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Full-Text Articles in Law
Utilizing The Director Bar To Enhance Director Accountability, Renee Jones
Utilizing The Director Bar To Enhance Director Accountability, Renee Jones
Renee Jones
No abstract provided.
Rethinking Risk, Renee Jones
Toward A Public Enforcement Model For Directors' Duty Of Oversight, Renee Jones, Michelle Welsh
Toward A Public Enforcement Model For Directors' Duty Of Oversight, Renee Jones, Michelle Welsh
Renee Jones
This Article proposes a public enforcement model for the fiduciary duties of corporate directors. Under the dominant model of corporate governance, the principal function of the board of directors is to oversee the conduct of senior corporate officials. When directors fail to provide proper oversight, the consequences can be severe for shareholders, creditors, employees, and society at large. Despite general agreement on the importance of director oversight, courts have yet to develop a coherent doctrine governing director liability for the breach of oversight duties. In Delaware, the dominant state for U.S. corporate law, the courts tout the importance of board …
Corporate Governance And Accountability, Renee M. Jones
Corporate Governance And Accountability, Renee M. Jones
Renee Jones
This book chapter on Corporate Governance and Accountability is a contribution to the book CORPORATE GOVERNANCE - SYNTHESIS OF THEORY, RESEARCH, AND PRACTICE (Wiley, forthcoming 2010), edited by Ronald Anderson and H. Kent Baker. This chapter describes the sources of corporate governance standards for American corporations and analyzes the accountability mechanisms designed to ensure that corporate officials act faithfully in their management of corporate affairs. The chapter focuses on the financial reporting system under the U.S. securities laws which forms the foundation of the accountability system, and discusses structures and rules designed to ensure the integrity of financial reporting. The …
Will The Sec Survive Financial Regulatory Reform?, Renee M. Jones
Will The Sec Survive Financial Regulatory Reform?, Renee M. Jones
Renee Jones
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) conspicuous failures during the financial crisis of 2008 have led many to question the agency’s relevance in the modern financial era. Some commentators have called for the creation of new super-agencies to assume a substantial portion of the SEC’s duties. Others highlight enforcement failures and question the agency’s commitment to its investor protection mission. Despite its recent missteps and persistent calls for regulatory overhaul, the SEC’s future seems secure for now as President Obama’s reform proposals (the “Obama Plan”) as currentlyconceived preserve the agency’s independence. Although thus far the Obama Plan protects the SEC’s …
Legitimacy And Corporate Law: The Case For Regulatory Redundancy, Renee M. Jones
Legitimacy And Corporate Law: The Case For Regulatory Redundancy, Renee M. Jones
Renee Jones
This article provides a democratic assessment of the corporate law making structure in the United States. It draws upon the basic democratic principle that those affected by legal rules should have a voice in determining the substance of those rules. Although other commentators have noted certain undemocratic aspects of corporate law, this Article is the first to present a comprehensive assessment of the corporate regulatory structure from the perspective of democracy. It departs from prior accounts by looking past the states' role to consider the ways that federal regulation shores up the legitimacy of the overarching structure. This focus on …
Law, Norms, And The Breakdown Of The Board, Renee M. Jones
Law, Norms, And The Breakdown Of The Board, Renee M. Jones
Renee Jones
This Article considers the dominant claim in corporate law literature that extra-legal mechanisms such as markets and social norms provide adequate safeguards against corporate mismanagement and opportunism. After noting recognized deficiencies in the arguments from market discipline, the Article draws on psychological insights to show that certain behavioral phenomena prevent social norms from appropriately constraining corporate conduct. It then argues that because neither markets nor social norms can sufficiently discipline corporate officials, a credible accountability mechanism is necessary to prevent director conduct standards from deteriorating. Unfortunately, an inveterate tradition of judicial deference in corporate law has undermined the role of …
Dynamic Federalism: Competition, Cooperation And Securities Enforcement, Renee M. Jones
Dynamic Federalism: Competition, Cooperation And Securities Enforcement, Renee M. Jones
Renee Jones
The concept of competition between the federal government and the states was central to the framers’ vision of our constitutional structure. In the framers’ view, federal-state regulatory competition ensured an alternative regime to citizens dissatisfied with the dominant regulator’s performance. Recently, the dynamics of federalism have shifted power in the securities enforcement field from the SEC to certain state securities regulators. The states, rather than the SEC, have led enforcement efforts in the Wall Street analyst conflicts and the mutual fund trading investigations. This shift in authority has prompted renewed debate over whether a uniform national system of securities regulation …
Corporate Law Discussion Group On The Dodd-Frank Act, Renee Jones
Corporate Law Discussion Group On The Dodd-Frank Act, Renee Jones
Renee Jones
No abstract provided.
