Hydraulic fracturing has been the subject of much debate recently, both in the United States and increasingly in Europe. Advances in hydraulic fracturing technology have led to a shale gas boom in the United States, significantly lowering natural gas prices, and causing some foreign businesses...

Guaranties and suretyships reduce the risk of default and today remain essential arrangements in many commercial and consumer transactions. A guarantor or surety promises to pay for the debt of a third party and may become primarily liable on that debt. Despite the significance of such a promise...

The collapse in the market for exotic financial instruments, the liquidity crisis in major financial institutions and the government bailouts in 2008-09 illustrate the massive social cost of financial risk taking. The credit crisis of 2008-2009 also convinced many observers that the level of...

The hedge fund industry in the United States evolved from a niche market participant in the early 1950s to a major industry operating in international financial markets. Hedge funds in the United States were originally privately-held, privately-managed investment funds, unregistered and exempt...

The use of blockchain technology in private investment funds is proliferating. Using a dataset of private investment fund advisers that utilize blockchain technology (N=120), we explore the core commonalities and differences in the use of blockchain technology between European and American fund...

US courts have analyzed the question of whether Section 10(b) of the 1934 Securities and Exchange Act and SEC Rule 10b-5 can be applied to foreign litigants in securities fraud cases as a question of subject matter jurisdiction. The most frequently used approach is the Second Circuit’s...