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Regulating Strategic Sovereign Wealth, Paul Rose
Regulating Strategic Sovereign Wealth, Paul Rose
BYU Law Review
In an era of ascendant globalization, sovereign wealth funds were used by governments around the world – and, in particular, by governments with massive natural resource wealth or balance-of-trade surpluses – to invest widely in foreign markets. Sovereign wealth funds were products of the international economic order then in existence, adapted to a political and economic environment in which borders could be easily crossed and foreign assets seemed abundant and easily acquired. After the Financial Crisis, and with the increasing nationalization seen in the 2010s, this environment began to change. Both domestic and international forces spurred the development of new, …
Scaling Daos Through Fiduciary Duties, Alex Dolphin
Scaling Daos Through Fiduciary Duties, Alex Dolphin
BYU Law Review
DAOs (Decentralized Autonomous Organizations) are a unique type of business organization due in large part to their directly democratic governance structure. Owners of DAOs, “tokenholders,” do not delegate control to a board or a general partner. Rather, tokenholders directly control a DAO and must approve every action that a DAO takes. Because tokenholders do not delegate control to an agent, the principal-agent problem is tempered in DAOs. The principal-agent problem is the basis for the fiduciary duties that govern traditional business organizations. These fiduciary duties are meant to prevent agents entrusted with power by their principals from self-dealing. Some have …
Nontraditional Investors, Jennifer S. Fan
Nontraditional Investors, Jennifer S. Fan
BYU Law Review
In recent years, nontraditional investors have become a major player in the startup ecosystem. Under the regulatory regime of U.S. securities law, those in the public realm are heavily regulated, while those in the private realm are largely left alone. This public-private divide, which is a fundamental organizing principle of securities law, has eroded with the rise of nontraditional investors. While legal scholars have addressed the impact of some of these nontraditional investors individually, their collective impact on deal terms, deal timelines, due diligence, and board configuration has not been discussed in a holistic manner; neither has their impact on …
Corruption In University Admissions And The Administrative Allocation Of Scarce Goods, L. Burke Files, Roger E. Meiners, Andrew P. Morriss
Corruption In University Admissions And The Administrative Allocation Of Scarce Goods, L. Burke Files, Roger E. Meiners, Andrew P. Morriss
BYU Law Review
The Varsity Blues investigation uncovered a seamy side of university admissions. Multiple wealthy parents were indicted for securing their children s admission to selective institutions through bribery. Despite the publicity the indictments and guilty pleas received, and the public schadenfreude over the sight of celebrities being arrested, the investigation is most notable for what it did not do: it did not deploy the federal government's arsenal of anti-money laundering and anti-corruption tools against the universities involved. This represents a significant missed opportunity to address the serious problems that arise from rationing access to selective institutions via opaque, easily manipulated admissions …
The Case For Empowering Quality Shareholders, Lawrence A. Cunningham
The Case For Empowering Quality Shareholders, Lawrence A. Cunningham
BYU Law Review
Anyone can buy stock in a public company, but not all shareholders are equally committed to a company’s long-term success. In an increasingly fragmented financial world, shareholders’ attitudes toward the companies in which they invest vary widely, from time horizon to conviction. Faced with indexers, short-term traders, and activists, it is more important than ever for businesses to ensure that their shareholders are dedicated to their missions. Today’s companies need "quality shareholders," as Warren Buffett called those who "load up and stick around," or buy large stakes and hold for long periods.
While scholars in recent years have extensively debated …
Utility Token Offerings: Can A Security Transform Into A Non-Security?, Scott W. Maughan
Utility Token Offerings: Can A Security Transform Into A Non-Security?, Scott W. Maughan
BYU Law Review
No abstract provided.
