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A Cooperative Federalism Approach To Shareholder Arbitration, Zachary D. Clopton, Verity Winship
A Cooperative Federalism Approach To Shareholder Arbitration, Zachary D. Clopton, Verity Winship
Cornell Law Faculty Publications
Arbitration dominates private law across an ever-expanding range of fields. Its latest target, however, may not be a new field as much as a new form: mandatory arbitration provisions built into corporate charters and bylaws. Recent developments in corporate law coupled with signals from the Securities and Exchange Commission suggest that regulators may be newly receptive to shareholder arbitration. What they do next may have dramatic consequences for whether and how corporate and securities laws are enforced.
The debate about the merits of arbitration is well worn, but its application to shareholder claims opens the door to a different set …