Arizona Corporation Commission v. Media Products, Inc.: Clarification of Competing Federal and State Securities Regulation

While most regulators at both the state and federal levels espouse an attitude and philosophy of cooperation, the fact is that, because of conflicts in authority and unresolved constitutional issues, most nationwide offerings are becoming more difficult to execute and are burdened by so many bureaucratic loopholes that the role of the United States as a capital market in the international sense may be greatly impaired. The purpose of this Article is to explain the coexistence of federal and state securities regulation, define the resolved constitutional issues, and discuss those that remain unresolved. Finally, the Article proposes a peaceful coexistence for the dual regulators such that the regulatory system is not an impediment to the United States being a significant player in the international capital markets

Moral Disengagement and Lawyers: Codes, Ethics, Conscience, and Some Great Movies

The American justice system is premised in large part on the notion that all accused parties are entitled to representation, regardless of guilt or innocence. This tenet requires attorneys to divorce their personal convictions from their professional representations, resulting, in the author\u27s view, in moral disengagement. The author examines the effect such rationalization has on attorneys\u27 behavior when confronting ethical dilemmas and finds cinematographic examples of this theory in a review of movies with legal themes

Does Secured Transaction Mean I Have a Lien? Thoughts on Chattel Mortgages (What?) and Other Complexities of Article IX

Article IX of the UCC is called Secured Transactions; Sales of Accounts and Chattel Paper