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The Rise of the Mega-Law Firm: Some Reckless Reflections and Prickly Predictions
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This post comes to us from John C. Coffee, Jr., the Adolf A. Berle Professor of Law at Columbia University Law School and the Director of its Center on Corporate Governance. These slides accompanied a lunch address that he …
The Spillover Effects of Class Actions on Joint Venture Partners
Firms faced with a class action lawsuit experience reputational and financial penalties. [1] However, research has focused solely on the consequences for the defendant and, to our knowledge, no studies have examined whether the repercussions of alleged malfeasance range beyond …
The Ethics of Representing Founders
Lawyers for startups typically serve as counsel to the new organization, with all of the complications that accompany representing an entity. But consider those lawyers as they perform legal work for the enterprise before any organization exists. Who are their …