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To Know A Veil, Douglas C. Michael
To Know A Veil, Douglas C. Michael
Law Faculty Scholarly Articles
Lawyers, judges, law students, and law professors have a love-hate relationship with the doctrine of “piercing the corporate veil”—the idea that shareholders might sometimes be personally liable for the debts of the corporation. It is the subject covered more than all others in courses on corporation law. It is widely litigated, being the subject of thousands of opinions. Yet, for all this attention, it is routinely vilified by the experts. Most commentators recognize that it is jurisprudence without substance.
This Article is an attempt to form a basis for rigorous analysis of virtually every veil-piercing case and to rid the …
The International Symposium On Derivatives And Risk Management, Carl Felsenfeld, Alan N. Rechtschaffen, Carolyn H. Jackson, Ruth W. Ainslie, Michael N. Brosnan, Darcy Bradbury, Denis M. Forster, Martin Bienenstock, David A.P. Brower, Aaron Rubinstein, David Morris, Eric Seiler, Peter D. Morgenstern, Michael J. Malone, John Lovi, Alvin K. Hellerstein, Charles E. Ramos
The International Symposium On Derivatives And Risk Management, Carl Felsenfeld, Alan N. Rechtschaffen, Carolyn H. Jackson, Ruth W. Ainslie, Michael N. Brosnan, Darcy Bradbury, Denis M. Forster, Martin Bienenstock, David A.P. Brower, Aaron Rubinstein, David Morris, Eric Seiler, Peter D. Morgenstern, Michael J. Malone, John Lovi, Alvin K. Hellerstein, Charles E. Ramos
Fordham Journal of Corporate & Financial Law
No abstract provided.
Teaching Corporate Governance Through Shareholder Litigation, Jill E. Fisch
Teaching Corporate Governance Through Shareholder Litigation, Jill E. Fisch
All Faculty Scholarship
No abstract provided.
Symposium: Regulatory And Liability Considerations, Michael S. Baram, Ellen Flannery, Patricia Davis, Gary Marchant
Symposium: Regulatory And Liability Considerations, Michael S. Baram, Ellen Flannery, Patricia Davis, Gary Marchant
Faculty Scholarship
You can tell from remarks by prior speakers that regulatory approvals and liability prevention are of critical importance to progress in biomaterials. Gene therapy trials and the tragic outcomes of some of those trials have raised the specter of government suspension of clinical studies, termination of funding, and potential liability for personal injury under malpractice or products liability doctrines. Regulatory requirements and the terms of research grants and contracts have to be very carefully addressed by organizations testing, developing, making, selling and using biomaterials, biotechnology, and medical devices. However, many regulatory requirements are incomplete, ambiguous and confusing because the agencies …