The Voice of Corporate Governance

In this episode, CII General Counsel Jeff Mahoney interviews Professor Adriana Z. Robertson, the Honorable Justice Frank Iacobucci Chair in Capital Markets Regulation and Associate Professor of Law and Finance, University of Toronto. Professor Robertson is the co-author of an article recent research paper entitled “Hidden Agendas in Shareholder Voting.” 

In this episode, CII General Counsel Jeff Mahoney interviews Professor George S. Georgiev of the Emory University School of Law. Georgiev is the author of an article recently published in N.Y.U. Journal of Law & Business entitled “The Breakdown of the Public–Private Divide in Securities Law: Causes, Consequences, and Reforms.”

In this episode, CII General Counsel Jeff Mahoney interviews John C. Coates, the John F. Cogan Professor of Law and Economics at Harvard Law School. Professor Coates is the author of a recent research paper entitled "SPAC Law and Myths."

This episode has CII General Counsel Jeff Mahoney covering the top 10 important events affecting institutional investors from Jan. 4-31.

In this episode, CII General Counsel Jeff Mahoney interviews Shivaram Rajgopal, the Kester and Brynes Professor at Columbia Business School. Professor Rajgopal is the co-author a recent research paper entitled "Lifetime Earnings."

In this episode, CII General Counsel Jeff Mahoney interviews Rachel Thompson, Professor at the College of Business at North Dakota State University. Professor Thompson is the author of a recent research paper entitled “Reporting Misstatements as Revisions: An evaluation of Managers’ Use of Materiality Discretion.”

In this episode, CII General Counsel Jeff Mahoney discusses developments in corporate governance and related CII advocacy activities in connection with the Administration’s initiative to reform the U.S. financial regulatory system for the period of November 30 - January 4.

In this episode, CII General Counsel Jeff Mahoney interviews Michael Klausner, the Nancy and Charles Munger Professor of Business and Professor of Law, at Stanford Law School. Last year, Professor Klausner co-authored a research paper entitled “A Sober Look at SPACs.” Based on research from January 2019 through June 2000, the paper found three disconcerting features of special purpose acquisitions companies: (1) SPAC shares were highly dilutive; (2) the post-merger performance of SPAC shares were quite low; and (3) SPAC sponsors’ returns were extraordinarily high.

In this episode, CII General Counsel Jeff Mahoney interviews Daniel J. Taylor, Associate Professor of Accounting at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. On November 10th Professor Taylor, together with over 30 other accounting and financial economics scholars, filed a memorandum as amici curie in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York in the case of George Assad versus E.Merge Technology Acquisition Corp. 

In this episode, CII General Counsel Jeff Mahoney discusses developments in corporate governance and related CII advocacy activities in connection with the Administration’s initiative to reform the U.S. financial regulatory system for the period of November 1 -30.