July 16, 2025
This article first appeared on Law360 on June 27, 2025.
Law Rocks promotes music education for underprivileged youth and raises funds for local nonprofit organizations by harnessing the global legal community’s generosity and passion for music. Since its founding in 2009, the nonprofit has grown tremendously, raising more than $9 million and touring 31 cities around the world.
In this article for Law 360, Secretariat Managing Directors and co-founders of Law Rocks Nick Child and Ted Scott reflect on their journey of founding the nonprofit, reflecting on the biggest challenges they faced, and how they balance this endeavor with their full-time careers.
Managing Directors Michael Koenig and David Craig, writing in the American Bar Association Criminal Justice Magazine, examine the accelerating rise of ephemeral messaging and its growing impact on compliance, investigations, and litigation.
New York and California Step Forward as Federal Enforcement Retreats
As federal regulatory priorities narrow under the Trump administration, state attorneys general and financial regulators are preparing to take on a more active role in white collar and securities enforcement. With the DOJ and the SEC recalibrating their focus, states such as New York and California are asserting their authority to fill gaps in corporate oversight.
Policy News and Stock Market Volatility
When it comes to explaining stock market volatility, the story is rarely straightforward. In their article Policy News and Stock Market Volatility for the Journal of Financial Economics, Director Kyle Kost and coauthors Scott R. Baker, Nicholas Bloom, and Steven J. Davis revisit Robert Shiller’s 1981 finding that stock market fluctuations cannot be fully explained by realized future dividends.