PLI Publishes Life At The Center Authored By Former SEC Commissioner Roberta S. Karmel

NEW YORK, Nov. 12, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Practising Law Institute (PLI) announces the release of former Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") Commissioner Roberta S. Karmel's new book Life at the Center: Reflections on Fifty Years of Securities Regulation.

In Life at the Center, Professor Karmel addresses the key regulatory issues confronting the SEC over the past fifty years. The book is a compilation, with current commentary, of 190 New York Law Journal columns she wrote between 1982 and 2014, as well as excerpts from law review articles on related topics. She has written a current introduction for each chapter and provided context for the choice of each law review article excerpt. Drawing on her wealth of experience and insightful observations, Professor Karmel, in the final chapter, points to the future and provides ten principles on how to improve financial regulation in the United States.

Life at the Center is an invaluable guide to understanding the issues faced by the SEC, the choices available to it, and the actions taken by it, as well as its relationships with other regulatory agencies. The book brings the unique perspective of a distinguished scholar, author, and participant in SEC regulatory issues.   

The two-volume Life at the Center: Reflections on Fifty Years of Securities Regulation is priced at $155 and is available for a 30-day free examination.

About the Author
Roberta S. Karmel has been at the center of U.S. securities regulation throughout her distinguished career as a Securities and Exchange Commission  Commissioner, a practitioner, an attorney in the enforcement division of the SEC New York Regional Office, a public director of the New York Stock Exchange, and a prominent academic who has taught in the U.S. and abroad.

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