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Whistling In The Wind: Why Federal Whistleblower Protections Fall Short Of Their Corporate Governance Goals, Meera Khan
Whistling In The Wind: Why Federal Whistleblower Protections Fall Short Of Their Corporate Governance Goals, Meera Khan
University of Miami Business Law Review
Teetering on the line between hero and villain, whistleblowers have a remarkably unusual role in contemporary American society. Those who blow the whistle on public sector activities, like Edward Snowden and the Watergate Scandal’s “Deep Throat”, are often vilified in history as treasonous and unprincipled rogues. In the private sector, however, whistleblowers are seen as moral compasses for corporate behavior, and are even afforded federal protections for speaking out against internal malfeasance. The piecemeal evolution of whistleblower legislation including the Sarbanes–Oxley Act of 2002 and the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 created regulatory and enforcement …
“Comply Or Explain”—A Flexible Mechanism To Countervail Behavioral Biases In M&A Transactions, Gerrit M. Beckhaus
“Comply Or Explain”—A Flexible Mechanism To Countervail Behavioral Biases In M&A Transactions, Gerrit M. Beckhaus
University of Miami Business Law Review
Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) are a common phenomenon of great importance in today’s business world. However, the majority of them fail to achieve the aspired objectives. These failures can be attributed to various circumstances, inter alia decision-makers’ vulnerability to behavioral biases due to the complexity, uncertainty, and time pressure characteristic of M&A transactions. Such biases often lead to predictable irrational behavior resulting in momentous misjudgments. Despite numerous psychological studies proving that people systematically tend to make irrational decisions under uncertainty, neither the transactional practice nor its current legal framework address this problem. Instead, the present law shields decision-makers from potential …
Ending The Silence: Shareholder Derivative Suits And Amending The Dodd-Frank Act So "Say On Pay" Votes May Be Heard In The Boardroom, William Alan Nelson Ii
Ending The Silence: Shareholder Derivative Suits And Amending The Dodd-Frank Act So "Say On Pay" Votes May Be Heard In The Boardroom, William Alan Nelson Ii
University of Miami Business Law Review
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Trust, Institutionalization, & Corporate Reputations: Public Independent Fact-Finding From A Risk Management Perspective, Gregory Todd Jones
Trust, Institutionalization, & Corporate Reputations: Public Independent Fact-Finding From A Risk Management Perspective, Gregory Todd Jones
University of Miami Business Law Review
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Corporate Governance Issues Related To Strategic Investments In Public Companies, John G. Finley
Corporate Governance Issues Related To Strategic Investments In Public Companies, John G. Finley
University of Miami Business Law Review
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