Investors Have a Question About SEC’s Policy Shift on Arbitration: Cui Bono?
Yahoo Finance·2025-09-22 10:30
US Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Paul Atkins says letting corporations require shareholders to resolve legal claims through arbitration instead of the courts will help “make IPOs great again.” Some investors are asking for whom. Corporations? Check. The policy shift lets companies curb legal expenses and avoid damaging publicity by inserting mandatory arbitration clauses in registration statements that are required by the SEC before their shares can be sold on public exchanges. Shareholders? N ...