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It's Payback Time, Or Is It?: An Argument To Apply Universal Heightened Standards To All Employee Stock-Based Individual Account Programs In The Post-Enron Era And Why Sarbanes-Oxley's Preventive Measures Do Not Adequately Protect Employee Investor Interests, Sarah Y. Rifaat Mar 2012

It's Payback Time, Or Is It?: An Argument To Apply Universal Heightened Standards To All Employee Stock-Based Individual Account Programs In The Post-Enron Era And Why Sarbanes-Oxley's Preventive Measures Do Not Adequately Protect Employee Investor Interests, Sarah Y. Rifaat

Pepperdine Law Review

No abstract provided.


Conflicting Currents: The Obligation To Maintain Inviolate Client Confidences And The New Sec Attorney Conduct Rules, Keith Paul Bishop, James F. Fotenos, Steven K. Hazen, James R. Walther, Nancy H. Wojtas Mar 2012

Conflicting Currents: The Obligation To Maintain Inviolate Client Confidences And The New Sec Attorney Conduct Rules, Keith Paul Bishop, James F. Fotenos, Steven K. Hazen, James R. Walther, Nancy H. Wojtas

Pepperdine Law Review

No abstract provided.


Investors Win: Howsam V. Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc. Makes Entering Arbitration Quicker, Easier, And Less Expensive, Peter J. Smith Iv Mar 2012

Investors Win: Howsam V. Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc. Makes Entering Arbitration Quicker, Easier, And Less Expensive, Peter J. Smith Iv

Pepperdine Dispute Resolution Law Journal

In securities arbitration disputes, a split in the federal circuits arose over whether an arbitrator or a court should determine if the National Association of Securities Dealers Code of Arbitration Procedure ("NASD Code") Section 10304 barred the bringing of a claim that was more than six years old. While some courts have held the issue was a procedural one for the arbitrator to decide, others have held that it was a substantive issue for the courts to decide. Obviously, the resolution of the time eligibility rule by the court delays the resolution of the dispute diminishes the benefits and duplicates …


Selective Disclosure: The Abrogation Of The Attorney-Client Privilege And The Work Product Doctrine, Zach Dostart Mar 2012

Selective Disclosure: The Abrogation Of The Attorney-Client Privilege And The Work Product Doctrine, Zach Dostart

Pepperdine Law Review

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Who Should Do The Math? Materiality Issues In Disclosures That Require Investors To Calculate The Bottom Line, Stefan J. Padfield Mar 2012

Who Should Do The Math? Materiality Issues In Disclosures That Require Investors To Calculate The Bottom Line, Stefan J. Padfield

Pepperdine Law Review

Corporations sometimes tread a fine line by disclosing the data necessary to calculate the bottom line impact of a particular set of facts, while failing to disclose the bottom line itself. For example, in 2002, Merck & Co., Inc., disclosed that one of its subsidiaries had recognized as revenue co-payments it never actually received, but failed to disclose that the total amount so recognized was $5.54 billion for the year 2001. When plaintiffs challenge such incomplete disclosure, courts routinely dismiss their claims based upon what I call the Simple Math rule. The Simple Math rule states that, assuming a material …


Say On Pay And The Sec Disclosure Rules: Expressive Law And Ceo Compensation , Sandeep Gopalan Mar 2012

Say On Pay And The Sec Disclosure Rules: Expressive Law And Ceo Compensation , Sandeep Gopalan

Pepperdine Law Review

The debate over the lack of correlation between CEO compensation and performance has caused a divide amongst corporate law scholars. Proponents of intervention have predictably welcomed the legislative activity and have called for more. This article argues that the legislative and regulatory interventions by the state are in furtherance of the expressive functions of the law, and that even in the absence of sanctions such expressive laws can have an affect on behavior. It argues that while legislative and regulatory actions can express certain norms, they are ultimately unlikely to be of much help in behavior modification unless accompanied by …


Mexico And The Settlement Of Investment Disputes: Icsid As The Recommended Option, Bernardo Sepúlveda Mar 2012

Mexico And The Settlement Of Investment Disputes: Icsid As The Recommended Option, Bernardo Sepúlveda

Pepperdine Dispute Resolution Law Journal

The changes that have taken place in arbitration conditions, the greater fairness in the arbitration process, and the increasingly stringent qualifications to be met by arbitrators, as well as contemporary economic realities, have been instrumental in causing Mexico's about-face on its approach to arbitration. Although in certain quarters doubts remain in Mexico as to the advantages of international arbitration, it would be ill advised to ignore a legal and political reality. In signing treaties that include an arbitration clause, Mexico has assumed rights and obligations. Politically speaking, a border has already been crossed. In the face of this indisputable fact, …


Unraveling The Mystery Of Wilko V. Swan: American Arbitration Vacatur Law And The Accidental Demise Of Party Autonomy , James M. Gaitis Mar 2012

Unraveling The Mystery Of Wilko V. Swan: American Arbitration Vacatur Law And The Accidental Demise Of Party Autonomy , James M. Gaitis

Pepperdine Dispute Resolution Law Journal

This article begins with a brief description of what the Wilko Court said with respect to the vacatur of arbitral awards and how federal and state appellate courts have construed that language. Traditional American arbitration vacatur law, including but not limited to the cases relied upon by the Wilko Court, are then reviewed in depth such that the Wilko decision and the Wilko Court's choice of language may be placed in context and fully examined. The intent and proper operation of the FAA are then discussed based on both the legislative history of the FAA and other authorities that consistently …


The Quest For Financial Regulatory Reform: Will A Uniform Fiduciary Standard Guide The Way?, Bonnie M. Treichel Jan 2012

The Quest For Financial Regulatory Reform: Will A Uniform Fiduciary Standard Guide The Way?, Bonnie M. Treichel

The Journal of Business, Entrepreneurship & the Law

No abstract provided.


