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Full-Text Articles in Law
Toward A New Theory Of The Shareholder Role: A Sacred Space In Corporate Transactions, Robert B. Thompson, D. Gordon Smith
Toward A New Theory Of The Shareholder Role: A Sacred Space In Corporate Transactions, Robert B. Thompson, D. Gordon Smith
Faculty Scholarship
Corporate law expresses a profound ambiguity toward the role of shareholders. Courts announce that shareholders are critical to the theory that legitimates the exercise of power - by directors and officers over vast aggregations of property that they do not own. At the same time shareholders have a very difficult time actually making any corporate decisions. In this Article, we strive to define a new role for shareholders by drawing on economic theories of the firm and the structure of corporate law. More particularly we examine the role of shareholders in hostile corporate takeovers, the area where the interests of …
Employee Benefits For The Closely Held Business, Lisa C. Germano
Employee Benefits For The Closely Held Business, Lisa C. Germano
William & Mary Annual Tax Conference
No abstract provided.
Executive Compensation In America: Optimal Contracting Or Extraction Of Rents?, Lucian A. Bebchuk, Jesse M. Fried, David I. Walker
Executive Compensation In America: Optimal Contracting Or Extraction Of Rents?, Lucian A. Bebchuk, Jesse M. Fried, David I. Walker
Faculty Scholarship
This paper develops an account of the role and significance of rent extraction in executive compensation. Under the optimal contracting view of executive compensation, which has dominated academic research on the subject, pay arrangements are set by a board of directors that aims to maximize shareholder value by designing an optimal principal-agent contract. Under the alternative rent extraction view that we examine, the board does not operate at arm's length; rather, executives have power to influence their own compensation, and they use their power to extract rents. As a result, executives are paid more than is optimal for shareholders and, …
Representing The Failing Company Where The Irs Is "Knocking On The Door", Craig D. Bell, T. Keith Fogg, George C. Gretes, Nina E. Olson
Representing The Failing Company Where The Irs Is "Knocking On The Door", Craig D. Bell, T. Keith Fogg, George C. Gretes, Nina E. Olson
William & Mary Annual Tax Conference
No abstract provided.
Why The Corporate Amt Should Be Retained, Reuven S. Avi-Yonah
Why The Corporate Amt Should Be Retained, Reuven S. Avi-Yonah
Articles
The corporate AMT is under attack. Repeal has been proposed by the White House, endorsed by the ABA/AICPA/TEI tax simplification project, and included in the stimulus bill passed by the House of Representatives. Repeal is supported on two principal grounds: That the corporate AMT increases complexity, and that it is pro-cyclical.
Minority Discounts And Control Premiums In Appraisal Proceedings, Richard A. Booth Marbury Research Professor Of Law
Minority Discounts And Control Premiums In Appraisal Proceedings, Richard A. Booth Marbury Research Professor Of Law
Faculty Scholarship
In a merger, a stockholder often has a statutory right of dissent and appraisal under which the stockholder may demand to be paid fair value exclusive of any gain or loss that may arise from the merger itself. Most courts and commentators agree that a dissenting stockholder should ordinarily receive a pro rata share of the fair value of the corporation without any discount simply because minority shares lack control. In several recent cases, the courts have indicated that a minority stockholder is thus entitled to a share of the control value of the corporation even though the merger does …
Exalting The Corporate Form Over Environmental Protection The Corporate Shell Game And The Enforcement Of Water Management Law In Florida, Mary Jane Angelo, Charles Lobdell, Tara Boonstra
Exalting The Corporate Form Over Environmental Protection The Corporate Shell Game And The Enforcement Of Water Management Law In Florida, Mary Jane Angelo, Charles Lobdell, Tara Boonstra
UF Law Faculty Publications
