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Securities Law Prof Blog
NYAG Tells AIG to Account for Fraudulent Conveyances
The New York Attorney General sent AIG expressing its displeasure with certain of the company's recent expenditures even as the company is being bailed out by the U.S. taxpayers and…
La Revue
La mort probable de la loi TEPA
Fêtons, comme il se doit, l’anniversaire de la loi TEPA du 21 août 2007 ! La loi Breton du 26 juillet 2005, a soumis à la procédure des conventions réglementées…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Paulson’s Statement on Government’s Investment in Banks
From Statement by Secretary Henry M. Paulson, Jr. on Actions to Protect the U.S. Economy:Today I am announcing that the Treasury will purchase equity stakes in a wide array of…
Labor Law Prof Blog
SSRN Top-10 List of Recent Employment & Labor Downloads
Robert Novy-Marx & Joshua D. Raugh, The Intergenerational Transfer of Public Pension Promises (158).John R. Graham (left), Si Li (center), & Jiaping Qiu (right), Managerial Ability and Executive Compensation (95).…
The Conglomerate Blog: Business, Law, Economics & Society
Do we need a corporate governance response to the current crisis?
By Gordon Smith
As I begin teaching about boards of directors and their fiduciary duties, I have begun to wonder if there should be any corporate governance changes in response to the current…
Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
Nonprofit CEOs’ Compensation Outpaces Inflation
According to various media reports, one of the demands for the $700 billion bailout is that the final product include limits on executive compensation. Frankly, we all got ourselves into…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Congress Considers Emergency Economic Stabilization Act
Here is the text of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 as posted today on Nancy Pelosi's website. The bill is described on the website, as follows:PROTECTION FOR TAXPAYERS,…
Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
Jon “Barry” Forman on Letting the Sun Shine on Nonprofit Executive Comp
Jon Barry Forman has published an op-ed piece entitled IRS lets the sun shine on tax-exempt organizations, The Journal Record, September 22, 2008, at 6A. Here is an excerpt:Unlike tax…
Labor Law Prof Blog
British Reaction to Crash of 2008 and Bonus Pool for Lehman Executives
Rightfully pissed off after reading news like this:Up to 10,000 staff at the New York office of the bankrupt investment bank Lehman Brothers will share a bonus pool set aside…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Gordon on Say on Pay
'Say on Pay': Cautionary Notes on the UK Experience and the Case for Muddling Through, by Jeffrey N. Gordon, Columbia Law School; European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI), was recently posted…