The Shareholder Value Myth
Cornell University
Lynn Stout discusses how the traditional managerial focus on the shareholder’s interest can be harmful for the corporation and even […]
Corporate Law
The Corporation as a Time Machine
Cornell University
Lynn Stout argues that the board-controlled corporation can be understood as a legal innovation that historically has functioned as a […]
What are Intellectual Property Rights?
Coventry University
Paul Noon discusses the development in the global system of intellectual property rights (IPRs). Paul Noon OBE leads Coventry University’s enterprise and […]
Piercing the Corporate Veil
London Metropolitan University
Edwin Mujih obtained his first degree in English law from the University of Yaounde, Cameroon in 1993. In 1995, he […]
Is the Law on Undue Influence in Guarantee Cases any Clearer?
London Metropolitan University
Edwin Mujih obtained his first degree in English law from the University of Yaounde, Cameroon in 1993. In 1995, he […]
Legal Institutions and IPO (Initial Public Offering) Puzzles
University of Chicago
Initial public offerings (IPOs) are often underpriced, so that an investor in a portfolio of new equity issues can expect […]
The Merchants of Wall Street: Banking, Commerce, and Commodities
Cornell Law School
Saule T. Omarova examines the principal legal, policy, and theoretical implications of a transformative change in the banking industry: the […]
How Derivatives Changed the “Business of Banking”
Cornell Law School
Saule T. Omarova, Cornell Law School, examines interpretive letters issued by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), […]
Deal Process Design in Management Buyouts
Harvard University
Guhan Subramanian, Joseph H. Flom Professor of Law and Business at Harvard Law School and H. Douglas Weaver Professor of […]
Document Appreciation
Stanford University
This interview is about legal documents. Jay Mitchell, Stanford University, describes (from a practitioner’s point of view) some characteristics of documents, makes observations […]
