Does High Intensity Enforcement Pay Off in Securities Law?
Location: Philadelphia Author: Knowledge@Wharton Date: Friday, June 1, 2007 “The US pursues securities law violations with a regulatory intensity unmatched elsewhere in the world,” according to John C. Coffee, Jr., director of the Center on Corporate Governance at Columbia University Law School. In a talk titled, “Law and the Market: The Impact of Enforcement,” Coffee told the audience that when it comes to creating good governance and adding value to corporations, securities law enforcement is critical and too often overlooked.
