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Monthly Archives: August 2010

Extraterritorial Reach of U.S. Securities Laws: Debate Revived with Enactment of Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act.

By Santiago A. Cueto on Posted in International Litigation

 Another great article in the Harvard law School Forum of Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation. Contributor George Conway’s post, Extraterritoriality After Dodd-Frank, explains why now is a great time for “interested parties—such as the many amici curiae, foreign governments, who so emphatically urged the Supreme Court to reject extraterritoriality in National Australia—to make their views known once again,… Continue Reading

Harvard Study Explores Link Between Human Rights and Corporate Securities Law

By Santiago A. Cueto on Posted in Corporate Governance

Over at the Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance, there’s an insightful article on the results of a research project that examined whether and how corporate and securities law in more than 40 jurisdictions around the world currently fosters corporate respect for human rights.  It is believed to be the first in-depth, comparative study… Continue Reading