Month: December 2008

During the current market crisis, SEC Chairman Cox has repeatedly called for Congress to give the Commission authority over credit default swaps and investment bank holding companies as discussed here. Credit default swaps – esoteric products that were largely unknown …

CDS: Are These The Only Financial Instruments That Require Regulation? Read More »

As the world pauses this week for the holidays, the markets continue to rock and reel from the on-going crisis of credit and confidence and the Madoff scandal. Wall Street and Main Street wonder how we got to this point. …

This Week In Securities Litigation (December 26, 2008) Read More »