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Do Juries Add Value? Evidence From An Empirical Study Of Jury Trial Waiver Clauses In Large Corporate Contracts, Theodore Eisenberg, Geoffrey P. Miller Nov 2007

Do Juries Add Value? Evidence From An Empirical Study Of Jury Trial Waiver Clauses In Large Corporate Contracts, Theodore Eisenberg, Geoffrey P. Miller

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

We study jury trial waivers in a data set of 2,816 contracts contained as exhibits in Form 8-K filings by reporting corporations during 2002. Because these contracts are associated with events deemed material to the financial condition of SEC-reporting firms, they likely are carefully negotiated by sophisticated, well-informed parties and thus provide presumptive evidence about the value associated with the availability of jury trials. A minority of contracts, about 20 percent, waived jury trials. An additional 9 percent of contracts had arbitration clauses that effectively preclude jury trials though the reason for arbitration clauses need not specifically relate to juries. …


La Cesión De Derechos En El Código Civil Peruano, Edward Ivan Cueva Jul 2007

La Cesión De Derechos En El Código Civil Peruano, Edward Ivan Cueva

Edward Ivan Cueva

La Cesión de Derechos en el Código Civil Peruano


Segundo Congreso Nacional De Organismos Públicos Autónomos, Bruno L. Costantini García May 2007

Segundo Congreso Nacional De Organismos Públicos Autónomos, Bruno L. Costantini García

Bruno L. Costantini García

Memorias del Segundo Congreso Nacional de Organismos Públicos Autónomos. "Autonomía, Profesionalización, Control y Transparencia"


Algunos Apuntes En Torno A La Prescripción Extintiva Y La Caducidad, Edward Ivan Cueva May 2007

Algunos Apuntes En Torno A La Prescripción Extintiva Y La Caducidad, Edward Ivan Cueva

Edward Ivan Cueva

No abstract provided.


Suspensión De Entidad Financiera Por Parte Del Banco Central De La República Argentina Y Compensación De Créditos, Gaston Mirkin Feb 2007

Suspensión De Entidad Financiera Por Parte Del Banco Central De La República Argentina Y Compensación De Créditos, Gaston Mirkin

Gaston Mirkin

No abstract provided.


¿Deben Los Administradores Impugnar Las Resoluciones Asamblearias Inválidas?, Martin Paolantonio Jan 2007

¿Deben Los Administradores Impugnar Las Resoluciones Asamblearias Inválidas?, Martin Paolantonio

Martin Paolantonio

Un análisis crítico de la afirmación, común en parte de la doctrina argentina, de la existencia de un deber de los administradores de impugnar resoluciones asamblearias inválidas


Intereses Punitorios En El Fuero Comercial, Martin Paolantonio Jan 2007

Intereses Punitorios En El Fuero Comercial, Martin Paolantonio

Martin Paolantonio

Breve reflexión sobre los problemas derivados de la desaparición de la tasa de interés judicial de referencia para las deudas en dólares luego de 2002


La Conexidad Contractual En El Sistema De Tarjetas De Crédito: Los Arts. 43 Y 45 De La Ley 25.065, Martin Paolantonio Jan 2007

La Conexidad Contractual En El Sistema De Tarjetas De Crédito: Los Arts. 43 Y 45 De La Ley 25.065, Martin Paolantonio

Martin Paolantonio

Análisis de las reglas de -limitada- conexidad contractual en la ley 25.065 y su interpretación a la luz de las reglas de tutela del consumidor


La Compensación Y Las Entidades Financieras Suspendidas En Un Fallo De La Corte Suprema, Martin Paolantonio Jan 2007

La Compensación Y Las Entidades Financieras Suspendidas En Un Fallo De La Corte Suprema, Martin Paolantonio

Martin Paolantonio

Nota a fallo de la Corte Suprema rechazando la posibilidad de compensar deudas contra una entidad financiera primero suspendida y luego insolvente


Obligaciones Negociables, Pesificación Y Esfuerzo Compartido, Martin Paolantonio Jan 2007

Obligaciones Negociables, Pesificación Y Esfuerzo Compartido, Martin Paolantonio

Martin Paolantonio

Análisis en nota a fallo de la aplicación de la normativa de emergencia (pesificación) a obligaciones negociables y efectos respecto de un acuerdo preventivo homologado


Orden Público, Pesificación Y Letras De Cambio Internacionales, Martin Paolantonio Jan 2007

Orden Público, Pesificación Y Letras De Cambio Internacionales, Martin Paolantonio

Martin Paolantonio

Nota a fallo de la Corte Suprema sobre la aplicación de la legislación de emergencia y el concepto de orden público internacional como limitación a la aplicación del derecho extranjero


Una Nueva Manipulación De Los Ahorros Previsionales, Martin Paolantonio Jan 2007

Una Nueva Manipulación De Los Ahorros Previsionales, Martin Paolantonio

Martin Paolantonio

Breve reflexión crítica respecto del redireccionamiento de los ahorros previsionales limitando las inversiones en el extranjero


