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Empirical Study Redux On Choice Of Law And Forum In M&A: The Data And Its Limits, Kyle Chen, Harold S. Haller, Juliet P. Kostritsky, Wojbor A. Woyczynski
Empirical Study Redux On Choice Of Law And Forum In M&A: The Data And Its Limits, Kyle Chen, Harold S. Haller, Juliet P. Kostritsky, Wojbor A. Woyczynski
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The legal community has long recognized that business corporations heavily favor Delaware as the state of incorporation. However, a recent study of merger agreements from 2002 by Eisenberg and Miller suggested that despite Delaware’s prominence as the place of incorporation, companies “flee” from Delaware with respect to both choice of law and forum, and instead prefer New York. We set out to study data from 343 merger and acquisitions contracted on between January 1, 2011 and June 30, 2011 in an attempt to verify this conjecture. Our study is important for two reasons. First, the 2011 data set show that …
Trying The Trial, Andrew S. Pollis
Trying The Trial, Andrew S. Pollis
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Lawyers routinely make strategic advocacy choices that reflect directly, if inferentially, on the credibility of their clients’ claims and defenses. But courts have historically been reluctant to admit evidence of litigation conduct, sometimes even expressing hostility at the very notion of doing so. This Article deconstructs that reluctance. It argues not only that litigation conduct has probative value, but also that there is social utility in subjecting lawyer behavior to juror scrutiny.
Secret Jurisdiction, Cassandra Burke Robertson, Irina D. Manta
Secret Jurisdiction, Cassandra Burke Robertson, Irina D. Manta
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So-called “confidentiality creep” after the events of 9/11 has given rise to travel restrictions that lack constitutionality and do nothing to improve airline security. The executive branch’s procedures for imposing such restrictions rely on several layers of secrecy: a secret standard for inclusion on the no-fly list, secret procedures for nominating individuals to the list, and secret evidence to support that decision. This combination results in an overall system we call “secret jurisdiction,” in which individuals wanting to challenge their inclusion on the list are unable to learn the specific evidence against them, the substantive standard for their inclusion on …