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Option Backdating And Its Implications, Jesse M. Fried Jan 2008

Option Backdating And Its Implications, Jesse M. Fried

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Thousands of U.S. companies appear to have secretly backdated stock options. This Article analyzes three forms of secret option backdating: (1) the backdating of executives' option grants; (2) the backdating of nonexecutive employees' option grants; and (3) the backdating of executives' option exercises. It shows that each type of backdating less likely reflects arm's length contracting than a desire to inflate and camouflage executive pay. Secret backdating thus provides further evidence that pay arrangements have been shaped by executives' influence over their boards. The fact that so many firms continued to secretly backdate after the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, in blatant violation …


Comment: Corporate Governance And The "D-Word", Thomas W. Joo Sep 2006

Comment: Corporate Governance And The "D-Word", Thomas W. Joo

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Shareholders As Proxies: The Contours Of Shareholder Democracy, Dalia Tsuk Mitchell Sep 2006

Shareholders As Proxies: The Contours Of Shareholder Democracy, Dalia Tsuk Mitchell

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The Separation Of Ownership And Control In Modem Corporations: Shareholder Democracy Or Shareholder Republic? A Commentary On Dalia Tsuk Mitchell's Shareholders As Proxies. The Contours Of Shareholder Democracy, Lucas E. Morel Sep 2006

The Separation Of Ownership And Control In Modem Corporations: Shareholder Democracy Or Shareholder Republic? A Commentary On Dalia Tsuk Mitchell's Shareholders As Proxies. The Contours Of Shareholder Democracy, Lucas E. Morel

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Individual Rights And Investor Protections In A Trade Regime: Nafta And Cafta, Amy K. Anderson Jun 2006

Individual Rights And Investor Protections In A Trade Regime: Nafta And Cafta, Amy K. Anderson

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No abstract provided.


Take It Slow: A Novel Concept In The Life Of Sarbanes-Oxley, D. Skylar Rosenbloom Jun 2006

Take It Slow: A Novel Concept In The Life Of Sarbanes-Oxley, D. Skylar Rosenbloom

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No abstract provided.


Preliminary Imprimaturs: Prevailing Party Status Based On Preliminary Injunctions, Bart Forsyth Jun 2003

Preliminary Imprimaturs: Prevailing Party Status Based On Preliminary Injunctions, Bart Forsyth

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No abstract provided.


Shareholder Oppression & Dividend Policy In The.Close Corporation, Douglas K. Moll Jun 2003

Shareholder Oppression & Dividend Policy In The.Close Corporation, Douglas K. Moll

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Liability For "Causing" Violations Of The Federal Securities Laws: Defining The Sec's Next Counterattack In The Battle Of Central Bank, Gregory E. Van Hoey Jan 2003

Liability For "Causing" Violations Of The Federal Securities Laws: Defining The Sec's Next Counterattack In The Battle Of Central Bank, Gregory E. Van Hoey

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"Up The Ladder" And Over: Regulating Securities Lawyers-Past, Present & Future, Theodore Sonde, F. Ryan Keith Jan 2003

"Up The Ladder" And Over: Regulating Securities Lawyers-Past, Present & Future, Theodore Sonde, F. Ryan Keith

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Who "Caused" The Enron Debacle?, David K. Millon Jan 2003

Who "Caused" The Enron Debacle?, David K. Millon

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Technoliability: Corporate Websites, Hyperlinks, And Rule 10(B)-5, Mason Miller Jan 2001

Technoliability: Corporate Websites, Hyperlinks, And Rule 10(B)-5, Mason Miller

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No abstract provided.


A Paradigm From Securities Law Of Uninformed Supreme Court Decisionmaking, Larry D. Soderquist Mar 2000

A Paradigm From Securities Law Of Uninformed Supreme Court Decisionmaking, Larry D. Soderquist

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No abstract provided.


Freedom Of Contract And The Securities Laws: Opting Out Of Securities Regulation By Private Agreement, Elaine A. Welle Mar 1999

Freedom Of Contract And The Securities Laws: Opting Out Of Securities Regulation By Private Agreement, Elaine A. Welle

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Modern Partnership Interests As Securities: The Effect Of Rupa, Rulpa, And Llp Statutes On Investment Contract Analysis, James B. Porter Jun 1998

Modern Partnership Interests As Securities: The Effect Of Rupa, Rulpa, And Llp Statutes On Investment Contract Analysis, James B. Porter

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"Disclose-Or-Abstain" Without Restraint: The Supreme Court Misses The Mark On Rule 14e-3 In United States V. O'Hagan, E. Livingston B. Haskell Jan 1998

"Disclose-Or-Abstain" Without Restraint: The Supreme Court Misses The Mark On Rule 14e-3 In United States V. O'Hagan, E. Livingston B. Haskell

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No abstract provided.


