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Investor Protection and Interest Group Politics
The Program on Corporate Governance has recently issued as a discussion paper my piece, co-authored with Zvika Neeman, entitled Investor Protection and Interest Group Politics. We develop in this paper a framework for analyzing how interest group politics influence investor protection levels...

A Quick-and-Dirty Empirical Defense of Prediction Markets:
From the comments, it seems that some readers would find empirical evidence more persuasive than theoretical arguments. Consider the figure below. It aggregates a total of 145,388 trades on Major League...

The Delaware Chancery Court and the Treatment of Institutional Investors: Portnoy v. Cryo Cell
While we continue to discuss the article by VC Strine and recently published in the Journal of Corporation Law, we are reminded of Portnoy v. Cryo-Cell, a case examined at some length on this Blog...

Did Mandatory Unbundling Achieve Its Purpose Empirical Evidence from Five Countries
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Jerry Hausman (Department of Economics - MIT) and Greg Sidak (Georgetown Law) ask Did Mandatory Unbundling Achieve Its Purpose? Empirical Evidence from Five Countries...

E-2 Treaty Investor Visa
You could qualify for an E-2 Treaty Investor Visa. First, the investor should be from a country that has a treaty of commerce and navigation or bilateral investment treaty with the U...

The Empirical Evidence on the Pass-Through of Firm-Specific Cost Changes to Prices: What Implications for Merger Reviews
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Simon Evenett, University of St. Gallen discusses The Empirical Evidence on the Pass-Through of Firm-Specific Cost Changes to Prices: What Implications for Merger Reviews? ABSTRACT: Mergers and acquisitions represent two important means by which resources...

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FDA Warns of Potentially Fatal Errors with GDH-PQQ Glucose Monitoring Technology
Glucose Monitoring Technology FDA Warns of Potentially Fatal Errors

Investor Fraud
Company president and director Gregory William Rivers to pay $10,000 shareholder fraud settlement.

TransUnion
Class action credit practices suit offers free credit monitoring services for millions.

Homelite, Husky and Black Max Generators Recalled
Homelite, Husky and Black Max Generators Recalled

Cipro
The FDA is seeking to add black box warnings of the risk of tendon rupture associated with Cipro and Levaquin. The ruptures can involve Achilles tendon, shoulder, hand, bicep or thumb tendons, and is especially increased in patients older than 60, or people who have received kidney, heart or lung transplants, as well as people on steroid therapy...

Black & Decker Coffeemakers Recalled Due to Burn Hazard
Black & Decker Coffeemakers Recalled Due to Burn Hazard