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Open Sesame: The Myth Of Alibaba's Extreme Corporate Governance And Control, Yu-Hsin Lin, Thomas Mehaffy Jan 2016

Open Sesame: The Myth Of Alibaba's Extreme Corporate Governance And Control, Yu-Hsin Lin, Thomas Mehaffy

Brooklyn Journal of Corporate, Financial & Commercial Law

In September 2014, Alibaba Group Holding Limited (Alibaba) successfully launched a $25 billion initial public offering (IPO), the largest IPO ever, on New York Stock Exchange. Alibaba’s IPO success witnessed a wave among Chinese Internet companies to raise capital in U.S capital markets. A significant number of these companies have employed a novel, but poorly understood corporate ownership and control mechanism—the variable interest entity (VIE) structure and/or the disproportional control structure. The VIE structure was created in response to the Chinese restriction on foreign investments; however, it carries the risk of being declared illegal under Chinese law. The disproportional control …


From Baby M To Baby M(Anji): Regulating International Surrogacy Agreements, Yehezkel Margalit Jan 2016

From Baby M To Baby M(Anji): Regulating International Surrogacy Agreements, Yehezkel Margalit

Journal of Law and Policy

In 1985, when Kim Cotton became Britain’s first commercial surrogate mother, Europe was exposed to the issue of surrogacy for the first time on a large scale. Three years later, in 1988, the famous case of Baby M drew the attention of the American public to surrogacy as well. These two cases implicated fundamental ethical and legal issues regarding domestic surrogacy and triggered a fierce debate about motherhood, child-bearing, and the relationship between procreation, science, and commerce. These two cases exemplified the debate regarding domestic surrogacy—a debate that has now been raging for decades. A new ethical and legal debate …


Personal Injury Victims As Insurance Collection Agents: Erisa Preemption Of State Antisubrogation Laws, Jonathan P. Connery Jan 2016

Personal Injury Victims As Insurance Collection Agents: Erisa Preemption Of State Antisubrogation Laws, Jonathan P. Connery

Journal of Law and Policy

The Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) was enacted in 1974 to protect the pension rights of employees nationwide. However, due to its broad preemptive powers, ERISA has since developed into a tool used by health insurers to recover millions of dollars in tort damages meant to benefit employees with ERISA health plans. This practice, known as subrogation, has been met with legislative backlash in the form of state antisubrogation statutes, which attempt to limit the enforceability of subrogation clauses found in almost all ERISA health plans. However, many courts have held that ERISA preempts these antisubrogation statutes, thereby affirming …


Share And Share Dislike: The Rise Of Uber And Airbnb And How New York City Should Play Nice, Alexandra Jonas Jan 2016

Share And Share Dislike: The Rise Of Uber And Airbnb And How New York City Should Play Nice, Alexandra Jonas

Journal of Law and Policy

Uber and Airbnb are two companies in the emerging “sharing economy” that provide individuals with a means to become entrepreneurs and benefit from a laissez-faire business model. The problem, however, is that while the benefits to users are great, so too are the risks. The dangers of operating without restraint and circumventing existing law are not only potentially harmful to unapprised users, but also adversely affect the continued use of these businesses. Every aggrieved user complaint has the potential for a lawsuit and every violation creates an opportunity for penalties. Left over are attempts by the courts and city government …


The Need For An International Convention On Data Privacy: Taking A Cue From The Cisg, Morgan Corley Jan 2016

The Need For An International Convention On Data Privacy: Taking A Cue From The Cisg, Morgan Corley

Brooklyn Journal of International Law

In light of the invalidation of the U.S.-EU Safe Harbor, along with the increase in sales of personal data as a commodity, data privacy has become a major concern amongst different nations. The lack of harmonization of data-privacy laws around the world continues to pose obstacles to the free flow of data across national borders. The free flow of data is, nonetheless, essential the international economy. As a result, nations continue to work together to try to create mechanisms by which data can be transferred across borders in a secure manner. This Note examines the current state of data-privacy law …


Liquidity, Systemic Risk, And The Bankruptcy Treatment Of Financial Contracts, Rizwaan J. Mokal Jan 2015

Liquidity, Systemic Risk, And The Bankruptcy Treatment Of Financial Contracts, Rizwaan J. Mokal

Brooklyn Journal of Corporate, Financial & Commercial Law

No abstract provided.


