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Subverting Shareholder Rights: Lessons From News Corp's Migration To Delaware, Jennifer Hill
Subverting Shareholder Rights: Lessons From News Corp's Migration To Delaware, Jennifer Hill
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Subverting Shareholder Rights: Lessons from News Corp's Migration to Delaware JENNIFER G. HILL University of Sydney – Faculty of Law; Visiting Professor, Vanderbilt University – School of Law; Research Associate – European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) Abstract This article critically analyzes News Corp’s re-incorporation in Delaware against the backdrop of two major contemporary corporate governance debates, relating to shareholder empowerment and convergence theory. Legal scholars opposing greater shareholder power often argue that the lack of shareholder participatory rights under US law provides evidence that such rights are neither desired nor valued by investors. Also, an underlying assumption of convergence theory …
Subverting Shareholder Rights: Lessons From News Corp's Migration To Delaware, Jennifer Hill
Subverting Shareholder Rights: Lessons From News Corp's Migration To Delaware, Jennifer Hill
Jennifer Hill Professor
Subverting Shareholder Rights: Lessons from News Corp's Migration to Delaware JENNIFER G. HILL University of Sydney – Faculty of Law; Visiting Professor, Vanderbilt University – School of Law; Research Associate – European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) Abstract This article critically analyzes News Corp’s re-incorporation in Delaware against the backdrop of two major contemporary corporate governance debates, relating to shareholder empowerment and convergence theory. Legal scholars opposing greater shareholder power often argue that the lack of shareholder participatory rights under US law provides evidence that such rights are neither desired nor valued by investors. Also, an underlying assumption of convergence theory …
Subverting Shareholder Rights: Lessons From News Corp's Migration To Delaware, Jennifer Hill
Subverting Shareholder Rights: Lessons From News Corp's Migration To Delaware, Jennifer Hill
Jennifer Hill Professor
Subverting Shareholder Rights: Lessons from News Corp's Migration to Delaware JENNIFER G. HILL University of Sydney – Faculty of Law; Visiting Professor, Vanderbilt University – School of Law; Research Associate – European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) Abstract This article critically analyzes News Corp’s re-incorporation in Delaware against the backdrop of two major contemporary corporate governance debates, relating to shareholder empowerment and convergence theory. Legal scholars opposing greater shareholder power often argue that the lack of shareholder participatory rights under US law provides evidence that such rights are neither desired nor valued by investors. Also, an underlying assumption of convergence theory …