Current laws in Florida afford substantial protection to the “people behind the corporations” (corporate principals) and generally do not allow environmental permitting agencies such as the water management districts to consider such people in their permitting or enforcement efforts. This article poses the question “Do existing corporate law principles of limited liability defeat the important public policy of water resource protection in Florida?” First, in Parts II and III, this article introduces the problem and provides an overview of Florida water management district permitting and enforcement authorities and processes. Next, in Part IV, this article explores the existing legal authorities …
Tax Competition And E-Commerce, Reuven S. Avi-Yonah
Tax Competition And E-Commerce, Reuven S. Avi-Yonah
Articles
In the last four years, there has been increasing concern by developed countries about the potential erosion of the corporate income tax base by "harmful tax competition" (in the European Union since 1997, in the OECD since 1998). However, the data on tax competition available to date present a mixed and somewhat puzzling picture. On the one hand, there is considerable evidence that effective corporate income tax rates in many countries have been declining, and that the worldwide effective tax rates on multinational enterprises (MNEs) have been going down as well. On the other hand, macroeconomic data from developed countries …
Judges, Prosecutors, Jurors, And Organized Labor: Four Perspectives Of Corporate Citizenship, Noel Beasley, Janine P. Geske, Valerie P. Hans, E. Michael Mccann, Frank Daily
Judges, Prosecutors, Jurors, And Organized Labor: Four Perspectives Of Corporate Citizenship, Noel Beasley, Janine P. Geske, Valerie P. Hans, E. Michael Mccann, Frank Daily
Cornell Law Faculty Publications
Some people argue that the civil jury is in decline. They argue that it's not really so important to be focusing on jurors and jurors' views about corporate responsibility as it might have been in prior times. I want to raise some arguments in favor of the continuing importance of the civil jury. First of all, the cases that juries try may be very important cases in terms of the company and in terms of the role of the company vis-a-vis government regulation. Jurors are symbolic representatives of the public in the courtroom. Finding out what juries do when they …
Pitfalls In Partnership Law Reform: Some United States Experience, Donald J. Weidner
Pitfalls In Partnership Law Reform: Some United States Experience, Donald J. Weidner
Scholarly Publications
No abstract provided.
Agenda: A Cartography Of Governance: Exploring The Province Of Environmental Ngos, University Of Colorado Boulder. School Of Law, University Of Colorado Boulder. Environmental Program, University Of Tulsa. National Energy-Environment Law & Policy Institute, University Of Colorado Boulder. United Government Of Graduate Students
Agenda: A Cartography Of Governance: Exploring The Province Of Environmental Ngos, University Of Colorado Boulder. School Of Law, University Of Colorado Boulder. Environmental Program, University Of Tulsa. National Energy-Environment Law & Policy Institute, University Of Colorado Boulder. United Government Of Graduate Students
A Cartography of Governance: Exploring the Province of Environmental NGOs (April 7-8)
Presented by: the Colorado Journal of International Environmental Law and Policy on April 7 & 8, 2001. Symposium director: Lakshman D. Guruswamy.
Co-sponsored by: University of Colorado School of Law, University of Colorado Environmental Program, University of Tulsa National Energy-Environment Law and Policy Institute, University of Colorado United Government of Graduate Students.
The papers and edited proceedings of the conference will be published in a special symposium issue of the Colorado Journal of International Environmental Law & Policy (CJIELP).
"The first objective of the Symposium was to understand and explore the growing importance of nongovernmental actors, and delineate the manner …
A Perspective On Ngos: Statement By Mr. Mohammad Kamal Yan Yahaya, Deputy Permanent Representative Of Malaysia To The United Nations, On Agenda Item 100: Globalization And Interdependence, Datuk Hamsy Bin Agam
A Perspective On Ngos: Statement By Mr. Mohammad Kamal Yan Yahaya, Deputy Permanent Representative Of Malaysia To The United Nations, On Agenda Item 100: Globalization And Interdependence, Datuk Hamsy Bin Agam
A Cartography of Governance: Exploring the Province of Environmental NGOs (April 7-8)
3 pages.