The Rating Agencies: Where We Have Been And Where Do We Go From Here?, Joshua D. Krebs Jan 2012

The Rating Agencies: Where We Have Been And Where Do We Go From Here?, Joshua D. Krebs

The Journal of Business, Entrepreneurship & the Law

The credit rating agencies are supposed to be gatekeepers to the public securities markets. As “gatekeepers,” they are reputational intermediaries in the investment process. Other gatekeepers include: independent auditors, credit rating agencies, securities analysts, investment bankers, and attorneys. The function of these reputational intermediaries is to act as neutral third party advisors to the investment process. While these intermediaries are paid for their opinions by one or more parties to a transaction, in theory the opinions will be neutral. This is due to the thought that any resulting reputational damage from non-neutral opinions would severely damage long-term profitability, in exchange …


L3cs: The Next Big Wave In Socially Responsible Investing Or Just Simply Too Good To Be True?, David J. Schwister Jan 2012

L3cs: The Next Big Wave In Socially Responsible Investing Or Just Simply Too Good To Be True?, David J. Schwister

The Journal of Business, Entrepreneurship & the Law

No abstract provided.


Unnecessary Reform: The Fallacies With And Alternatives To Sec Regulation Of Hedge Funds, Evan M. Gilbert Jan 2012

Unnecessary Reform: The Fallacies With And Alternatives To Sec Regulation Of Hedge Funds, Evan M. Gilbert

The Journal of Business, Entrepreneurship & the Law

No abstract provided.


The Unsuitability Of The "Suitability Rule": Why Finra's Current Interpretation Of Conduct Rule 2310 Undermines Investor "Holding Claim" Entitlements In Contemporary Markets, Laurence A. Steckman, Robert E. Conner Jan 2012

The Unsuitability Of The "Suitability Rule": Why Finra's Current Interpretation Of Conduct Rule 2310 Undermines Investor "Holding Claim" Entitlements In Contemporary Markets, Laurence A. Steckman, Robert E. Conner

The Journal of Business, Entrepreneurship & the Law

This article's thesis is that FINRA Conduct Rule 2310, FINRA's “suitability rule,” should be interpreted to govern all broker-customer communications that constitute non-trivial investment advice regarding portfolio composition, not just buy, sell or exchange communications, per current interpretation (the “BSE Interpretation”). Because acting on advice to hold a security (a “Holding Claim”) can affect risk just as significantly as a recommendation to buy, sell or exchange one, the BSE Interpretation leaves a large body of investment advice affecting customer portfolio risk unregulated by suitability standards. Such interpretation not only fails to reflect Rule 2310's well recognized customer-protective purposes, but effectively …


Too Much Of A Good Thing: How Much Should Hedge Funds Be Required To Disclose?, Daniel Etlinger Jan 2012

Too Much Of A Good Thing: How Much Should Hedge Funds Be Required To Disclose?, Daniel Etlinger

The Journal of Business, Entrepreneurship & the Law

No abstract provided.


A Look At The Globalization Of The Exchanges And Its Effects On The United States Market Through An Analysis Of The Nyse And Euronext Merger, Christopher Osborne Jan 2012

A Look At The Globalization Of The Exchanges And Its Effects On The United States Market Through An Analysis Of The Nyse And Euronext Merger, Christopher Osborne

The Journal of Business, Entrepreneurship & the Law

No abstract provided.


The Integrative Market Hypothesis For Stock Market Fluctuations, Janet Kerr, Alessandro Casati Jan 2012

The Integrative Market Hypothesis For Stock Market Fluctuations, Janet Kerr, Alessandro Casati

The Journal of Business, Entrepreneurship & the Law

This article provides a new understanding of stock market price fluctuations, applying the concepts of quantum physics. This new approach challenges traditional theories of stock price movement, such as Random Walk, finding them antiquated and incomplete. The paper compares the stock price fluctuations to the quantum movement of particles. Specifically, the movement of stock prices on the NASDAQ index is fitted to a curve derived from Plank's equation for black body radiation. The market is ultimately found to be not totally reactive nor random, but taking on an emergent quality. This independent movement is not expected from the interaction of …


Codes Of Ethics And State Fiduciary Duties: Where Is The Line?, Z. Jill Barclift Jan 2012

Codes Of Ethics And State Fiduciary Duties: Where Is The Line?, Z. Jill Barclift

The Journal of Business, Entrepreneurship & the Law

No abstract provided.


Goldstein V. Securities And Exchange Commission, Todd Zaun Jan 2012

Goldstein V. Securities And Exchange Commission, Todd Zaun

The Journal of Business, Entrepreneurship & the Law

Hedge funds are one of the fastest growing and most controversial segments of the financial market. Most people know very little about hedge funds other than that they are the investment vehicle of choice for well-heeled investors - the place where the rich put their money in order to get even richer. In fact, hedge funds thrive on the lack of knowledge about what exactly it is that they do. Without the ability to keep their trading strategies confidential, hedge funds argue they would not be able generate the impressive returns that keep them in business. And so when the …