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SEC v. Bankosky: Lower Threshold of Misconduct for Imposing Director and Office Bans 27 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
In SEC v. Bankosky, No. 12-2943-cv, 2013 BL 128728 (2d Cir. May 14, 2013), the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the district court's decision finding Brent C. Bankosky ("...
It’s Not Over Yet For Conflict Minerals or Debit Card Fees 26 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
Earlier posts have discussed the on-going legal battles over provisions contained in Dodd-Frank requiring the SEC to create a rule governing conflict minerals disclosure and the Federal Reserve to dra...
Harris on Corporate Elections and Tactical Settlements 25 Aug 2013 | 08:07 pm
Lee Harris posted a revised version of “Corporate Elections and Tactical Settlements” on SSRN a couple of weeks ago. It hit my inbox this week. Here is the abstract: Once yearly, shareholders get a...
Leaning Back: Corporate Culture and Fostering Creativity 24 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
The Economist (in the Schumpeter column) published a pithy piece titled "In Praise of Laziness." The article asserted that "the biggest problem in the business world is not too little but too much—to...
The Director Compensation Project: General Motors Company 23 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
This post is part of an ongoing series that examines the way stock exchange independence rules relate to director compensation. We are for the most part including companies from 2013’s Fortune 500 and...
The Director Compensation Project: Exxon Mobil Corporation 22 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
This post is part of an ongoing series that examines the way stock exchange independence rules relate to director compensation. We are for the most part including companies from 2013’s Fortune 500 and...
The Director Compensation Project: Starbucks Corporation 21 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
This post is part of an ongoing series that examines the way stock exchange independence rules relate to director compensation. We are for the most part including companies from 2013’s Fortune 500 and...
The Future of Online Education for Law Schools 20 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
The NYT recently published a fascinating article about online education. The core of the article was the decision of Georgia Tech to offer an online masters degree in computer science. The cost will...
The Acquisition of Dell and the Evolution of Delaware Jurisprudence 19 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
The acquisition of Dell is a worthy case study of the acquisition process. It involves an industry in turmoil. PC makers are wrestling with the commodification of laptops and the impact of Ipads/Ipho...
Two Interesting Recent SSRN Postings 17 Aug 2013 | 06:53 pm
Michael Klausner posted “Fact and Fiction in Corporate Law and Governance”: This paper evaluates the fidelity of corporate law and governance scholarship to institutional facts. It evaluates the lega...
