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Raising The Floor From The Back Door: Shareholder Proposals As A Mechanism For Raising Minimum Wage, Laura Carrier
Raising The Floor From The Back Door: Shareholder Proposals As A Mechanism For Raising Minimum Wage, Laura Carrier
Washington and Lee Law Review
When adjusted to reflect inflation, the federal minimum wage is almost 40 percent lower than it was in 1970. The Biden Administration tried and failed to legislatively raise the minimum wage, and political deadlock will continue to kill legislative change. The shareholder proposal, a nonbinding recommendation to management that shareholders can submit for a vote at a public corporation’s annual meeting, presents a path for improving the wages of many workers in the absence of federal legislation. This Note analyzes the best approach to crafting a shareholder proposal on minimum wage that will prompt an effective increase in the minimum …
Civil Rights And Shareholder Activism: Sec V. Medical Committee For Human Rights, Sarah C. Haan
Civil Rights And Shareholder Activism: Sec V. Medical Committee For Human Rights, Sarah C. Haan
Washington and Lee Law Review
This article builds upon the author's remarks at the 2018-2019 Lara D. Gass Annual Symposium: Civil Rights and Shareholder Activism at Washington and Lee University School of Law, February 15, 2019.
What does “corporate democracy” mean? How far does federal law go to guarantee public company investors a say in a firm’s policies on important social, environmental, or political issues? In 1972, the U.S. Supreme Court appeared ready to start sketching the contours of corporate democracy—and then, at the last minute, it pulled back. This Article tells the story of Securities and Exchange Commission v. Medical Committee for Human Rights …
Corporate Governance As Moral Psychology, Alan R. Palmiter
Corporate Governance As Moral Psychology, Alan R. Palmiter
Washington and Lee Law Review
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Tax, Corporate Governance, And Norms, Steven A. Bank
Tax, Corporate Governance, And Norms, Steven A. Bank
Washington and Lee Law Review
This Article examines the use of federal tax provisions to effect changes in state law corporate governance. There is a growing academic controversy over these provisions, fueled in part by their popularity among legislators as a method of addressing the recent spate of corporate scandals. As a case study on the use of tax to regulate corporate governance, this paper compares and contrasts two measures enacted during the New Deal-the enactment of the undistributed profits tax in 1936 and the overhaul of the tax-free reorganization provisions in 1934-and considers why the former was so much more controversial and less sustainable …
The Provisional Director Remedy For Corporate Deadlock: A Proposed Model Statute, Susanna M. Kim
The Provisional Director Remedy For Corporate Deadlock: A Proposed Model Statute, Susanna M. Kim
Washington and Lee Law Review
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Behavioral Finance And Investor Governance, Lawrence A. Cunningham
Behavioral Finance And Investor Governance, Lawrence A. Cunningham
Washington and Lee Law Review
No abstract provided.
Doing Well While Doing Good: Reassessing The Scope Of Directors' Fiduciary Obligations In For-Profit Corporations With Non-Shareholder Beneficiaries, Lisa M. Fairfax
Doing Well While Doing Good: Reassessing The Scope Of Directors' Fiduciary Obligations In For-Profit Corporations With Non-Shareholder Beneficiaries, Lisa M. Fairfax
Washington and Lee Law Review
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Proposals For Reform Of Corporate Boards Of Directors: The Dual Board And Board Ombudsperson, Lynne L. Dallas
Proposals For Reform Of Corporate Boards Of Directors: The Dual Board And Board Ombudsperson, Lynne L. Dallas
Washington and Lee Law Review
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On The Frontier Of Capitalism: Implementation Of Humanomics By Modern Publicly Held Corporations: A Critical Assessment, Lewis D. Solomon
On The Frontier Of Capitalism: Implementation Of Humanomics By Modern Publicly Held Corporations: A Critical Assessment, Lewis D. Solomon
Washington and Lee Law Review
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Shareholders As Stakeholders: Changing Metaphors Of Corporate Governance, Ronald M. Green
Shareholders As Stakeholders: Changing Metaphors Of Corporate Governance, Ronald M. Green
Washington and Lee Law Review
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In Defense Of The Shareholder Wealth Maximization Norm: A Reply To Professor Green, Stephen M. Bainbridge
In Defense Of The Shareholder Wealth Maximization Norm: A Reply To Professor Green, Stephen M. Bainbridge
Washington and Lee Law Review
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Confronting The Ethical Case Against The Ethical Case For Constituency Rights, William W. Bratton
Confronting The Ethical Case Against The Ethical Case For Constituency Rights, William W. Bratton
Washington and Lee Law Review
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Groundwork Of The Metaphysics Of Corporate Law, Lawrence E. Mitchell
Groundwork Of The Metaphysics Of Corporate Law, Lawrence E. Mitchell
Washington and Lee Law Review
No abstract provided.
Accounting And The New Corporate Law, Joel Seligman
Accounting And The New Corporate Law, Joel Seligman
Washington and Lee Law Review
No abstract provided.
Thoughts Evoked By "Accounting And The New Corporate Law", Ted J. Fiflis
Thoughts Evoked By "Accounting And The New Corporate Law", Ted J. Fiflis
Washington and Lee Law Review
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Activist Shareholders, Corporate Directors, And Institutional Investment: Some Lessons From The Robber Barons, Allen D. Boyer
Activist Shareholders, Corporate Directors, And Institutional Investment: Some Lessons From The Robber Barons, Allen D. Boyer
Washington and Lee Law Review
No abstract provided.
Invalid Election And Involuntary Termination Of Subchapter S Status
Invalid Election And Involuntary Termination Of Subchapter S Status
Washington and Lee Law Review
No abstract provided.