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A Few Thoughts on Law School Specialization
The topic of specialization in law school faculties has come up again in the blogosphere, as tends to be the case around hiring season. Mark Fenster starts us off at Prawfs with a very thoughtful post noting some of the potential costs associated with specialization and concludes: To me, the ideal law school would be ... A Few Thoughts on Law School Specialization
Thoughts on Walker on Backdating
Professor Ribstein responds to David Walker’s backdating article, which Bill highlighted here at TOTM a few weeks ago. Larry’s take? This is a useful paper as far as it goes. The problem is that it has missed a significant chunk of the “literature” on this rapidly developing topic that has developed in our rapidly developing ... Thoughts on Walker on Backdating
Who Has the Moral High Ground Here?
Life in the inner city can be hard. Jobs are scarce, prices are high, and transportation is difficult, making it hard to travel significant distances to work or shop. So when major retailers announce plans to enter the inner city, hire lots of employees, turn their neighborhoods into shopping destinations (thereby encouraging the creation of ... Who Has the Moral High Ground Here?
New article on Board vs. Shareholder power
Lynn Stout from UCLA School of Law just posted a paper on SSRN entitled “The Mythical Benefits of Shareholder Control.” The article is forthcoming in the Virginia Law Review. Here’s the abstract: In ‘The Myth of the Shareholder Franchise‘ [also forthcoming in the Virginia Law Review], Professor Lucian Bebchuk argues that the notion that shareholders ... New article on Board vs. Shareholder power
Mike Madison on the future of legal scholarship
It occurs to me that pretty much the only “must-read” posts I find are at Larry’s blog. Sensibly enough, as he is the . . . what do they call it . . . “blogfather” of this blog.  But once in a while a post shows up elsewhere that cries for (positive) attention. Today that post comes from ... Mike Madison on the future of legal scholarship
Where's the outrage?
I don’t have much to add to Larry’s post about Eliot Spitzer’s persecution (and non-prosecution) of AIG and Maurice Greenberg, or to Larry’s ongoing crusade against the criminalization of agency costs. But I just can’t resist registering my outrage.  How can this sort of thing not make your blood boil? Other than a few lonely voices ... Where's the outrage?
No, Matt, executive compensation is not all about norms
[UPDATE: In order to avoid linking glitches we removed the quotes from around the phrase, “all about norms” in the original title. This post thus has a different url than the original but is otherwise the same.] In a post titled, “Backdating: Yes, Virginia, Execs Do Want Inflated Pay,â€? over at PrawfsBlawg, Matt Bodie weighs ... No, Matt, executive compensation is not all about norms
Explaining Backdating (and Jenkins Channels Manne Again)
Holman Jenkins reports that a group of economists led by Milton Friedman and Harry Markowitz are getting behind the idea of putting an end to the expensing of options. It is a great column. Jenkins goes on to discuss options backdating and makes the following points, which will sound unfamiliar to TOTM readers: “In no ... Explaining Backdating (and Jenkins Channels Manne Again)
Google seeks exemption from Investment Company Act
According to this WSJ article, Google has asked the SEC to declare that Google is not an “investment company” and therefore not subject to the Investment Company Act of 1940. This seems like an odd request, but it highlights the broad sweep of the definition of investment company. Section 3(a)(1)(C) of the ICA provides that ... Google seeks exemption from Investment Company Act
Paternalism and the iPod, Part Trois
The WSJ Law Blog reports (via this AP Report) that the French law allowing regulators to force Apple to make its iPod compatible with rival offerings went into effect Thursday. “Me too” regulatory movements are already underway in Britain, Norway, Sweden, Poland and Denmark. This, as Microsoft plans to introduce “Zune,” its entry into the ... Paternalism and the iPod, Part Trois
My article on the hydraulic theory of disclosure regulation
My article, The Hydraulic Theory of Disclosure Regulation and Other Costs of Disclosure is available at SSRN. Although it will be published in the Alabama Law Review in January (or so), it is still in pretty rough form — the timing of various events dictated submission to law reviews before I solicited comments or finalized ... My article on the hydraulic theory of disclosure regulation
Posner on the Overlapping Generations of Law and Economics
Richard Posner reviews Steven Shavell’s Foundations of Economic Analysis of Law in the most recent issue of Journal of Economic Literature (June 2006). Not to take anything away from Posner’s review of the merits of Shavell’s treatise, and his detailed analysis of Shavell’s treatment of particular areas of law (e.g. intellectual property), but to me ... Posner on the Overlapping Generations of Law and Economics
