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