From Enron to Reform

Jerry W. Markham is a professor of law at Florida International University in Miami, USA, where he teaches corporate and international business law.

Part 1: The Stock Market Bubble and Enron 1. Financial Markets 2. Fraud and Abuses 3. Attacks on the Markets Part 2: The Enron Corp. 1. A Company is Born 2. Enron Growth 3. Enron Fails Part 3: The Enron Scandal 1. Enron Finance 2. Prosecution of Enron Executives 3. Bank Involvement 4. California Trading Scandals Part 4: Full Disclosure 1. Full Disclosure Background 2. The Accountants as Gatekeepers 3. Accounting Reform Efforts Part 5. Arthur Andersen and Other Scandals 1. Arthur Andersen & Co. 2. Full Disclosure Fails 3. The Tyco Scandal Part 6: Fiduciary Duties and Corporate Governance Principles 1. Corporate Governance 2. Fiduciary Duties 3. More Fiduciary Duties Part 7: Telecoms and World Com 1. Telecommunications 2. WorldCom 3. Accounting Problems in the Entertainment Industry and Elsewhere Part 8: Analysts and Insider Trading Scandals 1. The Martha Stewart Case 2. Analysts’ Scandals 3. Mutual Fund Scandals Part 9: More Scandals and Reform 1. Sarbanes-Oxley 2. Sarbanes-Oxley is No Panacea 3. More Fraud 4. Scandal at the New York Stock Exchange Part 10: Market Recovery 1. The Economy 2. The New Year 2003 3. Banking 4. The Year 2004 Part 11: Reforming the Reforms 1. The Myths of Full Disclosure 2. The SEC Fails 3. Repealing the Federal Securities Law.