Harvard Business Law Review (HBLR)

The Harvard Business Law Review (HBLR) aims to be the premier journal covering the laws of business organization and capital markets. HBLR will publish articles from professors, practitioners, and policymakers on corporate law and governance, securities and capital markets law, financial regulation and financial institutions, law and finance, financial distress and bankruptcy, and related subjects.

Dodd-Frank Anniversary

The SEC’s New Dodd-Frank Advisers Act Rulemaking: An Analysis of the SEC’s Implementation of Title IV of the Dodd-Frank Act

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Download PDF Kenneth W. Muller, Jay G. Baris and Seth Chertok* The Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (the “Advisers Act”) requires “investment advisers” within the meaning of the Advisers Act with assets under management (“AUM”) in excess of the new statutory … [Read more...] about The SEC’s New Dodd-Frank Advisers Act Rulemaking: An Analysis of the SEC’s Implementation of Title IV of the Dodd-Frank Act

Dodd-Frank at One Year: Growing Pains

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Download PDF J.C. Boggs, Melissa Foxman, and Kathleen Nahill* Addressing a joint session of Congress for the first time in February 2009, President Obama asked Congress to “put in place tough, new common-sense rules of the road so that our financial market rewards drive and … [Read more...] about Dodd-Frank at One Year: Growing Pains

Regulating Payday Loans: Why This Should Make the CFPB’S Short List

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Download PDF Nathalie Martin* In response to the nation’s biggest financial challenge since the depression,[1] Congress enacted the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the “Act”),[2] which in turn created the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (the … [Read more...] about Regulating Payday Loans: Why This Should Make the CFPB’S Short List

The SEC’s Whistleblower Program: What the SEC Has Learned from the False Claims Act about Avoiding Whistleblower Abuses

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Download PDF Douglas W. Baruch* and Nancy N. Barr** Introduction The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act’s (“Dodd-Frank Act”) sweeping overhaul of the financial system now requires the SEC to pay substantial monetary awards to whistleblowers who … [Read more...] about The SEC’s Whistleblower Program: What the SEC Has Learned from the False Claims Act about Avoiding Whistleblower Abuses

Debit Interchange Regulation: Another Battle or the End of the War?

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Download PDF Stacie E. McGinn and Mark Chorazak* As one governor of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “Board” or “Federal Reserve”) recently observed, “the financial crisis spawned or strengthened many reform agendas—among them consumer protection, … [Read more...] about Debit Interchange Regulation: Another Battle or the End of the War?