Volume 7, Issue 1 (Fall 2010)

ACADEMIC ARTICLES

 

CDO Ratings and Systemic Instability: Causes and Cure

John Crawford

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The Performance Disclosures of Credit Rating Agencies: Are They Effective Reputational Sanctions?

Lynn Bai

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Financial Reform and the Subsidization of Sophisticated Investors’ Ignorance in Securitization Markets

Robert A. Brown

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PRACTITIONER NOTES

 

Dodd-Frank: Derivatives as Credit Extensions of Banks

Bradley K. Sabel, Gregg L. Rozansky

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(Mis)Judging Intent: The Fundamental Attribution Error in Federal Securities Law

Victor D. Quintanilla

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The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act in Merger and Acquisition Transactions: Successor Liability and Its Consequences

Daniel J. Grimm

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STUDENT NOTES

 

Duty to Creditors in Insolvency and the Zone of Insolvency: Delaware and the Alternatives

Neil Ruben

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“It’s All Just a Little Bit of History Repeating:” An Examination of the Chrysler and GM Bankruptcies and Their Implications for Future Chapter 11 Reorganizations

Benjamin A. Berringer

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Textron: The False Choice Between Financial Transparency and Litigant Confidentiality 

Chris Jung