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Commissioner Peirce Blasts SEC for Lack of Public Engagement

Reynolds Holding

People routinely approach the staff with questions about how the law applies to their unique facts and circumstances. Countless people have told me that they used to feel comfortable coming in and speaking with the Commission and its staff, but no more. We are scaring people off from coming in and having a conversation with us.

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How Directors’ Oversight Duties and Liability under Caremark Are Evolving

Reynolds Holding

But in recent cases, the Delaware court appears to recognize that these enhanced oversight duties should be imposed when society has a strong interest in deterring misconduct because, for example, the violation risks serious personal injury or death to multiple people. See Jennifer Arlen & William J. Mark Ramseyer ed.,

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SEC Commissioner Peirce on Flaws in New Clawback Rules

Reynolds Holding

Nor did Congress, in adopting this provision, prohibit us from using our exemptive authority under Section 36 of the Ex[link] Act, which allows the Commission to tailor the implementing regulations if doing so is “necessary or appropriate in the public interest, and is consistent with the protection of investors.” [2] 2] 15 U.S.C.

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A Return to Teaching: The Spring 2023 Edition

Musings on Markets

Have fun : If you look at the joy that young children show when they learn something new, it is obvious that human beings enjoy learning (though our education systems are often designed to stamp out that joy). It is ironic, and perhaps telling, that our understanding of statistics seems to have hit rock bottom in the age of big data.

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Let’s Stop Treating Crypto as If It Were Finance

Reynolds Holding

It is important not to let those advocating for crypto trading to be treated as financial services cloud our view of this critical categorical distinction. Even the people doing the trading are often the same. 3] See, e.g., The Crypto Innovation Council. The answer is simple. Available at: [link] (Accessed: November 27, 2022).

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Do We Need a Restatement of the Law of Corporate Governance?

Reynolds Holding

11] So the project has a lot of momentum and a lot of powerful individuals with a stake in seeing the project come to fruition. 12] Granted, many people are not very good at ignoring sunk costs. [13] 1] See Principles of Corporate Governance and Structure: Restatement and Recommendations viii (Am. 10] See id. 11] See id.

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How Does Delaware Do It? Judges Alone Don’t Explain Chancery’s Speed

Reynolds Holding

First, the network is a single component with little clustering within it— e.g., we do not see discrete sub-communities in the network. One isn’t just litigating with the same handful of people over and over again. Second, by shining a light on the learning system we see in Chancery, we can see whether it exists elsewhere.