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Shareholder Wealth Maximization As Means To An End, Robert P. Bartlett, Iii Jan 2015

Shareholder Wealth Maximization As Means To An End, Robert P. Bartlett, Iii

Seattle University Law Review

In several recent cases, the Delaware Chancery Court has emphasized that where a conflict of interest exists between holders of a company’s common stock and holders of its preferred stock, the standard of conduct for directors requires that they strive to maximize the value of the corporation for the benefit of its common stockholders rather than for its preferred stockholders. This article interrogates this view of directors’ fiduciary duties from the perspective of incomplete contracting theory. Building on the seminal work of Sanford Grossman and Oliver Hart, incomplete contracting theory examines the critical role of corporate control rights for addressing …


Credit Suisse V. Billing: The Limited Impact On Application Of Antitrust Laws In Federally Regulated Industries Following The 2008 Financial Crisis And Beyond, Jessica A. Rebarber Jan 2011

Credit Suisse V. Billing: The Limited Impact On Application Of Antitrust Laws In Federally Regulated Industries Following The 2008 Financial Crisis And Beyond, Jessica A. Rebarber

Journal of Business & Technology Law

No abstract provided.


Why Did Anyone Listen To The Rating Agencies After Enron?, Claire A. Hill Jan 2009

Why Did Anyone Listen To The Rating Agencies After Enron?, Claire A. Hill

Journal of Business & Technology Law

No abstract provided.


So Now Who Is Special?: Business Model Shifts Among Firms That Borrow To Lend, José Gabilondo Jan 2009

So Now Who Is Special?: Business Model Shifts Among Firms That Borrow To Lend, José Gabilondo

Journal of Business & Technology Law

No abstract provided.


Rating Agencies And Reputational Risk, David Reiss Jan 2009

Rating Agencies And Reputational Risk, David Reiss

Journal of Business & Technology Law

No abstract provided.


The Subprime Meltdown: Causes, Consequences, And Solutions Jan 2009

The Subprime Meltdown: Causes, Consequences, And Solutions

Journal of Business & Technology Law

No abstract provided.


The Legacy Of Deregulation And The Financial Crisis: Linkages Between Deregulation In Labor Markets, Housing Finance Markets, And The Broader Financial Markets, Damon Silvers, Heather Slavkin Jan 2009

The Legacy Of Deregulation And The Financial Crisis: Linkages Between Deregulation In Labor Markets, Housing Finance Markets, And The Broader Financial Markets, Damon Silvers, Heather Slavkin

Journal of Business & Technology Law

No abstract provided.


Reflections On State Regulation: A Lesson Of The Economic Turmoil Of 2007-2009 , Ralph S. Tyler, Karen Stakem Hornig Jan 2009

Reflections On State Regulation: A Lesson Of The Economic Turmoil Of 2007-2009 , Ralph S. Tyler, Karen Stakem Hornig

Journal of Business & Technology Law

No abstract provided.