule 10(B)-5 After Stoneridge Investment Partners, LLC v. Scientific-Atlanta, Inc. [pdf]
James C. Dugan [bio]
Todd G. Cosenza [bio]

When the Corporate Luminary Becomes Seriously Ill: When is a Corporation Obligated to Disclose That Illness and Should the Securities Exchange Commisison Adopt a Rule Requiring Disclosure? [pdf]
Allan Horwich [bio]

Student Notes

Section 337 Proceedings Before the International Trade Commission: Antiquated Legislative Compromise or Model Forum for Patent Dispute Resolution?[pdf]
Richard G. Allison

Corporate Governance Reform: How to Promote the Long-Term Health and Value of U.S. Corporations [pdf]
Rebecca A. Crawford

Book Reviews

Assessing the Monetary Policy of Alan Greenspan's Federal Reserve and its Part in the Production of Stock Market and Real Estate Bubbles [pdf]
Jeremy Kimball