The Problem With Frand: How The Licensing Commitments Of Standard-Setting Organizations Result In The Misvaluing Of Patents, David Arsego Jan 2015

The Problem With Frand: How The Licensing Commitments Of Standard-Setting Organizations Result In The Misvaluing Of Patents, David Arsego

Brooklyn Journal of International Law

Standard-setting organizations (SSOs) are bodies that oversee the development of technical standards. Technical standards are common technological designs that are used across a variety of platforms, for instance LTE, which is utilized throughout the mobile phone industry. Members of SSOs contribute different pieces of technology to an ultimate design, and if a patent covers the technology, it is called a standard-essential patent (SEP). SSOs require their members to license these patents to each other on fair, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory (FRAND) terms. This Note analyzes the FRAND requirement and the different ways that courts and private parties interpret it. The ambiguity …


Reservations And The Cisg: The Borderland Of Uniform International Sales Law And Treaty Law After Thirty-Five Years, Ulrich G. Schroeter Jan 2015

Reservations And The Cisg: The Borderland Of Uniform International Sales Law And Treaty Law After Thirty-Five Years, Ulrich G. Schroeter

Brooklyn Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.


Regulating Sovereign Wealth Funds Through Contract, Naveen Thomas Apr 2014

Regulating Sovereign Wealth Funds Through Contract, Naveen Thomas

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Reforming Regulation In The Markets For Home Loans, Edward J. Janger, Susan Block-Lieb Mar 2011

Reforming Regulation In The Markets For Home Loans, Edward J. Janger, Susan Block-Lieb

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Justifying Board Diversity, Lawrence M. Solan, James A. Fanto, John M. Darley Jan 2011

Justifying Board Diversity, Lawrence M. Solan, James A. Fanto, John M. Darley

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Freedom Of Contract Vs. Free Alienability: An Old Struggle Emerges In A New Context, Neil B. Cohen, William Henning Jan 2011

Freedom Of Contract Vs. Free Alienability: An Old Struggle Emerges In A New Context, Neil B. Cohen, William Henning

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Resolving The Dilemma Of Nonjusticiable Causation In Failure-To-Warn Litigation, Neil B. Cohen, Aaron Twerski Nov 2010

Resolving The Dilemma Of Nonjusticiable Causation In Failure-To-Warn Litigation, Neil B. Cohen, Aaron Twerski

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Residual-Risk Model For Classifying Business Arrangements, Bradley T. Borden Jan 2010

Residual-Risk Model For Classifying Business Arrangements, Bradley T. Borden

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Blame, Praise And The Structure Of Legal Rules, Lawrence Solan Jan 2010

Blame, Praise And The Structure Of Legal Rules, Lawrence Solan

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


False Consensus Bias In Contract Interpretation, Lawrence Solan, Terri Rosenblatt, Daniel Osherson Jan 2008

False Consensus Bias In Contract Interpretation, Lawrence Solan, Terri Rosenblatt, Daniel Osherson

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Contract As Agreement, Lawrence Solan Jan 2007

Contract As Agreement, Lawrence Solan

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Pernicious Ambiguity In Contracts And Statutes, Lawrence Solan Jan 2004

Pernicious Ambiguity In Contracts And Statutes, Lawrence Solan

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


The Written Contract As Safe Harbor For Dishonest Conduct, Lawrence Solan Jan 2001

The Written Contract As Safe Harbor For Dishonest Conduct, Lawrence Solan

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


You Should Have Known Better, Bailey Kuklin Jan 2000

You Should Have Known Better, Bailey Kuklin

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


An Essay On Uncertainty And Fact-Finding In Civil Litigation, With Special Reference To Contract Cases, Alex Stein Jul 1998

An Essay On Uncertainty And Fact-Finding In Civil Litigation, With Special Reference To Contract Cases, Alex Stein

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Suretyship Principles In The New Articles 3: Clarifications And Substantive Changes, Neil B. Cohen Jan 1991

Suretyship Principles In The New Articles 3: Clarifications And Substantive Changes, Neil B. Cohen

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


The Asymmetrical Conditions Of Legal Responsibility In The Marketplace, Bailey Kuklin Mar 1990

The Asymmetrical Conditions Of Legal Responsibility In The Marketplace, Bailey Kuklin

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


On The Knowing Inclusion Of Unenforceable Contract And Lease Terms, Bailey Kuklin Jan 1988

On The Knowing Inclusion Of Unenforceable Contract And Lease Terms, Bailey Kuklin

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


The Equal Credit Opportunity Act's Spousal Co-Signature Rules: Suretyship Contracts In Separate Property States, Winnie F. Taylor Jan 1984

The Equal Credit Opportunity Act's Spousal Co-Signature Rules: Suretyship Contracts In Separate Property States, Winnie F. Taylor

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Marriage: The Status Of Contract, An Essay On Weitzman's The Marriage Contract, Marsha Garrison Jan 1983

Marriage: The Status Of Contract, An Essay On Weitzman's The Marriage Contract, Marsha Garrison

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Choice Of Law In Contracts: Some Thoughts On The Weintraub Approach, Aaron Twerski Jun 1972

Choice Of Law In Contracts: Some Thoughts On The Weintraub Approach, Aaron Twerski

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


The Independent Doctrine Of Ratification V. The Restatement And Mr. Seavey, Aaron Twerski Oct 1968

The Independent Doctrine Of Ratification V. The Restatement And Mr. Seavey, Aaron Twerski

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.