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Sept. 5, 2017, 12:29 AM UTC

Columbia Law Professor Jackson Tapped for Democratic Seat on SEC

Bloomberg Law - Staff Reports

By Phyllis Diamond, Bloomberg BNA

Robert J. Jackson Jr., a corporate law professor at Columbia Law School, will be nominated for a Democratic seat on the Securities and Exchange Commission, the White House said today.

Jackson is director of the law school’s Program on Corporate Law and Policy, according to his biography on the university’s website. His research emphasizes empirical study of executive compensation and corporate governance matters.

Jackson’s pending nomination is the second for the SEC this summer. In July, the White House named Hester Peirce, a former SEC counsel and Senate aide, to a Republican slot on the ...

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