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Where do We Stand on The Empirics of Affirmative Action?
Has the empirical question of whether affirmative action harms blacks been answered with a resounding no? Paul Butler thinks so. In a post about UCLA Professor Richard Sander’s next installment of research, Butler writes: UCLA law professor Richard Sanders has done it again. He wrote an article a few years ago making the claim that ... Where do We Stand on The Empirics of Affirmative Action?
Single Member Board Committees
Today’s W$J has an article describing some of the option granting practices at Brocade (see here). Among them was the creation of a one member compensation committee consisting of Brocade’s CEO, Greg Reyes. The article gives the following as the reasoning: The process of granting stock options was cumbersome because the compensation committee met only ... Single Member Board Committees
Organ Markets, Social Justice, and the Poor: A Reply to Professor Pasquale
Frank Pasquale at Madisonian is concerned that organ markets do not show enough concern for the poor. He writes: I’d be more sympathetic to the economic approach to the topic if it showed a bit more concern for the plight of those unable to pay for organs (and for the very poor in LDC’s whose ... Organ Markets, Social Justice, and the Poor: A Reply to Professor Pasquale
Apparently, some of us do more than just blog once in a while
I’m sure you noticed that Bill’s recent draft is, deservedly, the most downloaded corporate law paper in the last 3 months over at SSRN. It also turns out that Josh has been pretty busy himself. In fact, according to Brian Leiter, Josh is 19th in the list of authors with at least three papers with the ... Apparently, some of us do more than just blog once in a while
Empirical Scholarship for the Untenured and at SEALS
Lisa Fairfax kicked off an interesting discussion over at the Glom regarding some reasons why untenured folks should not engage in empirical scholarship. The basic message: it takes too long, is too hard (to get data, mostly), may not be received well by tenure committees. There are some great comments to the post defending the ... Empirical Scholarship for the Untenured and at SEALS
SSRN Top Tens for Corporate, Corporate Governance, and Securities Law
The current SSRN top tens for corporate, corporate governance, and securities law are after the jump.
Kinderstart Antitrust Claims Dismissed … For Now …
Google’s motion to dismiss Kinderstart’s claims has been granted with leave to amend all claims. Eric Goldman provides commentary, thoughts on the defamation claim, and a link to the court’s order. As far as the antitrust claims go, I commented here that Google’s motion was likely to prevail: Labeling conduct “anticompetitiveâ€? or “exclusionaryâ€? is simply ... Kinderstart Antitrust Claims Dismissed … For Now …
*Why* Are Directors Awarding Spring-Loaded Options?
Of late, my colleagues on the internet have been blogging about stock options – notably discussing backdating and “spring-loading.� My colleagues have done a fine job with debating whether or not the latter is illegal (and/or reprehensible) and discussing the status of play with the former. My contribution to the discussion is to ask “what ... *Why* Are Directors Awarding Spring-Loaded Options?
The Unconvincing Antitrust Case Against Wal-Mart
I recently picked up a copy of the July Harper’s Magazine to read an essay by Barry C. Lynn entitled, “Breaking the Chain: The Antitrust Case Against Wal-Mart.” If you can’t tell from the title, the basic point is that antitrust authorities should break up Wal-Mart and put an end to the immense havoc that ... The Unconvincing Antitrust Case Against Wal-Mart
Kinderstart v. Google Antitrust Coverage
Kinderstart.com has filed a suit against Google which includes an antitrust claim based on the theory that Google changed its ranking algorithm in a manner that caused Kinderstart’s ranking to drop and revenues to plunge. HT: Antitrust Review. Eric Goldman has got this covered, including links to the complaint, analysis, Google’s motion to dismiss and ... Kinderstart v. Google Antitrust Coverage
What's wrong with what Eduardo Penalver thinks is wrong with property rights initiatives
Over at Co-op, guest blogger Eduardo Penalver posts this screed against property rights initiatives like Oregon’s Measure 37 (about which I blogged here) and Washington’s proposed Initiative I-933. To my mind he gets it pretty much completely wrong, so I thought I should weigh in. First, he claims that “by most accounts” Oregon’s Measure 37 ... What's wrong with what Eduardo Penalver thinks is wrong with property rights initiatives
SSRN Top Tens for Corporate, Corporate Governance, and Securities Law
After the jump find the current SSRN top tens for corporate, corporate governance, and securities law.
