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Archive : March 2012

March 20, 2012

Ten Years After: Time Thievery at FASB and IASB

Oscar Wilde once said, "Punctuality is the thief of time." A decade after U.S. and international rulemakers in accounting made their initial, formal vow to try to converge on standards, those standard-setters have struggled mightily to stay on schedules they have set for themselves. They have seen time get stolen away.

March 7, 2012

Despite SEC’s Protests to the Contrary, Has Judge Rakoff Set a New “Public Interest” Standard for Settlements?

On November 28, 2011, Judge Jed Rakoff roundly rebuked the Securities and Exchange Commission for neglecting its statutory mission and refused to serve as a “handmaiden” at the “whim” of the regulatory agency.