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In 1975, Congress passed the Securities Acts Amendments of 1975 (1975 Amendments), which enacted wholesale changes to the federal securities laws. One particular area of focus was the US equity [...]

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) staff report focused on issues such as mutual funds' use of brokerage commissions to compensate dealers for sales of mutual fund shares. The report [...]

On March 28, 2003, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) published notice of a proposed rule change filed by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (NASD). [Securities Exch. Act [...]

SEC Publishes Notice of NASD Proposed Amendments to Rules Governing Member Communications On December 20, 2001, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) published notice of a proposed rule change filed [...]

In 1977, Professor Grant Gilmore wrote that '[G]etting a statute enacted in the first place is much easier than getting the statute revised so that it will make sense in [...]

SEC Proposes Revisions to Investment Company Advertising Rules On May 17, 2002, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) published a release proposing extensive amendments to its rules under the Securities [...]

Marketing and Distributions Developments Dechert LLP --Washington, DC AIMR Proposes Trade Management Guidelines On November 12, 2001, the Association for Investment Management and Research (AIMR) published proposed Trade Management Guidelines [...]

An introduction is presented to articles within this special issue on the U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts' tenure from 2005 through 2015, including the legal judgments against progressivism, the cases which the court hears and the U.S. 2016 presidential election's impact on the Court.

The article focuses on trauma and violence in students during education. Topics discussed include example of 18-yeras old Kimberly Cervantes, student at American Career College in Long Beach, California, who has witnessed for violence; views of Robert Hull, a school psychologist in Prince George's County, Maryland, on the impact of trauma on brain and childhood development and side effects of truama such as depression and anxiety.

The article covers a public opinion poll in German and France which found that 51 percent of Germans support Greece's exit, or "Grexit," from the European Union while 45 percent of French citizens support the same measure.

The article offers information on the Our Revolution is an American progressive political action organization spun out of Senator Bernie Sanders's 2016 presidential campaign to continue its work. It reports that the organization's mission is to educate voters about issues, get people involved in the political process, and work to organize and elect progressive candidates.

The article offers information on the financial support from the supporters of Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders for building a government that's responsive to the needs of the American people, not the demands and interests of wealthy donors. Topics include organizing canvassing, phone-banking and voter registration drives by Sanders supporters; building pro-Sanders groups like Grassroots Select for fundraising for political campaigning; and support from messaging firm Reddit.

The article discusses political revolution brought by Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders prior to 2016 Presidential election. Topics include autonomous grassroots organizations campaigning for Sanders, role of People's Revolution, business consultant, and economic justice movements such as Black Youth Project 100 (BYP100), an activist member-based organization of Black.

The article offers information on registration of Mariano Laboy, Puerto Rico native for presidential campaign in the U.S. who joins U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders' political campaign, after he was impressed with Sanders' push for free higher education. It informs that Laboy is working hard to work registering low-income students and other new voters so as to give Sanders a boost in New York's April 19, 2016 election.

The article reports on the protest held by the affordable housing advocate Crown Height Tenant Union (CHTU) calling for collective bargaining agreements between tenants and landlords in New York. It highlights the union's belief that the problem in the state's affordable housing regulations is the lack of power of tenants to ensure the implementations of the laws. Details about the major goal of CHTU and the collective bargaining model it promotes are offered.

The article focuses on the realities surrounding Cuba. Topics discussed include the author's experience of traveling to Cuba to understand its different approach to address injustices, what most Americans think of Cuba, and Cuba's reputation as an economy since the late 1990s. It also emphasizes the radical disparity between the background of an American and that of the average Cuban and the author's commitment to shift his perspective to make a meaningful change in the way he views Cuba.

The article discusses the announcement of a pilot program by the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to open mini-post offices within the office supply chain store, Staples, and staffing of Staples postal desks with Staples employees who earns 8.55 U.S. dollars per hour as per the website Glassdoor.com.

The article discusses the annual corporate shareholder meeting of the American retailing company Wal-Mart Stores Inc., in Fayetteville, Arkansas in June 2014.