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Rwu Law Equity Scorecard February 2021, Roger Williams University School Of Law Jan 2021

Rwu Law Equity Scorecard February 2021, Roger Williams University School Of Law

Life of the Law School (1993- )

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Appraising Problems, Not Stuff, Chad J. Pomeroy Jan 2021

Appraising Problems, Not Stuff, Chad J. Pomeroy

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If you are a lawyer, you will deal with value. "Value," here, means the valuation of something. And all lawyers must concern themselves with this, in some way, at some point. Business lawyers, of course, help clients craft business plans, transactional strategies, and documents. Essentially, these are entirely directed to exchanges of value. Litigation lawyers, too, are effectively always contesting matters of value-lawsuits turn on the value of goods, opportunities, injuries, or any number of things. Family lawyers, government lawyers, criminal lawyers-all lawyers must deal with items or things of value at some point.


Is There A Delaware Effect For Controlled Firms?, Edward Fox Jan 2021

Is There A Delaware Effect For Controlled Firms?, Edward Fox

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The impact of Delaware incorporation on firm value remains a central question in corporate law. Despite the difficulty scholars have had in agreeing on an answer to this question, there is a consensus that Delaware has long enjoyed stable and important advantages in the expertise of its judiciary and its extensive case law. These advantages are believed to be particularly important for firms with a controlling shareholder. This Article attempts to empirically measure the effect of Delaware incorporation on these controlled firms and thus helps us understand the market value of Delaware’s judiciary and case law. It finds, surprisingly, that …