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The Economics Of Labor And Employment Law, John Donohue Oct 2006

The Economics Of Labor And Employment Law, John Donohue

John Donohue

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The Discretion Of Judges And Corporate Executives: An Insider’S View Of The Disney Case, John J. Donohue Oct 2006

The Discretion Of Judges And Corporate Executives: An Insider’S View Of The Disney Case, John J. Donohue

John Donohue

The widely publicized Disney case is perhaps the most important corporate law litigation in many decades. The case illustrates the immense discretion in the hands of trial judges in Delaware Chancery Court to let their passive corporate law ideology determine the outcome even in cases of egregious management neglect. Unfortunately, as managers, not shareholders, are the ones who decide where to incorporate and Delaware—the state of choice—depends on incorporation revenues to feed its coffers, too often this discretion is exercised to protect management at shareholder expense.


The Costs Of Wrongful-Discharge Laws, John Donohue, David Autor, Stewart Schwab May 2006

The Costs Of Wrongful-Discharge Laws, John Donohue, David Autor, Stewart Schwab

John Donohue

Full data and programs behind the published paper are available from: http://econ-www.mit.edu/faculty/dautor/data/autdonschw06