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The Impact Of State Statutes And Continuing Director Rights Plans, Daniel A. Neff
The Impact Of State Statutes And Continuing Director Rights Plans, Daniel A. Neff
University of Miami Law Review
No abstract provided.
Takeover Statutes: The Dormant Commerce Clause And State Corporate Law, Arthur R. Pinto
Takeover Statutes: The Dormant Commerce Clause And State Corporate Law, Arthur R. Pinto
University of Miami Law Review
No abstract provided.
Proposed Regulation Of Limited Partnership Investment Programs, Ivan J. Schell
Proposed Regulation Of Limited Partnership Investment Programs, Ivan J. Schell
University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform
Limited partners have long been admonished to scrutinize potential investments; this advice is often ignored, however, by investors eager to reap quick profits. Furthermore, the proliferation of limited partnership interests in a single enterprise diffuses the focus of investor vigilance and increases the potential for undetected abuses. Thus a need for regulation, either governmental or private, has developed. Currently the Uniform Limited Partnership Act and blue sky laws provide some control of limited partnership abuses at the state level. On the interstate level, the Midwest Securities Commissioners Association, the National Association of Securities Dealers, and the Securities and Exchange Commission …
Watered Stock Commissions Blue Sky Laws Stock Without Par Value, William W. Cook
Watered Stock Commissions Blue Sky Laws Stock Without Par Value, William W. Cook
Michigan Law Review
Stockholders' exemption from liability for corporate debts is a modern invention. It was not until 18x1 that New York extended that exemption to stockholders in manufacturing corporations.' Massachusetts did not grant it until 1830.2 England did not allow it to stockholders in business and manufacturing cornpanies until I855. s As President Eliot of Harvard has pointed out, this privilege of limited liability is "the corporation's most precious characteristic."'