Challenging Payday Lenders By Opening Up The Market For Small-Dollar Loans, Eliza Platts-Mills, Justin Chung
Challenging Payday Lenders By Opening Up The Market For Small-Dollar Loans, Eliza Platts-Mills, Justin Chung
Brigham Young University Journal of Public Law
“Why hasn’t someone else stepped in to lend at lower interest rates?” is the question frequently asked in discussions of payday loans. The average payday loan carries an Annual Percentage Rate (APR) of over 300%. Given the strength of th e payday lenders lobby at the federal and state level, one way to help low- and moderate-income households escape the financial harms of pa yday loans is to encourage other lenders to enter the small-dollar loan market and offer more affordable products. Over the past ten years, an array of affordable small-dollar loan programs offered by banks, credit unions, non-profit …
Challenging Payday Lenders By Opening Up The Market For Small-Dollar Loans, Rex E. Lee
Challenging Payday Lenders By Opening Up The Market For Small-Dollar Loans, Rex E. Lee
Brigham Young University Journal of Public Law
“Why hasn’t someone else stepped in to lend at lower interest rates?” is the question frequently asked in discussions of payday loans. The average payday loan carries an Annual Percentage Rate (APR) of over 300%. Given the strength of th e payday lenders lobby at the federal and state level, one way to help low- and moderate-income households escape the financial harms of pa yday loans is to encourage other lenders to enter the small-dollar loan market and offer more affordable products. Over the past ten years, an array of affordable small-dollar loan programs offered by banks, credit unions, non-profit …
Courts As Information Intermediaries: A Case Study Of Sovereign Debt Disputes, Sadie Blanchard
Courts As Information Intermediaries: A Case Study Of Sovereign Debt Disputes, Sadie Blanchard
BYU Law Review
When foreign sovereigns default on their debt, creditors sometimes sue them. These creditors are sophisticated actors, and they know that if they sue, courts can do little to force a sovereign to satisfy a judgment. Why do they sue? This Article argues that these creditors sue because they use litigation to produce information about the debtor state or its government that induces third parties to sanction or refuse to deal with the state or the government. The ability to produce such information strengthens the litigating creditors’ bargaining position in settlement negotiations. Courts thus serve as information intermediaries that strengthen reputational …
Holding Investment Bankers Liable For Aiding And Abetting Corporate Directors: The Under-Deterrent, Maren Worley
Holding Investment Bankers Liable For Aiding And Abetting Corporate Directors: The Under-Deterrent, Maren Worley
Brigham Young University Journal of Public Law
No abstract provided.
The Other Eighty Percent: Private Investment Funds, International Tax Avoidance, And Tax-Exempt Investors, Omri Marian
The Other Eighty Percent: Private Investment Funds, International Tax Avoidance, And Tax-Exempt Investors, Omri Marian
BYU Law Review
The taxation of private equity managers’ share of funds’ profits—the twenty percent “carried interest”—received much attention in academic literature and popular discourse. Much has been said and written about the fact that fund managers’ profits are taxed at preferred rates. But what about the other eighty percent of funds’ profits? This Article theorizes that the bulk of such profits are never taxed. This is a result of a combination of three factors: First, private equity, venture capital, and hedge funds (collectively, Private Investment Funds, or “PIFs”) are major actors in cross-border investment activity. This enables PIFs to take advantage of …
Misaligned Interests In Private Equity, Jarrod Shobe
Misaligned Interests In Private Equity, Jarrod Shobe
BYU Law Review
This Article examines the unique set of agency costs that arise from the separation of ownership and control in private equity funds. These funds operate without significant regulatory or legislative oversight. Instead, they are governed primarily by contractual arrangements between investors and managers that are poorly understood by legal scholars. This Article looks into the black box of these internal arrangements to provide a broad analysis of whether and how these contracts align or misalign the interests of investors and managers. It turns out that the compensation of managers, which is commonly thought to serve as the most powerful tool …
Trusts No More: Rethinking The Regulation Of Retirement Savings In The United States, Natalya Shnitser
Trusts No More: Rethinking The Regulation Of Retirement Savings In The United States, Natalya Shnitser
BYU Law Review
The regulation of private and public pension plans in the United States begins with the premise that employer-sponsored plans resemble traditional donative, or gift, trusts. Accordingly, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) famously “imports” major principles of donative trust law for the regulation of private employer-sponsored pension plans. Statutes regulating state and local government pension plans likewise routinely invoke the structure and standards applicable to donative trusts. Judges, in turn, adjudicate by analogy to the common law trust.
This Article identifies the flaws in the analogy and analyzes the shortcomings of a regulatory framework that, despite dramatic …
Surveillant And Counselor: A Reorientation In Compliance For Broker-Dealers, James A. Fanto
Surveillant And Counselor: A Reorientation In Compliance For Broker-Dealers, James A. Fanto
BYU Law Review
This Article argues that the compliance officer should play a major role in the ongoing reform of broker-dealers and other financial firms. This role is facilitated by the fact that compliance is now well established and accepted and compliance officers are close to decision making at all levels of a firm. The contention is that the role of compliance must be rethought and reoriented if it is to contribute fully to the reform. Compliance officers now ensure that the firms and their employees comply with the numerous laws and regulations governing them and their activities, primarily by producing and then …
Innovations In The War On Tax Evasion, Tracy A. Kaye
Innovations In The War On Tax Evasion, Tracy A. Kaye
BYU Law Review
Offshore tax evasion is a global problem that requires a global solution. Nevertheless, the United States unilaterally responded to the offshore tax evasion problem by enacting the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act. FATCA requires foreign banks to report information about financial accounts held by U.S. taxpayers directly to the Internal Revenue Service and imposes a thirty percent withholding tax on certain U.S. payments to any bank that will not cooperate. Yet, U.S. banks were not required to report any information on nonresident account holders (except for Canadians) to anyone. FATCA garnered worldwide attention. The European Union expressed its concerns to …
Effect Of United States V. Williams On The Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program, Steven Ferraro
Effect Of United States V. Williams On The Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program, Steven Ferraro
Brigham Young University International Law & Management Review
No abstract provided.
