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Business Law Bulletin, Fall 2016 Oct 2016

Business Law Bulletin, Fall 2016

Business Law Bulletin

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Yates V. United States: Floundering About In The Choppy Waters Of Statutory Interpretation, Lindsay Defrancesco Feb 2016

Yates V. United States: Floundering About In The Choppy Waters Of Statutory Interpretation, Lindsay Defrancesco

Maryland Law Review

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The Social Enterprise Law Market, J. Haskell Murray Feb 2016

The Social Enterprise Law Market, J. Haskell Murray

Maryland Law Review

During the last seven years, over thirty states have passed at least one social enterprise statute. These social enterprise statutes allow the formation of a plethora of new entity types, including low-profit limited liability companies, benefit corporations, benefit limited liability companies, public benefit corporations, and social purpose corporations. Social enterprises have attracted increasing academic attention, but virtually nothing has been written on if and how states are competing for these entities. This Article attempts to fill that void, while also providing a history of the social enterprise forms, a comparative analysis, and recommendations for states that wish to engage in …


Disciplining Corporate Boards And Debtholders Through Targeted Proxy Access, Michelle M. Harner Jan 2016

Disciplining Corporate Boards And Debtholders Through Targeted Proxy Access, Michelle M. Harner

Faculty Scholarship

Corporate directors committed to a failed business strategy or unduly influenced by the company’s debtholders need a dissenting voice—they need shareholder nominees on the board. This article examines the bias, conflicts, and external factors that impact board decisions, particularly when a company faces financial distress. It challenges the conventional wisdom that debt disciplines management, and it suggests that, in certain circumstances, the company would benefit from having the shareholders’ perspective more actively represented on the board. To that end, the article proposes a bylaw that would give shareholders the ability to nominate directors upon the occurrence of predefined events. Such …


The First Amendment And The Corporate Civil Rights Movement, Tamara R. Piety Jan 2016

The First Amendment And The Corporate Civil Rights Movement, Tamara R. Piety

Journal of Business & Technology Law

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Benefit Corporations: Providing A New Shield For Corporations With Ideals Beyond Profits, Kristin A. Neubauer Jan 2016

Benefit Corporations: Providing A New Shield For Corporations With Ideals Beyond Profits, Kristin A. Neubauer

Journal of Business & Technology Law

No abstract provided.