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Transitions to Entertain and Distract the West: A Harder Review at a New Era that Changes little as Raúl Castro Remains First Secretary of the Cuban Communist Party and Diaz Canel Assumes the Presidency Under the Leadrrship of the PCC [Transiciones para entretener y distraer al Occidente: una crtítica más fuerte en una era que ha combiado poco en lo qual Raúl Castro sigue siendo primer secretario del PCC y Díaz Canel asume la presidencia bajo la dirección del PCC]

19 Apr 2018, 11:30 am

Miguel Díaz-Canel officially became president on Thursday morning after Raúl Castro stepped down and Díaz-Canel was confirmed by the National Assembly. [read post]

Law at the End of the Day - http://lcbackerblog.blogspot.com/

Monday round-up

16 Apr 2018, 4:21 am by Edith Roberts

United States, which asks whether stock options are taxable compensation under the Railroad Retirement Tax Act. [read post]

SCOTUSblog - http://www.scotusblog.com/

The Interpretive Poverty of Data

2 Mar 2018, 9:11 am by Guest Blogger

Swift’s “use of series argues a fertile and well stocked mind”. [read post]

Balkinization - http://balkin.blogspot.com/

The Interpretive Poverty of Data

2 Mar 2018, 9:11 am by Guest Blogger

Swift’s “use of series argues a fertile and well stocked mind”. [read post]

Balkinization - http://balkin.blogspot.com/

Just Published: "Considering a Treaty on Corporations and Human Rights: Mostly Failures But With a Glimmer of Success," in The Future of Business and Human Rights: Theoretical and Practical Considerations for a U.N. Treaty (Jernej Letnar Černič and Nicolás Carrillo-Santarelli, eds., Cambridge, Intersentia Press (2018))

14 Feb 2018, 8:17 pm

(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2018)I recently reported the publication of The Future of Business and Human Rights: Theoretical and Practical Considerations for a U.N. [read post]

Law at the End of the Day - http://lcbackerblog.blogspot.com/

Guest Post: Current Developments in Shareholder Litigation in California

1 Feb 2018, 5:55 pm by Kevin LaCroix

At the time that you purchase your D&O insurance, you don’t know what type of firm might bring a future suit against you. [read post]

The D & O Diary - http://www.dandodiary.com/

Just Published: "The Human Rights Obligations of Stet-Owned Enterprises: Emerging Conceptual Structure and Principles in National and International Law and Policy," Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational law 50(4):827-888 (2017)

18 Jan 2018, 8:47 am

State-Owned Enterprises: State of Play d. [read post]

Law at the End of the Day - http://lcbackerblog.blogspot.com/

BlackRock: Serve the Greater Good – Or Else. . .

18 Jan 2018, 3:00 am by John Jenkins

Earlier this week, BlackRock’s CEO Larry Fink sent his “annual letter to CEOs” of companies in BlackRock’s portfolio. [read post]

TheCorporateCounsel.net Blog - http://www.thecorporatecounsel.net/Blog/

Weekly Roundup: November 10–16, 2017

17 Nov 2017, 6:04 am

Changes in CEO Stock Option Grants: A Look at the Numbers Posted by Vasiliki Athanasakou (London School of Economics), Daniel Ferreira (London School of Economics), and Lisa Goh (Hang Seng Management College), on Friday, November 10, 2017 Tags: Agency model, Behavioral finance, Boards of Directors, Capital allocation, Compensation committees, Decision making, Equity-based compensation, Executive Compensation, Firm… [read post]

The Harvard Law School Corporate Governance Blog - http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/corpgov

Goodbye to Fats Domino.

25 Oct 2017, 9:29 am

The largest 1940 hit was by The Glenn Miller Orchestra, where it reached #1.It was a Tin Pan Alley composition, with the music by Vincent Rose (born Vincenzo Cacioppo, in Palermo, Italy) and lyrics by Larry Stock (who was born in Budapest, Hungary) and Al Lewis (born in NYC and not to be confused with the Al Lewis we knew and loved as Grandpa Munster). [read post]

Althouse - http://althouse.blogspot.com/

Risk! A Fate Worse Than Death

18 Oct 2017, 3:00 am by Biglaw Investor

Larry has been working for four years. [read post]

The Biglaw Investor - http://www.biglawinvestor.com/

The (Very) Pregnant Securities Lawyer

6 Oct 2017, 3:08 am by Liz Dunshee

Larry Fink has a term for this. [read post]

TheCorporateCounsel.net Blog - http://www.thecorporatecounsel.net/Blog/

Valentine v Interactive Brokers, LLC - Arbitrators refused to consider evidence correcting misrepresentation regarding bankruptcy filing; award vacated and vacature affirmed on appeal

1 Sep 2017, 6:49 am by MOTP

" Dillard also represented that the trust wanted the ability to trade stocks, options, and commodity futures on margin. [read post]

ADR Law Texas - http://texas-arbitration-case-law.blogspot.com/

Announcing European China Law Studies Association 欧洲中国法研究协会 12th Annual Conference 24-25 August Hosted by the University of Leiden

18 Jul 2017, 7:36 pm

Larry Catá Backer Pennsylvania State UniversityDr. [read post]

Law at the End of the Day - http://lcbackerblog.blogspot.com/

Weekly Roundup: June 30–July 6, 2017

7 Jul 2017, 6:39 am

Profusek, Jones Day, on Monday, July 3, 2017 Tags: Boards of Directors, Capital allocation, Dividends, Dual-class stock, Fair values, Hedge funds, Proxy contests, Shareholder activism, Shareholder proposals, Shareholder value Board Reforms and Firm Value: Worldwide Evidence Posted by Larry Fauver, University of Tennessee, on Tuesday, July 4, 2017 Tags: Audit committee, Board independence, Board… [read post]

The Harvard Law School Corporate Governance Blog - http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/corpgov

Comparative and Interdisciplinary Analysis From Cuba Counterpoints: (1) If Betsy DeVos met Ena Elsa Velázquez; (2) Cuban Travelogues into the Future’s Past; (3) Havana City of the Dead; and (4) Afro-Cuban Religion's "New Man"

17 Apr 2017, 5:27 am

If you tweet it, I’d be happy to like it! [read post]

Law at the End of the Day - http://lcbackerblog.blogspot.com/

Chinese Investment in the United States: Time for New Rules?

11 Apr 2017, 6:00 am by Jennifer M. Harris

FDI stock in China has slowed considerably in recent years. [read post]

Lawfare - http://www.lawfareblog.com/

Chapter 7 (Chapter Summaries) "Beyond Law: Governance and Legal Effects of Law in Social Norms, Contract Communities, and Disclosure Regimes: "Elements of Law and the United States Legal System"

19 Feb 2017, 8:23 am

New York Stock Exchange -Notes and Questions -Lilliputian Systems, Inc. v. [read post]