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Volume III, Issue 2

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002: Assessing its Impact, Charting its Future

Articles

Sarbanes-Oxley, Kermit the Frog, and Competition Regarding Audit Quality, Matthew J. Barrett

Does Sarbanes-Oxley Foster the Existence of Ethical Executive Role Models in the Corporation?, Joan MacLeod Heminway
The Changing Atmospherics of Corporate Crime Sentencing in the Post-Sarbanes-Oxley Act Era, Peter J. Henning

How do Securities Laws Influence Affect, Happiness, & Trust?, Peter H. Huang
Corporate Ethics, Agency, and the Theory of the Firm, Robert J. Rhee

Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 Five Years On: What Have We Learned?, Catherine Shakespeare

The Future of Enterprise Regulation: Corporate Social Accountability and Human Freedom, Lindsay J. Thompson
Sarbanes-Oxley Turns Six: An Enforcement Perspective, Linda Chatman Thomsen & Donna Norman

Essays

The Impact of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act on Non-Shareholder Constituents: A Silver Lining, but Will It Endure?, Lisa M. Fairfax

Corporate Ethics in a Devilish System, Kent Greenfield

Sarbanes-Oxley’s Insight: The Role of Distrust, Renee M. Jones

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002: Setting a Baseline for the Adoption of Enterprise Ethics
, Dean Krehmeyer

Sarbanes-Oxley and the Restoration of Distrust, Lisa Hope Nicholson

Note and Comments

Shutting the Door on Pension Fund Investment in Hedge Funds—Protecting Investors That Need Protection, Jonathan H. Bliley

Western Investment Hedged Partners L.P. v. Sunset Financial Resources, Inc.: Exercising Control of Corporate Machinery through a Manipulative Democracy, Matthew G. Laver

Just What the Doctor Ordered: A Two-Step Standard for Pharmaceutical Patent Settlements, George A. O’Brien

Past Issues

Volume III, Issue 1

Google: An Intersection of Business and Technology

Google and Fair Use, Jonathan Band

Information Policy for the Library of Babel, James Grimmelmann

The Google IPO, Matthias Hild

Asterisk Revisited: Debating a Right of Reply on Search Results, Frank Pasquale

From Making Money without Doing Evil to Doing Good without Handouts: The Google.org Experiment in Philanthropy, Shruti Rana

Google Benefits or Google’s Benefit?, Susan J. Stabile

Privacy on Planet Google: Using the Theory of “Contextual Integrity” to Clarify the Privacy Threats of Google’s Quest for the Perfect Search Engine, Michael Zimmer

Article

What is a Business Crime?, Richard A. Booth

Notes

Rescuecom Corp. v. Google, Inc.: A Misuse of the Federal Trademark Doctrine of Commercial Use, Jeffrey Fabian

Dura Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Broudo: A Missed Opportunity to Right the Wrongs in the PSLRA and Rebalance the Private Rule 10b-5 Litigation Playing Field,Thomas F. Gillespie III

Louis Vuitton Malletier v. Dooney & Bourke, Inc.: Resisting Expansion of Trademark Protection in the Fashion Industry, Ashley Hofmeister

Volume II, Issue 2

Conference –— The Fall and Rise of Federal Corporation Law

Foreword

A Brief History of Federal Corporation Law, Richard A. Booth

Articles

The Dialectical Regulation of Rule 14a-8: Intersystemic Governance in Corporate Law, Robert B. Ahdieh

The Missing Link Between Insider Trading and Securities Fraud, Richard A. Booth

Milberg Weiss: of Studied Indifference and Dying of Shame, Theresa A. Gabaldon

What’s Good for the Goose? A Critical Essay on “Best Practices” for Private Firms, Jennifer Johnson

Regulating Excessive Executive Compensation –— Why Bother?, Jerry W. Markham

Recent Skirmishes in the Battle over Corporate Voting and Governance, Brett H. McDonnell

The Hypocrisy of the Milberg Indictment: The Need for a Coherent Framework on Paying for Cooperation in Litigation, Bruce H. Kobayashi & Larry E. Ribstein

Speech

The Fiduciary Duty of Disclosure after Dabit, Jack B. Jacobs

Essays

The Answer to Excessive Executive Compensation Is Risk, Not the Market, Charles M. Elson

How We Make Law in Delaware, and What to Expect from Us in the Future, Lawrence Hamermesh

A Perspective on Federal Corporation Law, Mark J. Loewenstein

Whatever Happened to the Market for Partners’ Desks? The Milberg Indictment as an Inquiry into Accountability, Robert W. Hillman

A Commentary on McDonnell, Ahdieh, Hamermesh, and Johnson’s Views on Federal Corporation Law and the AIG Kerfuffle, Jennifer O’Hare

Notes

Costa Brava P’ship III v. Telos Corp.: Striking an Inconsistent Balance in Plaintiff Shareholder Suits, Patrick W. Flavin

Republic Properties Corp. v. Mission West Properties, L.P.: Discouraging Forum Shopping in Maryland by Properly Implementing the Entity Theory of Partnerships, John Stinson

Volume II, Issue 1

Rountable - The Criminalization of Corporate Law

Foreword

The Criminalization of Corporate Law, Lisa M. Fairfax

Articles

Hell Hath No Fury Like an Investor Scorned: Retribution, Deterrence, Restoration, and the Criminalization of Securities Fraud Under Rule 10b-5, Joan MacLeod Heminway