The Flight From Arbitration: An Empirical Study Of Ex Ante Arbitration Clauses In The Contracts Of Publicly Held Companies, Theodore Eisenberg, Geoffrey P. Miller Jan 2007

The Flight From Arbitration: An Empirical Study Of Ex Ante Arbitration Clauses In The Contracts Of Publicly Held Companies, Theodore Eisenberg, Geoffrey P. Miller

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

Informed parties bargaining for their mutual advantage will tend to agree to provisions that maximize the social surplus. Such bargaining includes provisions regarding the resolution of disputes that might arise under the contract. Thus, if a form of alternative dispute resolution, such as binding arbitration, provides greater social benefits than litigation, the dynamics of the process should tend to induce the parties to include a clause submitting future disputes to arbitration. This Article studies the actual contracting practices of large, sophisticated actors with respect to arbitration clauses. We examined over 2800 contracts, filed with the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) in …


Theseus, The Labyrinth, And The Ball Of String: Navigating The Regulatory Maze To Ensure Enforceability Of Tribal Gaming Contracts, 40 J. Marshall L. Rev. 1123 (2007), Heidi Mcneil Staudenmaier, Ruth K. Khalsa Jan 2007

Theseus, The Labyrinth, And The Ball Of String: Navigating The Regulatory Maze To Ensure Enforceability Of Tribal Gaming Contracts, 40 J. Marshall L. Rev. 1123 (2007), Heidi Mcneil Staudenmaier, Ruth K. Khalsa

UIC Law Review

No abstract provided.


Two Goals For Executive Compensation Reform, Brett H. Mcdonnell Jan 2007

Two Goals For Executive Compensation Reform, Brett H. Mcdonnell

NYLS Law Review

No abstract provided.


Disney Examined: A Case Study In Corporate Governance And Ceo Succession, Lawrence Lederman Jan 2007

Disney Examined: A Case Study In Corporate Governance And Ceo Succession, Lawrence Lederman

NYLS Law Review

No abstract provided.


Boilerplate And Economic Power In Auto-Manufacturing Contracts, Omri Ben-Shahar, James J. White Jan 2007

Boilerplate And Economic Power In Auto-Manufacturing Contracts, Omri Ben-Shahar, James J. White

Book Chapters

This chapter examines the boilerplate contracts used by auto makers to procure parts from suppliers. It identifies drafting and negotiation techniques that are used to secure advantageous terms. It also explores some prominent specific arrangements as evidence that firms with bargaining power are exploiting their position to dictate self-serving but inefficient terms. Finally, it shows how standard contractual clauses solve the problem of ex-post hold-up by suppliers.


Lawyers Asleep At The Wheel? The Gm-Fisher Body Contract, Victor P. Goldberg Jan 2007

Lawyers Asleep At The Wheel? The Gm-Fisher Body Contract, Victor P. Goldberg

Faculty Scholarship

In the analysis of vertical integration by contract versus ownership one event has dominated the discussion – General Motors' merger with Fisher Body in 1926. The debates have all been premised on the assumption that the ten-year contract between the parties signed in 1919 was a legally enforceable agreement. However, it was not. Because Fisher's promise was illusory the contract lacked consideration. This note suggests that GM's counsel must have known this. It raises a significant question in transactional engineering: what is the function of an agreement that is not legally enforceable.


The Seduction Of Lydia Bennet And The Jurisprudence Of The Juristic Society, Scott Fitzgibbon Dec 2006

The Seduction Of Lydia Bennet And The Jurisprudence Of The Juristic Society, Scott Fitzgibbon

Scott T. FitzGibbon

The theme of the 12th World Conference of the ISFL is The Family Law – Balancing Interests, Pursuing Priorities. The papers presented there reflected (to a varying degree) that theme, and will analyze the family laws, doctrines, rules, decisions and reform proposals of many nations from these balance-and-priorities perspectives. Papers concerning civil and common law, spousal as well as parent-child issues, traditional as well as non-traditional relations, existing laws as well as proposed reforms, economic as well as non-economic issues, and essential as well as adjective laws will be included. The book contains selected papers chosen for the interest and …


La Cláusula "No A La Orden" En El Pagaré Y El Cheque. A Propósito De Las Modificaciones De Los Decretos 1387/2001 Y 386/2003, Martin Paolantonio, Pablo Legón Dec 2006

La Cláusula "No A La Orden" En El Pagaré Y El Cheque. A Propósito De Las Modificaciones De Los Decretos 1387/2001 Y 386/2003, Martin Paolantonio, Pablo Legón

Martin Paolantonio

Análisis de la cláusula no a la orden en el pagaré y el cheque, considerando la posibilidad de endoso y sus efectos en virtud del decreto 1387/2001 y 386/2003