Panelist, Federalism And Corporate Governance, Renee Jones
Panelist, Federalism And Corporate Governance, Renee Jones
Renee Jones
No abstract provided.
Enforcing Directors Duties: A Comparative Analysis, Renee Jones
Enforcing Directors Duties: A Comparative Analysis, Renee Jones
Renee Jones
No abstract provided.
Corporate Governance And Business Ethics In A Post-Crisis World, Renee Jones
Corporate Governance And Business Ethics In A Post-Crisis World, Renee Jones
Renee Jones
No abstract provided.
Corporate Law Discussion Group On The Dodd-Frank Act, Renee Jones
Corporate Law Discussion Group On The Dodd-Frank Act, Renee Jones
Renee Jones
No abstract provided.
The Sec's Revolving Door And The Problem Of Institutional Corruption, Renee Jones
The Sec's Revolving Door And The Problem Of Institutional Corruption, Renee Jones
Renee Jones
No abstract provided.
Roundtable On Restructuring Financial Regulation, Renee Jones
Roundtable On Restructuring Financial Regulation, Renee Jones
Renee Jones
No abstract provided.
Delaware's Response To The Financial Crisis, Renee Jones
Delaware's Response To The Financial Crisis, Renee Jones
Renee Jones
No abstract provided.
Corporate And Financial Regulation Scholarship: Where Did We Go Wrong?, Renee Jones
Corporate And Financial Regulation Scholarship: Where Did We Go Wrong?, Renee Jones
Renee Jones
No abstract provided.
Panelist, Academic Tunnel Vision, Renee Jones
The Decade Of Disaster, Renee Jones
The Financial Collapse And Recovery Effort: What Does It Mean For Corporate Governance?, Renee Jones
The Financial Collapse And Recovery Effort: What Does It Mean For Corporate Governance?, Renee Jones
Renee Jones
No abstract provided.
Conference On Delaware Fiduciary Duty Of Good Faith After Disney: Meaningful Or Mickey Mouse, Renee Jones
Conference On Delaware Fiduciary Duty Of Good Faith After Disney: Meaningful Or Mickey Mouse, Renee Jones
Renee Jones
No abstract provided.
Will The Sec Survive Financial Regulatory Reform?, Renee Jones
Will The Sec Survive Financial Regulatory Reform?, Renee Jones
Renee Jones
No abstract provided.
Conference On The Past, Present, And Future Of The Sec, Renee Jones
Conference On The Past, Present, And Future Of The Sec, Renee Jones
Renee Jones
No abstract provided.
The Future Of Financial Regulation, Renee Jones
Why Financial Regulatory Overhaul Is Overrated, Renee Jones
Why Financial Regulatory Overhaul Is Overrated, Renee Jones
Renee Jones
No abstract provided.
Sarbanes-Oxley's Insight: The Role Of Distrust, Renee Jones
Sarbanes-Oxley's Insight: The Role Of Distrust, Renee Jones
Renee Jones
No abstract provided.
Does Federalism Matter? Its Perplexing Role In The Corporate Governance Debate, Renee Jones
Does Federalism Matter? Its Perplexing Role In The Corporate Governance Debate, Renee Jones
Renee Jones
No abstract provided.
Rethinking Corporate Federalism In The Era Of Corporate Reform, Renee Jones
Rethinking Corporate Federalism In The Era Of Corporate Reform, Renee Jones
Renee Jones
No abstract provided.
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act Of 2002: A Primer, Renee Jones
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act Of 2002: A Primer, Renee Jones
Renee Jones
No abstract provided.
Recent Cases, "Preemption Doctrine After Cipollone", Renee Jones
Recent Cases, "Preemption Doctrine After Cipollone", Renee Jones
Renee Jones
No abstract provided.