On the Prospects of Deterring Corporate Crime, Geraldine Szott Moohr

Sarbanes-Oxley's Purported Over-Criminalization of Corporate Offenders, Lisa H. Nicholson

The Perils of Criminalizing Agency Costs, Larry E. Ribstein

Speech

Criminalization of Corporate Law, David Anders

Reflective Essays

The Impact on Director and Officer Behavior, Douglas M. Branson, and Donald Langevoort

The Impact on Shareholders and Other Constitents, Jill Fisch, Christine Hurt, Brett McDonnell, David Millon, and Jennifer O'Hare

The Impact of Criminal Sanctions on Corporate Misconduct, Peter Henning, Donna M. Hagy, Alan Palmiter, David Skeel, Jr., and Ellen S. Podgor

Notes

MGM v. Grokster: Adopting Patent Law's Active Inducement Doctrine and Shifting the Focus to Actions of Alleged Indirect Infringers, Kristine Girgorian

Timko v. Triarsi, How to Prevent Predatory Strike Suits While Avoiding Inequitable Results, Zachary D. Cohen



Volume I, Issue 2

Conference –— Twilight in the Zone of Insolvency:
Fiduciary Duty and Creditors of Troubled Companies

Sessions

History & Background, Royce de R. Barondes, Lisa Fairfax, Lawrence A. Hamermesh, Robert Lawless, Jonathon C. Lipson, and Russell C. Silberglied

The Duty of Creditors in Practice, J. William Callison, Mark A.Grovic, James J. Hanks, Jr., Roger A. Lane, and Carl E. Metzger

Presentation of Much Ado About Little? Directors' Fiduciary Duties in the Vicinity of Insolvency, Stephen M. Bainbridge

Theory and Policy, Kelli A. Alces, Larry E. Ribstein, Alan Schwartz, Simone M. Sepe, D.Gordon Smith, and Frederick Tung

Comparative & International Perspective, Andres Engert, Reid Feldman, Pamela L.J. Huff, Donna W. McKenzie-Skene, and Hanno Merkt

Essays

Much Ado About Little? Directors' Fiduciary Duties in the Vicinity of Insolvency, Stephen M. Bainbridge

Fiduciary Duties in Distressed Corporations: Second Generation Issues, Royce de R. Barondes

Duty to Creditors Reconsidered—Filling a Much Needed Gap in Corporation Law, Richard A. Booth

Why a Fiduciary Duty Shift to Creditors of Insolvent Business Entities is Incorrect as a Matter of Theory and Practice, J. William Callison

From Production Resources to Peoples Department Stores: A Similar Response by Delaware and Canadian Courts on the Fiduciary Duties of Directors to Creditors of Insolvent Companies, Pamela L.J. Huff and Russell C. Silberglied

Direct Creditor Claims for Breach of Fiduciary Duty: Is they is, or is they ain't?, Roger A. Lane

Directors' Duty to Creditors of a Financially Distressed Company: A Perspective from Across the Pond, Donna W. McKenzie-Skene

Directors' Duties in Failing Firms, Larry E. Ribstein and Kelli A. Alces

Directors' Duty to Creditors and the Debt Contract, Simone M. Sepe

Gap Filling in Zone of Insolvency, Frederick Tung

Notes & Comments

Wood Prince v. Lynch: Opening the Door for Subsequent Misapplications of the Business Judgment Rule to Claims Alleging that a Trustee has Breached His Fiduciary Duty of Loyalty, Megan L. Reuwer

Merck KGaA v. Integra Lifesciences I, Ltd.: How Broad Can You Go? The Supreme Court Makes Room for Preclinical Research in The Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act's Safe Harbor Provision, Lauren B. Willis



Volume I, Issue 1

Conference - Mutual Funds & Investor Welfare

Sessions

Overview and Update, Margaret A. Bancroft, Jay G. Barris, Lisa Fairfax, Tamar Frankel, Richard M. Phillips, Frank C. Razzano, and Thomas R. Smith Jr.

Fund Governance Going Forward, Diane Ambler, John C. Bogle, William Foulk, James Hanks, Amy Olmert, Alan Palmiter, and Earl Weiner

Reflections on the Evolution of Mutual Fund Governance, John C. Bogle

Mutual Funds & Corporate Governance, Lucian Bebchuk, Timothy Forde, Michael Garland, Henry Hopkins, Patrick McGurn, and John Olson

Alternative Structures and Strategies for Investors, Richard A. Booth, Michael DeGeorge, Joseph Hardiman, Henry Hu, Susan Nash, and Frank Partnoy

Essays

Who Should Recover What for Late Trading and Market Timing?, Richard A. Booth

The Martin Act: An Overview, Frank C. Razzano

How Did We Get Into This Mess?, Tamar Frankel

Knowledge Is Power: What Went Wrong in the Mutual Fund Industry, Margaret A. Bancroft

Study

Mutual Funds and Proxy Voting: New Evidence on Corporate Governance, Burton Rothberg and Steven Lilien

Notes & Comments

The Urge to Merge: Contemporary Theories on the Rise of Conglomerate Mergers in the 1960s, Timothy M. Hurley

Should Shares Issued Directly From a Corporation Constitute a Control Share Acquisition?, Andrew J. Opiola



Citing to the Journal
Example of a proper citation to the Journal of Business & Technology Law:

Richard A. Booth, Who Should Recover What for Late Trading and Market Timing?, 1 J. BUS. & TECH. L. 101 (2006).


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