What Blockchain and Artificial Intelligence Won’t Do for Corporate Lawyers

By Jeffrey M. Lipshaw September 15, 2020 by Jeffrey M. Lipshaw

There have been a number of scholarly paeans to blockchain as a corporate governance tool. It creates a permanent and irreversible chain of custody that can be used for shareholder record keeping and voting, insider trading, corporate disclosures, and trade …

The False Dichotomy of Corporate Governance Platitudes

By Jeffrey M. Lipshaw August 12, 2020 by Jeffrey M. Lipshaw

Last August, the Business Roundtable (an organization of around 200 corporate CEOs) announced it was amending its Principles of Corporate Governance to eliminate the statement that the “primary purpose” of a corporation was to serve its shareholders. The CEOs wanted …

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What Blockchain and Artificial Intelligence Won’t Do for Corporate Lawyers

The False Dichotomy of Corporate Governance Platitudes