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Jan. 2013, Vol. 65, No. 1
Articles
David Haddock, Tonja Jacobi, & Matthew Sag, League Structure &Stadium Rent Seeking— the Role of Antitrust Revisited
Steven J. Cleveland, Resurrecting Deference to the Securities and Exchange Commission: Mark Cuban Trading on Inside information
Janai S. Nelson, The First Amendment, Equal Protection and Felon Disenfranchisement: A New Viewpoint
Sergio J. Campos, Erie as a Choice of Enforcement Defaults
Hanah Metchis Volokh, Constitutional Authority Statements in Congress
Sapna Kumar, The Accidental Agency?
Christian Turner, State Action Problems
Category Archives: Business & Corporate Law
Christopher H. Hanna, The Real Value of Tax Deferral
61 Fla. L. Rev. 203 (2009) | | | | ABSTRACT :: A leading law professor wrote a quarter-century ago that deferral of gain “is not as serious as outright exemption, but it is the next best thing.” Few tax … Continue reading
Posted in Business & Corporate Law, Tax Law, Uncategorized
Tagged corporate america, EPS, Fortune 500, Hanna, net income, permanent differences, Tax Deferral, Tax Exemption
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Ann Morales Olazábal & Patricia Sanchez Abril, In Honor Of Walter O. Weyrauch: The Ubiquity of Greed: A Contextual Model for Analysis of Scienter?
60 Fla. L. Rev. 401 (2008) | | | | ABSTRACT :: Some securities fraud plaintiffs contend that greed-in the form of perpetuating a prestigious executive position, ensuring a gainful bonus, or maintaining the appearance of corporate profitability-is a bona … Continue reading
Posted in Business & Corporate Law, Fraud, Securities Law, Uncategorized
Tagged Abil, Gordon Gekko, Greed, Motive and opportunity, Olazabal, Private Securities Litigation Reform Act, PSLRA, Scienter, Strong inference, Thomas Aquinas, Ubiquity of Greed
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Ann M. Scarlett, Confusion and Unpredictability in Shareholder Derivative Litigation: The Delaware Courts’ Response to Recent Corporate Scandals
60 Fla. L. Rev. 589 (2008) | | | | ABSTRACT :: The Delaware courts responded to the recent wave of corporate scandals, exemplified by Enron and WorldCom, by changing their approach to shareholder derivative litigation. This Article analyzes the … Continue reading
Posted in Business & Corporate Law, Civil Procedure, Fraud, Governments and Legislation, Uncategorized
Tagged Confusion and Unpredictability, delaware, derivative litigation, improvements, recent corporate scandals, Scarlett, Shareholder
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Bradley T. Borden, The Like-Kind Exchange Equity Conundrum
60 Fla. L. Rev. 643 (2008) | | | | ABSTRACT :: The tax-free treatment of like-kind exchanges presents one of tax law’s most compelling equity conundrums. Tax law generally does not tax property holders on the property’s appreciation but … Continue reading
Posted in Business & Corporate Law, Property Law, Tax Law, Uncategorized
Tagged appreciation from taxation, Borden, Equity Conundrum, exempt, Hohfeldian, like-kind property, Rawlsian, tax-free treatment
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David S. Levine, Secrecy and Unaccountability: Trade Secrets in our Public Infrastructure
59 Fla. L. Rev. 135 (2007) | | | | ABSTRACT :: Trade secrecy-the intellectual property doctrine that allows businesses to keep commercially valuable information secret for a potentially unlimited amount of time- is increasingly intruding in the operation of … Continue reading
Posted in Business & Corporate Law, Intellectual Property, Trade Law, Uncategorized
Tagged Levine, Private Commerce, Public Infrastructure, Secrecy, Trade Secrets, transparency, Unaccountability
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Christopher R. Leslie, The Significance of Silence: Collective Action Problems and Class Action Settlements
59 Fla. L. Rev. 71 (2007) | | | | INTRODUCTION :: When the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure first provided for a class action vehicle, hopes were high that individuals would be able to act collectively to hold corporations … Continue reading
Posted in Attorney Practice, Business & Corporate Law, Civil Procedure, Uncategorized
Tagged aggregation of claims, Civil Procedure, Class ACtion Lawsuits, Collective Action, collusion, Federal Rules, individual compensation, Leslie, settlement, Silence
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