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.

Volume 6

It Ain’t Broke: The Case For Continued SEC Regulation of P2P Lending

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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 survived the SEC’s entry into a previously lightly-regulated market. Under … [Read more...] about It Ain’t Broke: The Case For Continued SEC Regulation of P2P Lending

Memorandum to the Compliance Counsel, United States Department of Justice

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Download PDF Jonathan J. Rusch† Introductory Note Since 1977, with the enactment of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the United States Department of Justice has played a leading role with the Securities and Exchange Commission in applying the Act’s anti-bribery, books … [Read more...] about Memorandum to the Compliance Counsel, United States Department of Justice

Can Voluntary Price Disclosures Fix the Payday Lending Market?

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Download PDF Jim Hawkins† I.          Introduction Eric J. Chang’s provocative article, www.PayDayLoans.gov: A Solution for Restoring Price-Competition to Short-Term Credit Loans, offers a simple, market-based solution to the fundamental problem in payday lending … [Read more...] about Can Voluntary Price Disclosures Fix the Payday Lending Market?

King Henry II and the Global Financial Crisis

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Download PDF James W. Giddens† I.          Introduction “Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest!” lamented King Henry II, which to his purported surprise led four knights to murder Thomas Becket, the Archbishop of Canterbury.[1] To the knights, the King’s wishes … [Read more...] about King Henry II and the Global Financial Crisis

The Role of Section 20(b) in Securities Litigation

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Download PDF William D. Roth* I.          Introduction In May 2014, Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair, Mary Jo White, announced that the SEC would pursue actions under Section 20(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, which broadly prohibits violating … [Read more...] about The Role of Section 20(b) in Securities Litigation