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Mapping the American Shareholder Litigation Experience
(European Company and Financial Law Review, 2009)
In this paper, we provide an overview of the most significant empirical research that has been conducted in recent years on the public and private enforcement of the federal securities laws. The existing studies of the ...
Common Challenges Facing Shareholder Suits in Europe and the United States
(European Company and Financial Law Review, 2009)
Episodic and even sometimes systematic misbehavior by businessmen and
corporate entities is ubiquitous. While Enron and WorldCom were the battle
cries for corporate reform in the U.S. so it was with Ahold and Parmalat ...
Do Differences in Pleading Standards Cause Forum Shopping in Securities Class Actions?: Doctrinal and Empirical Analyses
(Wisconsin Law Review, 2009)
Federal appellate courts have promulgated divergent legal standards for pleading fraud in securities fraud class actions after the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act (PSLRA). Recently, the U.S. Supreme Court issued ...
Does Private Equity Create Wealth? The Effects of Private Equity and Derivatives on Corporate Governance
(University of Chicago Law Review, 2009)
Private equity has reaped large rewards in recent years. We claim that one major reason for this success is due to the corporate governance advantages of private equity over the public corporation. We argue that the ...