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Larry Ribstein wins ABA’s Martin I. Lubaroff Award
We are delighted to report that the ABA Business Law Section has posthumously awarded Larry Ribstein its Martin I. Lubaroff Award, presented annually to a lawyer who has consistently demonstrated leadership, scholarship, and outstanding service in LLCs, Partnerships and Unincorporated Entities law. That describes no one so well as Larry. The award was established in 2001 ... Larry Ribstein wins ABA’s Martin I. Lubaroff Award
Happy 10th Birthday Sarbanes-Oxley
There are many days that I wish Larry Ribstein were still here, and today is definitely one of those days. He would have had a lot to say about the tenth anniversary of SOX today. He and Henry Butler noted in their book “The Sarbanes-Oxley Debacle: What We’ve Learned; How to Fix It” that: “while ... Happy 10th Birthday Sarbanes-Oxley
GMU Law & Economics Center Presents “Unlocking the Law: Building on the Work of Professor Larry Ribstein”
I’m very pleased to announce the George Mason Law & Economics Center is hosting a program focusing on our friend and colleague Larry Ribstein’s scholarship on the market for law. Henry Butler and Bruce Kobayashi have put together a really wonderful program of folks coming together not to celebrate Larry’s work — but to ... GMU Law & Economics Center Presents “Unlocking the Law: Building on the Work of Professor Larry Ribstein”
Remembering Larry Ribstein
I was terribly saddened and, quite frankly, dumbfounded when I heard that Larry Ribstein had passed away. I had seen Larry approximately three weeks before when he gave a workshop at Yale and the last thought that would have crossed my mind would have been that I would be receiving such horrible news. At the ... Remembering Larry Ribstein
Notes from the tea party caucus of corporate academia
Roberta Romano has just posted her paper, Regulating in the Dark. Here’s the abstract: Foundational financial legislation is typically adopted in the midst or aftermath of financial crises, when an informed understanding of the causes of the crisis is not yet available. Moreover, financial institutions operate in a dynamic environment of considerable uncertainty, such that ... Notes from the tea party caucus of corporate academia
An academic’s day in court
About a month ago I discussed a case in which I had written an amicus brief: Last year I wrote here about Roni LLC v Arfa, which I cited as an example of the ”troubling lawlessness of NY LLC law.” In brief, the court sustained a non-disclosure claim based on “plaintiffs’ allegations that the promoter ... An academic’s day in court
The ineffectiveness of internal controls reporting
We have heard much about the costs of internal controls reporting under SOX 404. Proponents argue that the fraud reduction is worth the costs. One might question this in light of anecdotes like all the missing cash at MF Global (and many other post-SOX securities fraud suits where auditors and executives had signed off on ... The ineffectiveness of internal controls reporting
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Professor Bainbridge properly gives candidate Gingrich the treatment Professor Ribstein dished out to Professor Krugman on private equity Jury deliberates in $1B antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft (USA Today) Clock stops on EU review of Google-Motorola acquisition (BNA) Analyst argues that killing the AT&T-T-Mobile transaction will pose risks for investors as the former searches for others ... Some Links
Are partners employees under the discrimination laws?
The WSJ Law Blog reports that New York Supreme Court Justice Marcy Friedman held that a former Holland & Knight partner wasn’t an employee under city and state anti-discrimination laws and therefore wasn’t entitled to age discrimination protection for his expulsion at age 55. Per the Law Blog’s summary, the ex-“partner” argued that he was ... Are partners employees under the discrimination laws?
Abolishing corporate personhood: still stupid
Doug Mataconis criticizes efforts in Congress to overrule Citizens United by abolishing corporate personhood (HT Bainbridge). I’ve already addressed this issue, noting among other things that “the loss of personhood would not have the slightest effect under Citizens United” because that case reasoned that the speaker’s identity is irrelevant. In any event, I pointed out ... Abolishing corporate personhood: still stupid
Sex and the business association
Should domestic relationships be modeled on corporations, partnerships or other business associations? This idea may seem attractive. As I have argued, both business and family relationships can be viewed as standard forms, which are useful for filling gaps in long-term contractual relationships. Borrowing contract-type thinking from business associations also could help break through the norm-driven ... Sex and the business association
Krugman on private equity
Paul Krugman, writing in Thursday’s NYT, sees Romney as a real life version of Oliver Stone’s Gordon Gekko in the film Wall Street. He characterizes Romney and his private equity ilk as job-destroyers, and argues that they should be taxed (and presumably also regulated) accordingly. He contrasts this with the supposed position of the GOP ... Krugman on private equity
