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Being Informed Does Matter: Fine Tuning Gross Negligence Twenty Plus Years After Van Gorkom, Bernard S. Sharfman Oct 2006

Being Informed Does Matter: Fine Tuning Gross Negligence Twenty Plus Years After Van Gorkom, Bernard S. Sharfman

Bernard S Sharfman

This article first establishes that there are still a number of reasons why being informed does matter, despite the ability to incorporate an exculpation clause into a Delaware corporation’s certificate of incorporation. This is followed by an explanation of how Delaware’s business judgment rule became transformed from a doctrine of abstention to a standard of review in the context of procedural due care. Throughout this article, it is understood that the business judgment rule exits within a framework of corporate authority and accountability and that it serves as a significant tool for the protection of corporate board authority. The article …


High-Deductible Health Plans: New Twists On Old Challenges From Tort And Contract, E. Haavi Morreim Ph.D. May 2006

High-Deductible Health Plans: New Twists On Old Challenges From Tort And Contract, E. Haavi Morreim Ph.D.

Vanderbilt Law Review

In just a few decades American health care financing has, in a sense, come full circle. After being largely patient-financed in the early twentieth century, generous insurance coverage in mid-century largely permitted providers to do as they wished and charge what they pleased-an Artesian Well of Money that left patients and physicians well-insulated from the costs of care. That system's inevitable explosion of costs spurred urgent efforts to contain health care expenditures, as payors sought to control or at least influence medical decisions. In many ways this "managed care" was clinically vexatious and economically disappointing. Its medically intrusive tactics have …


Galindo V. Town Of Clarkstown, Eric C. Goldstein Jan 2006

Galindo V. Town Of Clarkstown, Eric C. Goldstein

NYLS Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Tort Duty Of Parents To Protect Minor Children, Vincent R. Johnson, Claire G. Hargrove Jan 2006

The Tort Duty Of Parents To Protect Minor Children, Vincent R. Johnson, Claire G. Hargrove

Villanova Law Review

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