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The Challenge To Delaware's Preeminence In Corporate Law, Lawrence Hamermesh
The Challenge To Delaware's Preeminence In Corporate Law, Lawrence Hamermesh
Lawrence A. Hamermesh
This short essay suggests that the focus on federal-state jurisdictional conflict over regulation of corporate governance in the U.S. is misplaced, and that declining levels of IPO's in the U.S. should be a concern shared by lawmakers at both state and federal levels. Those who reflexively advocate inflexible federal governance rules of wide application -- as opposed to regulatory reforms aimed carefully at unboundedly risky financial practices -- should prevail only upon a clear understanding that the potential benefits of such governance rules outweigh the risks associated with them.