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Team Production Theory And Private Company Boards, Elizabeth Pollman Jan 2015

Team Production Theory And Private Company Boards, Elizabeth Pollman

Seattle University Law Review

In their path-breaking article, A Team Production Theory of Corporate Law, Margaret Blair and Lynn Stout provided a new theory of the board of directors in a corporation. Drawing on the economic theory of team production, Blair and Stout argued that the board of directors serves as a mediating hierarchy for the firm as a whole, encouraging firm-specific investments from team members and reducing shirking and opportunistic behavior. While Blair and Stout provided a dramatically different view of the corporation from the conventional principal-agent account, they also delineated limitations to their proposed theory. Most importantly, they suggested that the …


Copyright, Consumerism, And The Cloud: Proposing Standards-Essential Technology To Support First Sale In Digital Copyright, Marco Puccia Jan 2015

Copyright, Consumerism, And The Cloud: Proposing Standards-Essential Technology To Support First Sale In Digital Copyright, Marco Puccia

Seattle University Law Review

America’s entertainment industry, and the creative talent that drives it, is a national treasure. Equally valuable, however, is America’s drive and commitment toward technological innovation. These two sectors have been in tension since at least 1908, when the U.S. Supreme Court was asked to determine whether the makers of piano rolls for automatically playing pianos had to pay royalties to the composers. Since that time, the entertainment industry has continued to use copyright law to resist advances in technological innovation that it views as a threat to its existing business models. This Note seeks to provide the necessary context and …


Lobbying, Pandering, And Information In The Firm, Adam B. Badawi Jan 2015

Lobbying, Pandering, And Information In The Firm, Adam B. Badawi

Seattle University Law Review

In their classic and insightful article on team production in corporate law, Margaret Blair and Lynn Stout identify the minimization of rent-seeking as one of the chief benefits of vesting ultimate authority over a firm with the board of directors. In their analysis, this problematic rent-seeking arises when parties need to divide the gains from production after the fact. The squabbling that is likely to ensue may threaten to eat away most, or all, of the gains that come from productive activity. If parties know that this sort of rent-seeking will occur, they may not engage in productive activity in …


Transitions: From Danielle To Daniel, From Victim To Advocate, Daniel Bryner, Starcia Ague Jan 2015

Transitions: From Danielle To Daniel, From Victim To Advocate, Daniel Bryner, Starcia Ague

Seattle Journal for Social Justice

No abstract provided.


High Society: Washington State’S Recreational Cannabis Law And Its Effects On Child Custody And Visitation Rights, Dana Petersen Jan 2015

High Society: Washington State’S Recreational Cannabis Law And Its Effects On Child Custody And Visitation Rights, Dana Petersen

Seattle Journal for Social Justice

No abstract provided.


But What Can We Do? How Juvenile Defenders Can Disrupt The Schoolto-Prison Pipeline, Jonathon Arellano-Jackson Jan 2015

But What Can We Do? How Juvenile Defenders Can Disrupt The Schoolto-Prison Pipeline, Jonathon Arellano-Jackson

Seattle Journal for Social Justice

No abstract provided.


Re-Engaging Youth With The Protective Power Of Education, Daniel T. Satterberg, Violetta A. Stringer, Carla C. Lee Jan 2015

Re-Engaging Youth With The Protective Power Of Education, Daniel T. Satterberg, Violetta A. Stringer, Carla C. Lee

Seattle Journal for Social Justice

No abstract provided.


Invisible Voices, Talib D. Williams Jan 2015

Invisible Voices, Talib D. Williams

Seattle Journal for Social Justice

No abstract provided.


Listening From The Bench Fosters Civility And Promotes Justice, Paula Lustbader Jan 2015

Listening From The Bench Fosters Civility And Promotes Justice, Paula Lustbader

Seattle Journal for Social Justice

No abstract provided.


Girls’ Court: A Gender Responsive Juvenile Court Alternative, Wendy S. Heipt Jan 2015

Girls’ Court: A Gender Responsive Juvenile Court Alternative, Wendy S. Heipt

Seattle Journal for Social Justice

No abstract provided.


Social Purpose Corporations: The Next Targets For Greenwashing Practices And Crowdfunding Scams, Tina H. Ho Jan 2015

Social Purpose Corporations: The Next Targets For Greenwashing Practices And Crowdfunding Scams, Tina H. Ho

Seattle Journal for Social Justice

No abstract provided.


For The Love Of Drugs: Using Pharmaceutical Clinical Trials Abroad To Profit Off The Poor, Breanne M. Schuster Jan 2015

For The Love Of Drugs: Using Pharmaceutical Clinical Trials Abroad To Profit Off The Poor, Breanne M. Schuster

Seattle Journal for Social Justice

No abstract provided.