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By: Sam Lockwood, Class of 2028 Overview Quarterly earnings reports have long been the standard for U.S. corporate transparency. Since 1970, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has required publicly traded companies to release their financial statements quarterly on Form 10-Q. [1] However, the longstanding practice could soon change and have lasting impacts on investor sentiment and corporate governance. Chairman of the SEC Paul Atkins recently stated that the agenc

By: Dominic McDermott, Class of 2028 Introduction: Boeing Strikes Out On November 6, 2024, 33,000 Boeing machinists came back to work. Their 53-day strike was over, and with lopsided results: while the machinists achieved salary increases of 38%, their employer lost $12 billion. [1] [2] Losses like Boeing’s are common with labor strikes and can have lasting impacts on shareholder value. A typical recourse for shareholders looking to recover lost company value is shareholder

By: Aryn Chartock, Class of 2028 What is Corporate Governance? Corporate governance is the system of “rules, practices and procedures that guide, control and govern a company.” [1] It often involves the dynamics between a company’s management, board of directors, shareholders, and other stakeholders, with the goal of ensuring accountability and fairness within a company’s operations. [2] Historically, corporate governance evolved from simple, often informal arrangements wher

By: Cole Hammel, Class of 2028 Overview Mergers and acquisitions (“ M&A ”) are evolving rapidly in response to technological change. As transaction complexity and deal sizes grow, corporate law firms are turning to artificial intelligence (“ AI ”) tools to help with M&A due diligence, contract review, risk screening, and post-closing monitoring. The impetus is efficiency: what once required days or weeks of manual review can now be compressed into hours. For dealmakers and co

By: Karina Kohli, Class of 2028 Overview Hold off on packing for now because this airline just filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy. Spirit Aviation Holdings, Inc. (OTCMKTS: FLYYQ) (“Spirit”), parent company of Spirit Airlines, filed for its second Chapter 11 Bankruptcy on August 29, 2025, within less than a year of its original filing on November 18, 2024. [1] After a rocky landing when coming out of its first restructuring protection on March 13, 2025, the budget airline compan

By: Rohit Bachani, Class of 2028 Introduction In September 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) published a concept release to solicit comments as to whether the definition of “asset-backed security” (“ABS”) in Regulation AB should be expanded to match the definition under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Exchange Act”). [1] A concept release is an early-stage request for public input that generally informs the SEC’s development of a proposal to create o

By: Mathena Jencka, Class of 2027 Overview Peer-to-peer (“P2P”) payment systems and transactions have become second nature for many of...

By: Carter Laborde, Class of 2027   Introduction   In 2018, a New York court rejected a structured settlement transfer when a factoring...

By: Cael Willner, Class of 2027   Introduction Cryptocurrency and blockchain technologies have seen significant adoption by institutions...

By: Brian Isztwan, Class of 2027   Background & Updates Since Passage             The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) [1]  was passed by...

By: Mack Fisher, Class of 2027 Introduction   Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts introduced the Stop Wall Street Looting Act in...

By: Jake Haldeman, Class of 2027 Background             Approaching the final quarter of 2024, the beleaguered commercial real estate...

By: Kevin Tavolaro, Class of 2027 Background – Disney Story   In August of 2024, Disney faced waves of public backlash after details...

By: Mathena Jencka, Class of 2027 Introduction In 2017, President-elect Donald Trump signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), which is...

By: Lindsey Ling, Class of 2026 Background During 2023, global mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity fell to its lowest level in over a...

By: Brett Mastrangelo, Class of 2026 Background The Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”)[1], enacted by Congress in 2021 as part of the...

By Julia Tuck, Class of 2025 In a 2021 advertisement, Super Bowl champion Tom Brady and his then-wife Gisele Bundchen touted the endless...

By: Carlos E. Juarez, Class of 2025 On June 1, 2023, the Supreme Court of the United States resolved a matter of first impression when...

By: Jack Mansur, Class of 2025 Background Artificial intelligence (“AI”) describes how computers perform tasks generally viewed as...

By: Julia Tuck, Class of 2025 Background Most people have unknowingly agreed to an arbitration clause at some point in their lives....