Browsing Law School by Author "Thompson, Robert B., 1949-"

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    • Corporate Voting 
      Edelman, Paul H.; Thompson, Robert B., 1949- (Vanderbilt Law Review, 2009)
      Discussion of shareholder voting frequently begins against a background of the democratic expectations and justifications present in decision-making in the public sphere. Directors are assumed to be agents of the shareholders ...
    • The Future of Agency Independence 
      Bressman, Lisa Schultz; Thompson, Robert B., 1949- (Vanderbilt Law Review, 2010)
      Independent agencies have long been viewed as different from executive-branch agencies because the President lacks authority to fire their leaders for political reasons, such as failure to follow administration policy. In ...
    • The New Look of Shareholder Litigation: Acquisition-Oriented Class Actions 
      Thomas, Randall S., 1955-; Thompson, Robert B., 1949- (Vanderbilt Law Review, 2004)
      Shareholder litigation is the most frequently maligned legal check on managerial misconduct within corporations. Derivative lawsuits and federal securities class actions are portrayed as slackers in debates over how best ...
    • Shareholder Voting in an Age of Intermediary Capitalism 
      Edelman, Paul H.; Thomas, Randall S., 1955-; Thompson, Robert B., 1949- (Southern California Law Review, 2014)
      Shareholder voting is a key part of contemporary American corporate governance. As numerous contemporary battles between corporate management and shareholders illustrate, voting has never been more important. Yet, traditional ...
    • A Theory of Representative Shareholder Suits and its Application to Multijurisdictional Litigation 
      Thomas, Randall S., 1955-; Thompson, Robert B., 1949- (Northwestern University Law Review, 2012)
      We develop a theory to explain the uses and abuses of representative shareholder litigation based on its two most important underlying characteristics: the multiple sources of the legal rights being redressed (creating ...