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Toward a “Tender Offer” Market for Labor Representation

By Aneil Kovvali and Jonathan R. Macey February 23, 2022 by Jonathan R. Macey

For decades, corporate America has succeeded in delivering ever higher profits for shareholders by squeezing workers.  Whether the basic driver is labor monopsony, or a lack of worker power to capture economic profits at corporations, or increasingly ruthless business and …

ESG Investing: Why Here? Why Now?

By Jonathan R. Macey November 15, 2021 by Jonathan R. Macey

ESG investing is taking the world of finance by storm.  Few concepts have come to dominate an academic discipline as quickly as Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) has come to dominate the field of corporate law.  While certain forms of …

Why Unions Lose Elections

By Jonathan R. Macey April 19, 2021 by Jonathan R. Macey

Recently, workers at Amazon dealt what has been called a “decisive” and “crushing” blow to organized labor,[1] with their proposed union receiving less than 30 percent of the votes cast, according to the federal vote counters overseeing the …

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Securities Regulation and Class Warfare

By Jonathan R. Macey March 2, 2021 by Jonathan R. Macey

In a new article, I examine the regulatory goals of creating “fair, orderly, and efficient” securities markets in light of the recent issues involving trading in the shares of GameStop Corp. (GME) through the broker-dealer firm Robinhood Financial LLC.  The …

Fir Tree v. Jarden and M&A Appraisal

By Jonathan R. Macey and Joshua Mitts July 15, 2020 by Jonathan R. Macey

The Delaware Supreme Court’s recent decision in Fir Tree v. Jarden[1] marks an important milestone in the law of appraisal, making clear that unaffected market price can and should be decisive in some appraisal actions. Because the court’s opinion …

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Regulating Crypto to Death Is OK
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