Technology And Governance: The Cybersnake And The Digital Apple?, Bud Wonsiewicz
Technology And Governance: The Cybersnake And The Digital Apple?, Bud Wonsiewicz
A Cartography of Governance: Exploring the Province of Environmental NGOs (April 7-8)
3 pages.
Globalization And The Nation State, Jayantha Dhanapala
Globalization And The Nation State, Jayantha Dhanapala
A Cartography of Governance: Exploring the Province of Environmental NGOs (April 7-8)
15 pages.
The United Nations And Civil Society, Jayantha Dhanapala
The United Nations And Civil Society, Jayantha Dhanapala
A Cartography of Governance: Exploring the Province of Environmental NGOs (April 7-8)
7 pages.
Don't Disintegrate Microsoft (Yet), Alan J. Meese
Don't Disintegrate Microsoft (Yet), Alan J. Meese
Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Aggregation, Auctions, And Other Developments In The Selection Of Lead Counsel Under The Pslra, Jill E. Fisch
Aggregation, Auctions, And Other Developments In The Selection Of Lead Counsel Under The Pslra, Jill E. Fisch
All Faculty Scholarship
No abstract provided.
Berle And Means Reconsidered At The Century's Turn, William W. Bratton
Berle And Means Reconsidered At The Century's Turn, William W. Bratton
All Faculty Scholarship
No abstract provided.
Capital Punishment: Corporate Criminal Liability For Gross Violations Of Human Rights, Diane Marie Amann
Capital Punishment: Corporate Criminal Liability For Gross Violations Of Human Rights, Diane Marie Amann
Scholarly Works
These remarks were presented on February 24, 2001, in a panel concluding a conference entitled "Holding Multinational Corporations Responsible Under International Law" at Hastings College of the Law, San Francisco, California.
3rd Annual Computer & Technology Law Institute, Office Of Continuing Legal Education At The University Of Kentucky College Of Law
3rd Annual Computer & Technology Law Institute, Office Of Continuing Legal Education At The University Of Kentucky College Of Law
Continuing Legal Education Materials
Materials from the 3rd Annual Computer & Technology Law Institute held by UK/CLE in March 2001.
Quasi-Rationality In Action: A Study Of Psychological Factors In Merger Decision Making, James A. Fanto
Quasi-Rationality In Action: A Study Of Psychological Factors In Merger Decision Making, James A. Fanto
Faculty Scholarship
No abstract provided.
Accountability Of Multinational Corporations: The Barriers Presented By Concepts Of The Corporate Juridical Entity, Phillip Blumberg
Accountability Of Multinational Corporations: The Barriers Presented By Concepts Of The Corporate Juridical Entity, Phillip Blumberg
Faculty Articles and Papers
No abstract provided.
Revamping Veil Piercing For All Limited Liability Entities: Forcing The Common Law Doctrine Into The Statutory Age, Rebecca J. Huss
Revamping Veil Piercing For All Limited Liability Entities: Forcing The Common Law Doctrine Into The Statutory Age, Rebecca J. Huss
Law Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
The Overwhelming Case For Elimination Of The Integration Doctrine Under The Securities Act Of 1933, Rutheford B. Campbell Jr.
The Overwhelming Case For Elimination Of The Integration Doctrine Under The Securities Act Of 1933, Rutheford B. Campbell Jr.
Law Faculty Scholarly Articles
The thesis of this Article is that the Securities and Exchange Commission should entirely eliminate the integration doctrine from the Securities Act of1933. Under the integration doctrine, a single "offering" or "issue" of securities cannot be split. The doctrine is expensive for society and furthers no valid policy of the 1933 Act. More specifically, the doctrine does not promote investor protection but does retard capital formation, an outcome that is contrary to the presently articulated purposes of the 1933 Act.
