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.

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The Private Role in Public Fracturing Disclosure and Regulation

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Download PDF Hannah J. Wiseman* Abstract: Recent domestic growth in oil and gas natural gas production from shales and sandstones called “tight” formations—largely enabled by a modified technology called slickwater hydraulic fracturing—has driven both economic growth and … [Read more...] about The Private Role in Public Fracturing Disclosure and Regulation

America’s Natural Gas: From Shale Gas to LNG Exports

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Download PDF Susan L. Sakmar* According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) Annual Energy Outlook 2012, U.S. natural gas production is expected to increase almost twenty-nine percent from 21.6 trillion cubic feet in 2010 to 27.9 trillion cubic feet in … [Read more...] about America’s Natural Gas: From Shale Gas to LNG Exports

SPACs and the JOBS Act

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Download PDF Usha Rodrigues † Public Inroads in Private Equity The law has long confined the average investor to trading in public securities[1] while allowing wealthy—or “accredited”[2]—individual investors access to a panoply of private securities, including investment … [Read more...] about SPACs and the JOBS Act

The Lessons from Libor for Detection and Deterrence of Cartel Wrongdoing

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Download PDF Rosa M. Abrantes-Metz* and D. Daniel Sokol ** In late June 2012, Barclays entered a $453 million settlement with U.K. and U.S. regulators due to its manipulation of the London Interbank Offered Rate (Libor) between 2005 and 2009.[1] The Department of Justice … [Read more...] about The Lessons from Libor for Detection and Deterrence of Cartel Wrongdoing

Complexity of Regulation

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Download PDF Chester S. Spatt† It is a great pleasure to provide keynote remarks at this weekend’s conference on “Complexity and Change in Financial Regulation” at the Harvard Law School. In my comments tonight I will try to build from my experiences as a former Chief … [Read more...] about Complexity of Regulation