Chasing Down The Devil: Standards Of Prudent Investment Under The Restatement (Third) Of Trusts, W. Brantley Phillips, Jr. Jan 1997

Chasing Down The Devil: Standards Of Prudent Investment Under The Restatement (Third) Of Trusts, W. Brantley Phillips, Jr.

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No abstract provided.


A Cloudy Prospectus: The Supreme Court's Problematic Reasoning In Gustafson V. Alloyd Co., Krista R. Bowen Jun 1996

A Cloudy Prospectus: The Supreme Court's Problematic Reasoning In Gustafson V. Alloyd Co., Krista R. Bowen

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No abstract provided.


The Fourth Circuit Breaks Ranks In United States V. Bryan: Finally, A Repudiation Of The Misappropriation Theory, Sean P. Leuba Jun 1996

The Fourth Circuit Breaks Ranks In United States V. Bryan: Finally, A Repudiation Of The Misappropriation Theory, Sean P. Leuba

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No abstract provided.


The Constitutionality Of Multistatute Antitakeover "Schemes" Under The Commerce Clause: Potential Consequences Of The West Lynn Creamery Decision, Jennifer Erdman Shirkey Sep 1995

The Constitutionality Of Multistatute Antitakeover "Schemes" Under The Commerce Clause: Potential Consequences Of The West Lynn Creamery Decision, Jennifer Erdman Shirkey

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No abstract provided.


Form U-5 Defamation, Anne H. Wright Sep 1995

Form U-5 Defamation, Anne H. Wright

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No abstract provided.


Re-Engineering Corporate Disclosure:The Coming Debate Overcompany Registration, John C. Coffee, Jr. Sep 1995

Re-Engineering Corporate Disclosure:The Coming Debate Overcompany Registration, John C. Coffee, Jr.

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Delivered as the 56th Annual John Randall Tucker Lecture on October 1, 2004


Is The Shingle Theory Dead?, Roberta S. Karmel Sep 1995

Is The Shingle Theory Dead?, Roberta S. Karmel

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No abstract provided.


Incorporating State Law Fiduciary Duties Into The Federal Insider Trading Prohibition, Stephen M. Bainbridge Sep 1995

Incorporating State Law Fiduciary Duties Into The Federal Insider Trading Prohibition, Stephen M. Bainbridge

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No abstract provided.


Resales Of Securities Under The Securities Act Of 1933, Rutheford B. Campbell, Jr. Sep 1995

Resales Of Securities Under The Securities Act Of 1933, Rutheford B. Campbell, Jr.

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No abstract provided.


Central Bank V. First Interstate Bank: Not Just The End Of Aiding And Abetting Under Section 10(B), Carrie E. Goodwin Sep 1995

Central Bank V. First Interstate Bank: Not Just The End Of Aiding And Abetting Under Section 10(B), Carrie E. Goodwin

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No abstract provided.


Broker-Dealer Sales Practice In Derivatives Transactions: A Survey And Evaluation Of Suitability Requirements, Daniel G. Schmedlen, Jr. Sep 1995

Broker-Dealer Sales Practice In Derivatives Transactions: A Survey And Evaluation Of Suitability Requirements, Daniel G. Schmedlen, Jr.

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No abstract provided.


Form And Substance In The Definition Of A "Security": The Case Of Limited Liability Companies, Larry E. Ribstein Jun 1994

Form And Substance In The Definition Of A "Security": The Case Of Limited Liability Companies, Larry E. Ribstein

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No abstract provided.


Freedom Of Contract: The Trojan Horse Of Rule 10b-5, Margaret V. Sachs Jun 1994

Freedom Of Contract: The Trojan Horse Of Rule 10b-5, Margaret V. Sachs

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No abstract provided.


Efficient Market Theory: Let The Punishment Fit The Crime* , Louis Lowenstein Jun 1994

Efficient Market Theory: Let The Punishment Fit The Crime* , Louis Lowenstein

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No abstract provided.