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04/23/2019

Check out this week's installment of Current Accounts, "Will the New Opportunity Zone Law Allow Investors to Have Their Cake and Eat It Too?," by Daniel Pessar!

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03/12/2019

Check out this week's post on Current Accounts, titled "Consequences of a Negotiated Departure for the Scope of Brexit Negotiations," by Elio Gaarthuis!

Current Accounts About Current Accounts Welcome to Current Accounts, the Harvard Business Law Review’s biweekly online blog that seeks to keep our readers up to date on key legal and business devel…

02/26/2019

Check out the second installment, "Climate Change Regulation, Stranded Assets, and American Investors" by Scott Looney, of our biweekly blog: Current Accounts!

Current Accounts About Current Accounts Welcome to Current Accounts, the Harvard Business Law Review’s biweekly online blog that seeks to keep our readers up to date on key legal and business devel…

02/14/2019

Our biweekly online blog—Current Accounts—is now live! Check out the first post, "An Introduction to California’s Consumer Privacy Act," by Daniel Moubayed:

Current Accounts About Current Accounts Welcome to Current Accounts, the Harvard Business Law Review’s biweekly online blog that seeks to keep our readers up to date on key legal and business devel…

04/05/2018

We are very pleased to announce the Board of Directors for Volume 9 of the Harvard Business Law Review:

• Presidents and Editors-in-Chief: Tracy Cui '19, Richad Hirani '19
• Managing Editors: Izaak Lustgarten '19, Isabel Pitaro '20
• Deputy Managing Editors: Daniel Moubayed '20, Oliver Paré '20
• Executive Submissions Editors: Zach Edelman '20, Aaron Fenton '19, Tammuz Huberman '19, Stephanie Mazursky '19
• Development Chair: Christopher Daniel Dotson '19
• Operations Chair: Carol Lin '19
• Communications Chair: Chloe Do '19
• Membership Chair: Helena Buitrago '19
• Sponsorship Co-Chairs: Mathieu Erramuzpe '19, Kristin Yeakel '20

Thank you to everyone who applied and we look forward to publishing Volume 9. Please make sure to check out our Online Content at www.hblr.org

04/04/2017

Read our newest article: Age Before Equity? Federal Regulatory Agency Disgorgement Actions and the Statute of Limitations.

This Article argues that the Supreme Court in Kokesh v. SEC should hold that the statute of limitations categorically applies to actions seeking confiscation of funds for past regulatory infractions, regardless of whether the government seeks the funds through forfeiture or disgorgement.

Argument on Kokesh v. SEC before the Supreme Court takes place on April 18, 2017.

http://www.hblr.org/2017/04/age-before-equity-federal-regulatory-agency-disgorgement-actions-and-the-statute-of-limitations/

Download PDF Michael Columbo and Allison Davis† I. Introduction At what point may a person rest assured that the government will not confiscate her money due to a past alleged regulat…

12/09/2016

Read one of our newest articles for Volume 7:
Bitcoin and Virtual Currencies: Welcome to Your Regulator
by Matthew Kluchenek

This article reviews the CFTC's jurisdiction over Bitcoin and other virtual currencies.

http://www.hblr.org/2016/12/bitcoin-and-virtual-currencies-welcome-to-your-regulator/

12/09/2016

Read one of our newest articles for Volume 7:
Increased Antitrust Merger Enforcement: Considerations For Your Next Deal
by Michael B. Bernstein, Justin P. Hedge, and Francesca Pisano

This article argues reviews the trends that have emerged in federal antitrust merger enforcement and discusses some key differences between deals that have been cleared and those that have faced government opposition.

http://www.hblr.org/2016/12/increased-antitrust-merger-enforcement-considerations-for-your-next-deal/

12/09/2016

Read one of our newest articles for Volume 7:
A Federal Fiduciary Standard Under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940: A Refinement for the Protection of Private Funds
by Tyler Kirk.

This article argues that an investment adviser’s liability under section 206 should be determined under a federally established uniform framework, and should not be contingent upon the application of state fiduciary law.

http://www.hblr.org/2016/12/a-federal-fiduciary-standard-under-the-investment-advisers-act-of-1940-a-refinement-for-the-protection-of-private-funds/

08/11/2016

Read our newest article by Benjamin Lo arguing for continued SEC regulation of P2P lending.

http://www.hblr.org/2016/08/it-aint-broke-the-case-for-continued-sec-regulation-of-p2p-lending/

Download PDF Benjamin Lo† Introductory Note In 2008, the Securities and Exchange Commission made waves by deciding to regulate the nascent peer-to-peer lending industry. Only two lending platforms …

03/29/2016

Read our newest article by Jim Hawkins responding to an article by Eric J. Chang about restoring price-competition to payday loans.

http://www.hblr.org/2016/03/can-voluntary-price-disclosures-fix-the-payday-lending-market/

Jim Hawkins: Eric J. Chang’s provocative article, www.PayDayLoans.gov: A Solution for Restoring Price-Competition to Short-Term Credit Loans—which, as…

03/28/2016

Read our newest article by James W. Giddens discussing practical solutions to the problem of executive liability at major financial institutions.

http://www.hblr.org/2016/03/king-henry-ii-and-the-global-financial-crisis/

James W. Giddens: A significant portion of the failure that fueled the 2008 financial crisis has been attributed to a systemic lapse in senior executive oversight at the major financial institutions. Notwithstanding this failure, these executives have not been held personal liable for their “King He…