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Governance In The Public Corporation Of The Future: The Battle For Control Of Corporate Governance, Z. Jill Barclift

Faculty Scholarship

Eight years after passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Congress has again passed sweeping legislation in response to a corporate crisis. In addition to changes in the regulatory environment for Wall Street financial firms and banks, the Dodd-Frank Act (D-F Act) also proposes reforms to corporate governance.

In this article, the author examines the latest governance mandates under the D-F Act. In particular, this article focuses on the disclosure requirements on the CEO and chairman positions, and argues that disclosures of whether the CEO is also the chairman benefit shareholders' governance rights under state law. The new provisions under D-F Act …

Patent Law And The Duty Of Candor: Rethinking The Limits Of Disclosure, Jay Erstling

Faculty Scholarship

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