Were The SEC's Pay Ratio Rule Efforts Valiant?

James D.C. Barrall recently published a listing of ten consensuses on CEO pay ratio planning.  He begins with the following:

Judge Alex Kozinski On Debt Versus Equity

Judge Alex Kozinski succinctly frames the debt versus equity battle in this opinion issued yesterday:

More On Disclosure Under SEC Rule 701(e)

As mentioned yesterday, Corporation Finance (often referred to as "Corp Fin") recently issued a Compliance & Disclosure Interpretation with respect to the disclosure delivery requirements under Rule 701(e). I find myself befuddled by the following...

What's The Plural Of Condominium?

Wednesday's post was entitled "Condominiums And The California Corporate Securities Law".  Today's post concerns whether I used the proper plural form of "condominium".

What Is A Foreign Registrant And Why Must They Translate Their Names?

Earlier this week, the Securities and Exchange Commission proposed amendments to Regulation S-K, and related rules and forms. According to the SEC, these are intended to modernize and simplify certain disclosure requirements in a manner that reduces...

Staff Addresses Family Trusts With Multistate Trustees

When the Securities and Exchange Commission two years ago proposed amendments to Rule 147 and adoption of Rule 147A, I commented on an issue that I foresaw with respect to family and other non-business trusts:

Multifarious Meanings of "Person"

Last Friday, I observed that the definitions of "person" found in the Securities Act and the Securities Exchange Act are oddly incongruous. The California Corporations Code is similarly inharmonious. Section 18 of the Code, which applies to the...

Ever Hear Of A Emphyteutic Leasehold?

I have often remarked on the debt that the Anglo-American legal lexicon owes to French and Latin.  Greek has made a much smaller contribution.  In reading Professor Peter Heather's The Fall of the Roman Empire: A New History of Rome and the Barbarians...

Professor Robert J. Jackson Jr. Nominated To Become A Member Of The Securities And Exchange Commission

As Broc Romanek noted yesterday, President Donald Trump has nominated Columbia Law School Professor Robert J. Jackson, Jr. to become a member of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Over the years, Professor Jackson's name has made several...

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