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Lyman P. Q. Johnson

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Corporate governance

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Techniques To Teach Substance And Skill In Contract Drafting: In-Office Meetings And Analytical Memos, Lyman P. Q. Johnson Sep 2015

Techniques To Teach Substance And Skill In Contract Drafting: In-Office Meetings And Analytical Memos, Lyman P. Q. Johnson

Lyman P. Q. Johnson

This short article is based on a talk at Emory Law School on Transactional Lawyering. One overall pedagogical aim of a transactional course (or any business contract drafting course) is to link skills training with insistence on in-depth substantive learning about law and business. In this way, skills training – although acknowledged to be practical – also can be recognized as intellectually demanding, a point not always appreciated by proponents of more traditional law teaching. Two techniques for making the connection – in-office meetings and detailed “companion” analytical memos – are described.


Beyond The Inevitable And Inadequate Regulation Of Bankers, Lyman P. Q. Johnson Dec 2013

Beyond The Inevitable And Inadequate Regulation Of Bankers, Lyman P. Q. Johnson

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A Fresh Look At Director "Independence": Mutual Fund Fee Litigation And Gartenberg At Twenty-Five, Lyman P.Q. Johnson Jan 2013

A Fresh Look At Director "Independence": Mutual Fund Fee Litigation And Gartenberg At Twenty-Five, Lyman P.Q. Johnson

Lyman P. Q. Johnson

This article contrasts how a robust conception of director independence plays a central role in the corporate law world while, in the mutual fund industry, independence is a shrunken conception playing only a marginal role. Over the last twenty-five years, director independence in corporate law has gained wide acceptance as being desirable and it has become a critical component of fiduciary duty analysis. Within the mutual fund industry, however, independence remains fiercely contested. The more obvious battle over independence has occurred in response to the Securities and Exchange Commission's ("SEC's") rulemaking effort to alter the standard for granting certain regulatory …


Corporate Takeovers And Corporate Law: Who's In Control?, Lyman P.Q. Johnson, David K. Millon Jan 2013

Corporate Takeovers And Corporate Law: Who's In Control?, Lyman P.Q. Johnson, David K. Millon

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Faith And Faithfulness In Corporate Theory, Lyman P.Q. Johnson Jan 2013

Faith And Faithfulness In Corporate Theory, Lyman P.Q. Johnson

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