Part II of this Article traces the history of the adoption of the integration doctrine both by the Commission and …
Director Accountability And The Mediating Role Of The Corporate Board, Margaret M. Blair, Lynn A. Stout
Director Accountability And The Mediating Role Of The Corporate Board, Margaret M. Blair, Lynn A. Stout
Cornell Law Faculty Publications
One of the most pressing questions facing both corporate scholars and businesspeople today is how corporate directors can be made accountable. Before addressing this issue, however, it seems important to consider two antecedent questions: To whom should directors be accountable? And for what?
Contemporary corporate scholarship often starts from a "shareholder primacy" perspective that holds that directors of public corporations ought to be accountable only to the shareholders, and ought to be accountable only for maximizing the value of the shareholders' shares. This perspective rests on the conventional contractarian assumption that the shareholders are the sole residual claimants and …
Don't Call Me A Securities Law Groupie: The Rise And Possible Demise Of The Group Pleading Protocol In 10b-5 Cases, William O. Fisher
Don't Call Me A Securities Law Groupie: The Rise And Possible Demise Of The Group Pleading Protocol In 10b-5 Cases, William O. Fisher
Law Faculty Publications
Corporations often speak through documents. Some, like press releases, may not identify an author. Others, like 10-Ks, bear the signatures of many who did not write them but sign as required by law. In many cases, groups of individuals, working together, prepare these documents. When such documents contain misstatements, plaintiffs may not know initially who wrote them. To address this difficulty, the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Ninth and Second Circuits created a judge-made pleading protocol. This protocol permits plaintiffs to name officers, and in some cases directors, as defendants in securities fraud cases without pleading specific facts to …
Corporate And Business Law (Annual Survey Of Virginia Law), Lyman P.Q. Johnson
Corporate And Business Law (Annual Survey Of Virginia Law), Lyman P.Q. Johnson
Scholarly Articles
This article reviews changes in Virginia corporate and business law for the period from June 2000 through May 2001. Part II ex- amines legislative changes in corporate and other business stat- utes (excluding public service corporation and insurance law is- sues) based on Virginia General Assembly action in the 2001
session. Part III reviews judicial decisions during the year, in- cluding decisions addressing agency law, partnership law, and corporate law issues and principles. This article describes these decisions and, in several instances, it also critically analyzes the outcomes. Part IV summarizes a May 25, 2001, Order of the Vir- ginia …
The Ambiguous Significance Of Corporate Personhood, David K. Millon
The Ambiguous Significance Of Corporate Personhood, David K. Millon
Scholarly Articles
In the eyes of the law, the business corporation is a person. So, for example, the corporation can own property in its own right; it can sue or be sued, in contract or tort or any number of other causes of action; it can be prosecuted and punished for criminal activity; it enjoys various rights under the United States Constitution; and it is subject to tax liability. In these respects (and others), the corporation bears the legal attributes of an entity existing separately from the various natural persons who participate or have an interest in the corporation's activities. This way …
Trust, Trustworthiness, And The Behavioral Foundations Of Corporate Law, Margaret M. Blair, Lynn A. Stout
Trust, Trustworthiness, And The Behavioral Foundations Of Corporate Law, Margaret M. Blair, Lynn A. Stout
Cornell Law Faculty Publications
Conventional legal and economic analysis assumes that opportunistic behavior is discouraged and that cooperation is encouraged within firms primarily through the use of legal and market incentives. This presumption is embedded in the modern view that the corporation is best described as a "nexus of contracts, " a collection of explicit and implicit agreements voluntarily negotiated among the rationally selfish parties who join in the corporate enterprise. In this Article we take a different approach. We start from the observation that, in many circumstances, legal and market sanctions provide, at best, imperfect means of regulating behavior within the firm. We …
Limited Liability Companies In The Decade Of The 1990'S. Legislative And Case Law Developments And Their Implications For The Future, Charles W. Murdock
Limited Liability Companies In The Decade Of The 1990'S. Legislative And Case Law Developments And Their Implications For The Future, Charles W. Murdock
Faculty Publications & Other Works
No abstract provided.