The recent confirmation hearings of Robert Gates to become Director of Central Intelligence
(DCI) have focused debate over the proper role for future US intelligence activities. Coming …

Since the earliest days of the Republic, and even before, the United States has engaged in
the clandestine collection of intelligence and in the conduct of covert actions. 1 Most of these …

Unfriendly takeover attempts' have become a common part of the corporate landscape
during the last ten years. Until recently, however, depository institutions2 seemed virtually …

The conventional wisdom in banking circles historically was that federal law prohibited
interstate banking. There probably was a time when that was true enough to be a useful …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to summarize and provide commentary on the US
Department of Treasury's Blueprint for a Modernized Financial Regulatory Structure, issued on …

This article discusses the current state of the law with respect to bank holding company
employee stock ownership plans, including a discussion of the nature and uses of ESOPs. The …

Since the passage of federal securities legislation in the early 1930's, extensive financial
disclosure has been required of large publicly-held corporations.'Periodic disclosure …

Under the IRS's final regulations, a" broker" is required to make an information return on the
proceeds from each sale of securities. The authors summarize the many instances in which …

On January 11, 2007, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Office of Thrift …

… Bruemmer, Russell J.-Intelligence Community Reorganization: Declining the Invitation to
Struggle .................... … Bruemmer ...................... … Zoning New Haven (1870-1926)--Andrew …