• Home
  • About
  • ‘Enforcement 40’ for 2020
  • Webcasts
  • Enforcement Hall of Fame
  • Contact
Securities Docket
Experts in Risk
  • Class Actions
  • Criminal
  • Events
  • Features
  • Global
  • People
  • SEC
Browse: Home / Reform

Reform

The SEC’s Whistleblower Bounty Program Needs Reform | ThinkAdvisor

By Securities Docket on December 16, 2019, 9:49 am

However, encouraging more tips, rather than focusing on ways to improve the quality of the massive number of tips the SEC already receives, may bog down a program that already appears to struggle. As it happens, the SEC only investigates a small number of the tips it receives, and only an infinitesimal number of the […]

Posted in SEC, Top | Tagged Reform, Whistleblowers

Chubb Sounds Securities Litigation Alarm, Calls for Reform | The D&O Diary

By Securities Docket on June 11, 2019, 4:00 pm

In the face of these alarming trends, the report advocates a number of reforms. First and foremost, the report advocates Congressional enactment of legislation overturning Cyan. Companies, the study notes, “should not have to incur the risk and costs of defending themselves in two or more different courts simultaneously.” Congress, the report suggests, should adopt […]

Posted in Class Actions, Top | Tagged Reform

Volcker urges sweeping regulatory reform – MarketWatch

By Securities Docket on April 20, 2015, 6:39 pm

The report outlines “much-needed reform of the financial regulatory structure” and calls for urgency in implementing reforms. A major change the Volcker report advocates is combining the Securities and Exchange Commission, the main regulator of securities, and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, which oversees futures and options, into a new regulator designed to better protect […]

Posted in SEC, Top | Tagged CFTC, Reform

Reader Poll on Prof. Adam Pritchard's Securities Class Action Reform Initiative

Reader Poll on Prof. Adam Pritchard’s Securities Class Action Reform Initiative

By Securities Docket on December 4, 2008, 6:51 am

University of Michigan Law School Professor Adam Pritchard’s idea to reform securities class actions via shareholder proposal has moved from a purely academic discussion to the real world, and has been submitted to Alaska Air (details here). What are this proposal’s chances? Please click on the “Read full story” link below to vote.

Posted in Class Actions | Tagged Features, Polls, Reform

Prof. Adam Pritchard and Securities Class Action Reform: "The Revolution Has Begun (Maybe)"

Prof. Adam Pritchard and Securities Class Action Reform: “The Revolution Has Begun (Maybe)”

By Securities Docket on December 2, 2008, 1:13 pm

University of Michigan Law School Professor Adam Pritchard’s recent proposal to reform securities class actions via shareholder proposal has moved from a purely academic discussion to the real world.  Prof. Pritchard reports today that a shareholder in Alaska Air has submitted a proposal to the company under Rule 14a-8 to amend Alaska Air’s certificate of […]

Posted in Industry | Tagged Features, Reform | 3 Responses

Subscribe

‘Enforcement 40’ for 2020

The inside story behind the collapse of Queensland Nickel

Our Sponsors

Securities-Docket_260x125_14Sec Ankura 260x125

Join Us On LinkedIn

Join the Securities Litigation and Enforcement Group on LinkedIn

Archives

Copyright © 2023 Securities Docket.

  • Home
  • About
  • ‘Enforcement 40’ for 2020
  • Webcasts
  • Enforcement Hall of Fame
  • Contact
  • Criminal
  • Class Actions
  • Features
  • Global
  • People
  • SEC
  • Events