Project Finance Investors: Solution To Populismo, Jenny Small
Project Finance Investors: Solution To Populismo, Jenny Small
Brigham Young University International Law & Management Review
No abstract provided.
As Greece Goes, So Goes The E.U.: Defending Europe With A Sovereign Debt Restructuring Framework, Elizabeth H. Dahill
As Greece Goes, So Goes The E.U.: Defending Europe With A Sovereign Debt Restructuring Framework, Elizabeth H. Dahill
Brigham Young University International Law & Management Review
No abstract provided.
Foreign Direct Investment In Post-War Iraq: An Investor's Introductory Guide To The Legal Framework, Jordan E. Toone
Foreign Direct Investment In Post-War Iraq: An Investor's Introductory Guide To The Legal Framework, Jordan E. Toone
Brigham Young University International Law & Management Review
No abstract provided.
The Regulation Of U.S. Money Market Funds: Lessons From Europe, Latoya Brown
The Regulation Of U.S. Money Market Funds: Lessons From Europe, Latoya Brown
Brigham Young University International Law & Management Review
No abstract provided.
Regulating Short Selling In Europe After The Crisis, Rodolphe B. Elineau
Regulating Short Selling In Europe After The Crisis, Rodolphe B. Elineau
Brigham Young University International Law & Management Review
No abstract provided.
Dictionaries Fail: The Volcker Rule's Reliance On Definitions Renders It Ineffective And A New Solution Is Needed To Adequately Regulate Proprietary Trading, R. Rex Chatterjee
Dictionaries Fail: The Volcker Rule's Reliance On Definitions Renders It Ineffective And A New Solution Is Needed To Adequately Regulate Proprietary Trading, R. Rex Chatterjee
Brigham Young University International Law & Management Review
No abstract provided.
Separation Of Bank And State: Consolidating Bailed-Out Companies Into The U.S. Debt Ceiling And Government Financial Statements, J. W. Verret
BYU Law Review
No abstract provided.
The Ubs Case: The U.S. Attack On Swiss Banking Sovereignty, Beckett G. Cantley
The Ubs Case: The U.S. Attack On Swiss Banking Sovereignty, Beckett G. Cantley
Brigham Young University International Law & Management Review
No abstract provided.
Managerial Entrenchment And Shareholder Wealth Revisited: Theory And Evidence From A Recessionary Financial Market, Jay B. Kesten
Managerial Entrenchment And Shareholder Wealth Revisited: Theory And Evidence From A Recessionary Financial Market, Jay B. Kesten
BYU Law Review
No abstract provided.
Civil Liability For Misstatements In Offer Documents: Striking The Right Balance, Joanna Khoo
Civil Liability For Misstatements In Offer Documents: Striking The Right Balance, Joanna Khoo
Brigham Young University International Law & Management Review
No abstract provided.
The Global Financial Crisis And Proposed Regulatory Reform, Randall D. Guynn
The Global Financial Crisis And Proposed Regulatory Reform, Randall D. Guynn
BYU Law Review
No abstract provided.
"If You Poison Us Do We Not Die?" - A Critical Analysis Of The Legality Of Poison Puts In The Wake Of San Antonio Fire And Police Pension Fund V. Amylin, Inc., Marcus Kai Hintze
"If You Poison Us Do We Not Die?" - A Critical Analysis Of The Legality Of Poison Puts In The Wake Of San Antonio Fire And Police Pension Fund V. Amylin, Inc., Marcus Kai Hintze
BYU Law Review
No abstract provided.
Using Fair Return Prices To Assess The Value And Cost Of Financial Guarantees For New Nuclear Power Plants, Bernell K. Stone
Using Fair Return Prices To Assess The Value And Cost Of Financial Guarantees For New Nuclear Power Plants, Bernell K. Stone
Brigham Young University International Law & Management Review
No abstract provided.
Toxic Assets: Untangling The Web, Margarita S. Brose, Bill Niclos
Toxic Assets: Untangling The Web, Margarita S. Brose, Bill Niclos
Brigham Young University International Law & Management Review
No abstract provided.