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Perception And Persuasion In Legal Argumentation: Using Informal Fallacies And Cognitive Biases To Win The War Of Words, Cory S. Clements
Perception And Persuasion In Legal Argumentation: Using Informal Fallacies And Cognitive Biases To Win The War Of Words, Cory S. Clements
BYU Law Review
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The End Of Shareholder Litigation? Allowing Shareholders To Customize Enforcement Through Arbitration Provisions In Charters And Bylaws, Paul Weitzel
BYU Law Review
Shareholder litigation has been heavily criticized for its inability to compensate harmed shareholders or deter managerial misconduct. While some have suggested abolishing shareholder litigation altogether, this Article takes a more moderate approach. I propose allowing shareholders to enforce charter and bylaw provisions that require arbitration of certain disputes. For example, an acquisitive company may require arbitration of merger-related suits while allowing non-merger suits to proceed in court. Likewise, a company in an industry known for volatile stock prices could require a price drop of three or four standard deviations before the suit could be brought in court, rather than arbitration. …