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Strengthening Financial Reporting: An Essay On Expanding The Auditor’S Opinion Letter, James D. Cox Duke Law

Strengthening Financial Reporting: An Essay On Expanding The Auditor’S Opinion Letter, James D. Cox

Faculty Scholarship

Users of financial statements, foremost of which are investors, have a voracious appetite for information that better enables them to assess the financial position and performance of the reporting firm. Even though financial statements purport to address their needs, because the statements, which are prepared by the firm’s managers, conceal a range of managerial estimates, assumptions, judgments, and choices, investors are deprived of the most fundamental kernel of information they seek, namely the overall quality of the financial reports themselves. In this Article, the author sets forth several modest steps that would enhance the overall quality of financial reporting ...


United States National Report On Tax Privacy, Joshua D. Blank NELLCO

United States National Report On Tax Privacy, Joshua D. Blank

New York University Law and Economics Working Papers

This National Report was prepared for a conference titled “Tax Secrecy and Tax Transparency - The Relevance of Confidentiality in Tax Law", which took place in July 2012 in Rust, Austria and was co-hosted by the Institute for Austrian and International Tax Law at the Vienna University of Economics and Business and by Örebro University, Sweden. The Report describes the current tax privacy protections that apply to taxpayers in the United States and provides an overview of the policy considerations that have contributed to their enactment. Portions of this Report were originally published, in part, in Joshua D. Blank, In Defense ...


Western Investment Hedged Partners L.P. V. Sunset Financial Resources, Inc.: Exercising Control Of Corporate Machinery Through A Manipulative Democracy, Matthew G. Laver University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law

Western Investment Hedged Partners L.P. V. Sunset Financial Resources, Inc.: Exercising Control Of Corporate Machinery Through A Manipulative Democracy, Matthew G. Laver

Journal of Business & Technology Law

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Shutting The Door On Pension Fund Investment In Hedge Funds - Protecting Investors That Need Protection, Jonathan H. Bliley University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law

Shutting The Door On Pension Fund Investment In Hedge Funds - Protecting Investors That Need Protection, Jonathan H. Bliley

Journal of Business & Technology Law

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The Sarbanes-Oxley Act Of 2002: Setting A Baseline For The Adoption Of Enterprise Ethics, Dean Krehmeyer University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act Of 2002: Setting A Baseline For The Adoption Of Enterprise Ethics, Dean Krehmeyer

Journal of Business & Technology Law

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Culture Is The Key To Employee Adherence To Corporate Codes Of Ethics, Lisa Hope Nicholson University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law

Culture Is The Key To Employee Adherence To Corporate Codes Of Ethics, Lisa Hope Nicholson

Journal of Business & Technology Law

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Sarbanes-Oxley's Insight: The Role Of Distrust, Renee M. Jones University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law

Sarbanes-Oxley's Insight: The Role Of Distrust, Renee M. Jones

Journal of Business & Technology Law

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Corporate Ethics In A Devilish System, Kent Greenfield University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law

Corporate Ethics In A Devilish System, Kent Greenfield

Journal of Business & Technology Law

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The Impact Of The Sarbanes-Oxley Act On Non-Shareholder Constituents: A Silver Lining, But Will It Endure?, Lisa M. Fairfax University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law

The Impact Of The Sarbanes-Oxley Act On Non-Shareholder Constituents: A Silver Lining, But Will It Endure?, Lisa M. Fairfax

Journal of Business & Technology Law

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Sarbanes-Oxley Turns Six: An Enforcement Perspective, Linda Chatman Thomsen, Donna Norman University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law

Sarbanes-Oxley Turns Six: An Enforcement Perspective, Linda Chatman Thomsen, Donna Norman

Journal of Business & Technology Law

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The Future Of Enterprise Regulation: Corporate Social Accountability And Human Freedom, Lindsay J. Thompson University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law

The Future Of Enterprise Regulation: Corporate Social Accountability And Human Freedom, Lindsay J. Thompson

Journal of Business & Technology Law

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Sarbanes-Oxley Act Of 2002 Five Years On: What Have We Learned?, Catherine Shakespeare University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law

Sarbanes-Oxley Act Of 2002 Five Years On: What Have We Learned?, Catherine Shakespeare

Journal of Business & Technology Law

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Corporate Ethics, Agency, And The Theory Of The Firm, Robert J. Rhee University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law

Corporate Ethics, Agency, And The Theory Of The Firm, Robert J. Rhee

Journal of Business & Technology Law

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How Do Securities Laws Influence Affect, Happiness, & Trust?, Peter H. Huang University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law

How Do Securities Laws Influence Affect, Happiness, & Trust?, Peter H. Huang

Journal of Business & Technology Law

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The Changing Atmospherics Of Corporate Crime Sentencing In The Post-Sarbanes-Oxley Act Era, Peter J. Henning University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law

The Changing Atmospherics Of Corporate Crime Sentencing In The Post-Sarbanes-Oxley Act Era, Peter J. Henning

Journal of Business & Technology Law

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Does Sarbanes-Oxley Foster The Existence Of Ethical Executive Role Models In The Corporation?, Joan MacLeod Heminway University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law

Does Sarbanes-Oxley Foster The Existence Of Ethical Executive Role Models In The Corporation?, Joan Macleod Heminway

Journal of Business & Technology Law

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Sarbanes-Oxley, Kermit The Frog, And Competition Regarding Audit Quality, Matthew J. Barrett University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law

Sarbanes-Oxley, Kermit The Frog, And Competition Regarding Audit Quality, Matthew J. Barrett

Journal of Business & Technology Law

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Building The House On A Weak Foundation: Edenfield V. Fane And The Current State Of The Commercial Speech Doctrine, Dennis William Bishop Pepperdine University

Building The House On A Weak Foundation: Edenfield V. Fane And The Current State Of The Commercial Speech Doctrine, Dennis William Bishop

Pepperdine Law Review

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Improving Charitable Accountability , James J. Fishman University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law

Improving Charitable Accountability , James J. Fishman

Maryland Law Review

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