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Up Close And Personal With Delaware, Darian M. Ibrahim, Brian J. Broughman Sep 2019

Up Close And Personal With Delaware, Darian M. Ibrahim, Brian J. Broughman

Darian M. Ibrahim

No abstract provided.


The New Exit In Venture Capital, Darian M. Ibrahim Sep 2019

The New Exit In Venture Capital, Darian M. Ibrahim

Darian M. Ibrahim

No abstract provided.


How Do Start-Ups Obtain Their Legal Services?, Darian M. Ibrahim Sep 2019

How Do Start-Ups Obtain Their Legal Services?, Darian M. Ibrahim

Darian M. Ibrahim

This Essay is the first to examine, using responses to online surveys, the use of in-house versus outside counsel by rapid-growth start-up companies. It also explores, from the vantage point of the start-up’s entrepreneur, some reasons for that choice. The Essay tests several hypotheses derived from the economic and entrepreneurship literatures about the benefits of in-house versus outside counsel in the unique context of start-up firms.


Intrapreneurship, Darian M. Ibrahim Sep 2019

Intrapreneurship, Darian M. Ibrahim

Darian M. Ibrahim

This Article on “intrapreneurship” has several goals. First, it points out that while much of the legal literature on innovation is concerned with startups (entrepreneurship), the innovation that takes place inside our largest corporations (intrapreneurship) is substantial, important, and understudied. Second, the Article observes that while large technology corporations that used to be startups may remain intrapreneurial in culture, intrapreneurship is less common in the aggregate than we might expect. Reasons include organizational bureaucracy, laws favoring entrepreneurship, and what Clayton Christensen (Harvard Business School) calls “the innovator’s dilemma.” The innovator’s dilemma is, put simply, that good management causes large corporations …


Delaware’S Familiarity, Brian J. Broughman, Darian M. Ibrahim Sep 2019

Delaware’S Familiarity, Brian J. Broughman, Darian M. Ibrahim

Darian M. Ibrahim

No abstract provided.


An Introduction To The Federalist Society's Panelist Discussion Titled "Deregulating The Markets: The Jobs Act", Lawrence Hamermesh, Peter Tsoflias Dec 2012

An Introduction To The Federalist Society's Panelist Discussion Titled "Deregulating The Markets: The Jobs Act", Lawrence Hamermesh, Peter Tsoflias

Lawrence A. Hamermesh

At its 2012 National Lawyers Convention in Washington, D.C., the Corporations, Securities & Antitrust Practice Group of the Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies hosted a panel discussion titled "Deregulating the Markets: The JOBS Act." The panel members were the Honorable Daniel M. Gallagher, Joseph H. Kaufman, Joanne T. Medero, Professor Robert T. Miller, and Professor Robert B. Thompson. The Honorable Frank H. Easterbrook moderated the discussion. This Article begins with a cursory overview of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (the "JOBS Act" or "Act") provisions discussed by the panelists. It then summarizes the positions expressed by …