September 07, 2023

What you missed in August!

Welcome back! We hope you got some well-deserved rest during August and over the Labor Day weekend. Lots happened during that time that we didn’t want you to miss so here’s some…

May 03, 2023

ESG Market Regulation Will Help Protect Investors

Stephen Hall, our legal director and securities specialist, spoke at the CFA Institute Climate Risk and Returns Conference this April. Steve’s panel explored how public policymakers, corporations, the…

December 26, 2022

FTX’s Penetration of the CFTC by a Revolving Door Hiring Spree of Former CFTC Officials

The number one priority of FTX and its former CEO Sam Bankman Fried (SBF) was to get the weakest, least funded, easiest to penetrate, and most capturable regulator put in charge…

July 28, 2022

Everything You Need to Know About the Federal Reserve Trading Scandal

Exposing Pandemic Profiteering at American’s Central Bank, Leadership Failures & Cover Up As hundreds of thousands of Americans were dying and tens of millions were being thrown out of work due to…

March 23, 2022

The Dangerous Allure of Unbound Innovation

A mildly amusing truism in football is that, often, “[n]o player is more popular on a team than the backup quarterback.”  In other words, football fans (particularly of lousy teams) are…

February 24, 2022

Actions in the Federal Courts – February 2022 Update

Spotlight on the Supreme Court Every term, the U.S. Supreme Court decides cases addressing not just major social policies such as abortion and gun control but also financial and economic issues…

January 27, 2022

Cases of Interest in the Federal Courts

We continue to track a number of other cases pending in the federal courts that involve key issues in the areas of financial regulation, administrative law, and standing, all of which affect…

January 20, 2022

Biden’s First Year Down—Three Years of Opportunities Remain

As we said at the beginning of 2021, President Biden’s first term is going to be over before you know it and one quarter of it already is. While much has been…

January 05, 2022

December 2021 Hill Update

2021: Biden Administration Staffs Up the Agencies One of the most important ways that an incoming President can shape public policy is through the appointments of regulators to important positions in Washington.