By some unlucky chance the opposite right margin might almost line up or the bulleted list be in the leftmost column. I find the erratic left-right shifting of the space between the columns distracting. You can handle the sway problem by not using hanging indents for bulleted lists, as this magazine usually does. It's not the best solution, but you can live with it. Take the SEC's insistence on the active voice.
Some sentences work better in the passive.
Well, you get the point. Still, one can sympathize with the sec. More like mangl . But the SEC's recommendation on justification is unlikely to improve the average product. There's a lesson here.