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30 Jul 2008, 4:16 am
Larry Ribstein's scholarship is now more timely than ever. [read post]
28 Jul 2008, 10:10 pm
Keywords: director action, judicial review of corporate action, business judgment rule, intrinsic fairness, enhanced scrutiny, controlling shareholders, fiduciary duty UPDATE: Here is an insightful analysis by Professor Larry Ribstein of the Sinclair case highlighted in Professor Thompson's article. [read post]
28 Jul 2008, 5:22 pm
Additional concerns regarding the proposed new rules are noted on Professor Larry Ribstein’s Ideoblog (here). [read post]
28 Jul 2008, 1:13 pm
I conclude by considering implications for corporate law and fiduciary obligations in VC-backed firms.Today's expert commentary will be provided by William Carney, Gordon Smith, and my own wonderful colleagues Larry Ribstein and Tom Ulen. [read post]
28 Jul 2008, 1:11 pm
Brian Broughman's Role of Independent Directors in VC-Backed Firms shows why these closely held firms have independent directors - not as monitors, as in publicly held firms, but as arbiters between venture capital investors and entrepreneurs, who often have conflicting interests. [read post]
24 Jul 2008, 7:02 pm
For more, see Brian Leiter (Chicago) and Larry Ribstein (Illinois). [read post]
24 Jul 2008, 2:14 pm
" UPDATE: Larry Ribstein (Illinois), true believer in markets, speaks up for the Northwestern plan: "This may or may not be something... [read post]
22 Jul 2008, 11:10 pm
* More on the bimodal distribution of starting salaries in law, from Professor Larry Ribstein. [read post]
21 Jul 2008, 11:30 am
Professor Larry Ribstein's Ideoblog and the Unincorporated Business Law Prof Blog are good places to explore more learned viewpoints on the subject, including Professor Gary Rosin's recent posting on the Maitland and Caplash cases. [read post]
21 Jul 2008, 8:30 am
This case has generated commentary by Steve Bainbridge (here, there, over there, around here, and right here), Larry Ribstein (here and there), Francis Pileggi (here), and Lisa Fairfax at The Conglomerate (here and there). [read post]
18 Jul 2008, 6:01 am
Larry Ribstein summed up the absurdity of the Cox's action well: “[I]n our wacky world of regulation, as we step up liability to get out the truth about securities, we stomp down an important mechanism for getting the truth out about securities. [read post]
16 Jul 2008, 1:22 am
posted by Gary Rosin Larry Ribstein reminds us of the September 1, 2008 deadline for the Call for Papers for the 2009 AALS Annual Meeting by the Section on Agency, Partnerships, LLCs & UAs . [read post]
11 Jul 2008, 9:40 pm
posted by Gary Rosin Here's the abstract for one of Larry Ribstein's most recent SSRN working papers is "Uncorporating the Large Firm" This article examines private equity firms as an example of partnership-type, or uncorporate, structures in the governance of... [read post]
10 Jul 2008, 2:20 am
For example, Larry Ribstein's recent Uncorporating the Large Firm talks about "uncorporations" (a catch-all term encompassing partnership-type entities like private equity firms, publicly traded partnerships, REITs, and hedge funds) often having a distributional mandate to help reduce agency costs. [read post]
9 Jul 2008, 4:38 pm
Larry Ribstein has posted Reforming Limited Liability Company Fiduciary Litigation on SSRN. [read post]
8 Jul 2008, 7:29 pm
Ribstein, the Mildred van Voorhis Jones Chair in Law at University of Illinois College of Law. [read post]
2 Jul 2008, 9:51 pm
This case is but another replay of other similar cases where the plaintiff failed to allege with particularity any facts from which it could be inferred that particular directors knew or should have been on notice of alleged accounting improprieties, and any facts suggesting that the board knowingly allowed or participated in a violation of law.24 UPDATE: Professor Larry Ribstein posts about the case here, with his customarily insightful analysis, including his observation that one… [read post]
24 Jun 2008, 3:30 pm
Well, to be honest, Larry seems merely skeptical, and Larry Ribstein (also Illinois) likes the idea. [read post]
20 Jun 2008, 6:01 am
Larry Ribstein has typically insightful observations along the same lines, while Bess Levin muses over the Feds' suggestion that investors didn't know exactly what they were buying when investing in Bear's funds. [read post]
19 Jun 2008, 12:35 pm
Anyway, I started writing this - been away awhile, and behind my research on the internet - only to find that Larry Ribstein has already said it all better. [read post]
