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The Power Of A Suggestion: The Use Of Forum Selection Clauses By Delaware Corporations, Thomas T. Mcclendon
The Power Of A Suggestion: The Use Of Forum Selection Clauses By Delaware Corporations, Thomas T. Mcclendon
Washington and Lee Law Review
No abstract provided.
Contingent Capital In Executive Compensation, Wulf A. Kaal
Contingent Capital In Executive Compensation, Wulf A. Kaal
Washington and Lee Law Review
Contingent capital has great potential to improve corporate governance in Systemically Important Financial Institutions (SIFIs). Early initiatives by European SIFIs to include contingent convertible bonds in executive compensation packages lack governance-improving designs. This Article suggests the use of contingent convertible bonds with an early conversion trigger in executive compensation. The proposal adds an important element to the literature on inside debt and the creditor-centered approach to executive compensation. Contingent convertible bonds with early triggers could be preferable to other debt instruments because, in addition to lowering income inequality and increasing sustainability, the early trigger design can improve incentives for executives …
The Real Error In Citizens United, Joanna M. Meyer
The Real Error In Citizens United, Joanna M. Meyer
Washington and Lee Law Review
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Whistling Rogues: A Comparative Analysis Of The Dodd–Frank Whistleblower Bounty Program, Patrick A. Barthle Ii
Whistling Rogues: A Comparative Analysis Of The Dodd–Frank Whistleblower Bounty Program, Patrick A. Barthle Ii
Washington and Lee Law Review
No abstract provided.
Agency And The Ontology Of The Corporation, Christopher M. Bruner
Agency And The Ontology Of The Corporation, Christopher M. Bruner
Washington and Lee Law Review
No abstract provided.
Toward A Nexus Of Virtue, Ronald J. Colombo
Toward A Nexus Of Virtue, Ronald J. Colombo
Washington and Lee Law Review
Corporate law, like all law, should be directed toward the common good. The common good requires that corporate activity be restrained, if not actively directed, by human virtue. An analysis of the corporate enterprise suggests that those corporate actors with the greatest stake in the exercise of virtue, and best positioned to influence corporate activity via the exercise of virtuous judgment, are the corporation’s officers. Thus, one of the primary objectives of corporate law should be to promote virtue among corporate officers. Contrary to what some might assume, the promotion of virtue among corporate officers need not entail a promulgation …
Corporate Wrongdoing And The In Pari Delicto Defense In Auditor Malpractice Cases: A New Approach, Christine M. Shepard
Corporate Wrongdoing And The In Pari Delicto Defense In Auditor Malpractice Cases: A New Approach, Christine M. Shepard
Washington and Lee Law Review
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Further Perspectives On Corporate Wrongdoing, In Pari Delicto, And Auditor Malpractice, Deborah A. Demott
Further Perspectives On Corporate Wrongdoing, In Pari Delicto, And Auditor Malpractice, Deborah A. Demott
Washington and Lee Law Review
No abstract provided.