The Evidence Record

The Evidence Record

• Import Competition and the Great U.S. Employment Sag of the 2000s

  Peer-Reviewed Study · 2015

  Daron Acemoglu, David Autor, David Dorn, Gordon H. Hanson, Brendan Price

  Acemoglu, Autor, Dorn, Hanson and Price: rising Chinese import competition cost 2.0 to 2.4 million U.S. jobs from 1999 to 2011.

• In re City of Detroit: Court Filing Confirming the July 18, 2013 Bankruptcy Petition

  Court Filing · 2016

  City of Detroit; U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of Michigan

  Detroit bankruptcy court filing confirming the city filed for Chapter 9 bankruptcy on July 18, 2013, the largest city bankruptcy in U.S. history.

• In re International Business Machines Corp. (2d Cir. 1982)

  Court Filing · 1982

  U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit

  Federal appeals court, 1982: quotes the Justice Department's January 1982 statement that the IBM case was 'without merit' and Assistant Attorney General William Baxter's reasons for…

• In re Wild, 994 F.3d 1244 (11th Cir. 2021) (en banc)

  Court Filing · 2021

  U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

  The en banc court denied the sought pre-charge judicial remedy. This government-favorable holding limits the practical remedy notwithstanding Marra’s earlier finding.

• In the Matter of Exelon Corp. and Commonwealth Edison Co., Securities Exchange Act Release No. 33-11248

  Government Record · 2023

  U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

  ComEd completed the DPA and the criminal charge was dismissed on July 17, 2023.

• Index Funds and the Future of Corporate Governance: Theory, Evidence, and Policy

  Peer-Reviewed Study · 2019

  Lucian A. Bebchuk; Scott Hirst

  The article argues that index managers have incentives to be excessively deferential to portfolio-company managers and documents substantial concentrated voting power. The 25% figure concerns votes…

• Interim Final Rule on Collection of the Special Assessment

  Government Record · 2025

  Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

  The FDIC's December 2025 notice puts the estimated loss from protecting uninsured SVB and Signature depositors at about $16.7 billion as of September 30, 2025, up…

• Interpretive Guidance Regarding Authority to Require Supervision and Regulation of Certain Nonbank Financial Companies

  Government Record · 2023

  Financial Stability Oversight Council

  The 2023 replacement changes the designation process by removing 2019 prerequisites. Procedural change is not itself a designation of any Big Three firm.

• Investment Management Agreement (Primary Market Corporate Credit Facility)

  Government Record · 2020

  Corporate Credit Facilities LLC; BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.

  The June 29, 2020 agreement naming BlackRock Financial Management as investment manager for the Primary Market Corporate Credit Facility. Section 11 cross-references ETF fee restrictions in…

• Invitation Homes Inc. 2018 Form 10-K

  Corporate Filing · 2019

  Invitation Homes Inc.

  Reports 80,807 single-family rental homes at December 31, 2018 and identifies Blackstone, not BlackRock, as the sponsor before the IPO. No opened SEC record supported BlackRock…

• IRS Revenue Procedure 2018-38: Ending Donor Reporting (2018)

  Government Record · 2018

  Internal Revenue Service

  IRS, July 2018: 501(c)(4) groups and most other nonprofits, other than charities, no longer have to report their donors' names and addresses to the IRS.

• iShares Trust Form N-PX, ExxonMobil 2021 annual meeting

  Corporate Filing · 2021

  BlackRock / iShares Trust

  BlackRock's iShares Trust N-PX filing covering the May 26, 2021 ExxonMobil meeting, where BlackRock backed three Engine No. 1 nominees (Goff, Hietala, Karsner). The final vote…

• iShares Trust Form N-PX, ExxonMobil 2022 political-contributions proposal

  Corporate Filing · 2022

  BlackRock / iShares Trust

  BlackRock's iShares Trust N-PX filing covering ExxonMobil's 2022 meeting, which included the shareholder proposal for a report on political contributions (26.7 percent support). The vote cast…

• Jessop v. City of Fresno, 936 F.3d 937 (9th Cir. 2019), amended opinion

  Court Filing · 2019

  U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

  The allegations concerned property seized under a search warrant, not a traffic stop, and were not adjudicated theft findings. Immunity rested on the absence of clearly…

• Joe Berchtold (Live Nation): Answers to Senate Questions for the Record (2023)

  Document · 2023

  Joe Berchtold / Live Nation Entertainment

  Live Nation president Joe Berchtold's written answers to senators after the 2023 hearing: he says Ticketmaster's share of primary ticketing is no more than 50 to…

• John Williamson: What Washington Means by Policy Reform (1989)

  Peer-Reviewed Study · 1989

  John Williamson

  John Williamson's 1989 paper that named the "Washington Consensus": its list of policy reforms includes import liberalization.

• Joint Committee on Taxation: U.S. International Tax Policy, JCX-16R-21 (2021)

  Government Record · 2021

  Joint Committee on Taxation

  Joint Committee on Taxation, 2021: explains how the 2017 GILTI tax rule exempts a return on foreign factories and equipment, which can reward investing overseas. It…

• Joint Statement by Treasury, Federal Reserve, and FDIC

  Government Record · 2023

  U.S. Treasury, Federal Reserve, and FDIC

  The statement invoked systemic-risk exceptions to protect all SVB and Signature depositors. It did not protect shareholders or certain unsecured debtholders.

• Judge Orders Amos Miller to Pay $250,000 Fine Within 30 Days or Risk Jail

  News Report · 2021

  Food Safety News

  The article quotes the sanctions order’s daily penalties: $25,000 per day for prohibited slaughter and $1,500 per day for specified unlicensed retail operations or missing required…

• June 2026 Investment Program Review (Thrift Savings Plan)

  Government Record · 2026

  Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board

  The Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board's June 2026 review. BlackRock and State Street manage separate accounts for the F, C, S and I Funds; total TSP…

• Jury Delivers Verdicts in Oregon Standoff Trial

  Government Record · 2016

  U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Oregon

  Six Malheur defendants were acquitted on all counts and Ryan Bundy on conspiracy and firearms, with a hung theft count. Numerous co-defendants had pleaded guilty; later…

• Justice Department Announces Global Resolution of Criminal and Civil Investigations with Opioid Manufacturer Purdue Pharma

  Government Record · 2020

  U.S. Department of Justice

  Purdue agreed to felony pleas, while the named Sacklers’ $225 million resolution was civil. This announcement does not announce criminal charges against a Sackler, but it…

• Justice Department: Former Credit Suisse Managing Director Sentenced to 30 Months (2013)

  Government Record · 2013

  U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Attorney SDNY

  U.S. Attorney, Southern District of New York, November 2013: Kareem Serageldin, Credit Suisse's former head of structured credit trading, was sentenced to 30 months in prison…

• Justice Department: Statement on the Microsoft Settlement (2001)

  Government Record · 2001

  U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division

  Assistant Attorney General Charles James, November 2001: the Justice Department's own account of why it settled the Microsoft case instead of seeking a breakup. The department…