The economic boom that started in 2003 and continued through 2007 was an ideal time for corporate borrowers to increase leverage and take advantage of historically low interest rates.

On September 28, 2010, Lanny A. Breuer, Assistant Attorney General for the U.S. Department of Justice's Criminal Division, testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee, urging Congress to enact legislation to overturn the Supreme Court's decision in Skilling v. United States, 130 S. Ct. 2896 (2010), and recriminalize all forms of so-called "honest services" fraud.

As the volume and complexity of online information grows, aggregator websites are becoming increasingly useful and lucrative.