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28 Nov 2016
Research & Ideas

Challenging the Belief that Liability Laws Kill Medical Device Innovation

in passing tort reform laws to limit the amount of damages patients can receive. Less attention has been paid to the effect such reforms can have on medical device innovation. Under the chilling effect of potential lawsuits, a doctor may... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Medical Devices & Supplies

10 Dec 2021
News

New NYC Law Restricts Hiring Based on Artificial Intelligence

2010
Working Paper

Law and Finance c. 1900

By: Aldo Musacchio

How persistent are the effects of legal institutions adopted or inherited in the distant past? A substantial literature argues that legal origins have persistent effects that explain clear differences in investor protections and financial development around the world... View Details

Keywords: Law; Finance; Corporate Governance; Practice; Growth and Development

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21 Feb 2019
News

Voter ID Laws Don't Work (But They Don't Hurt Anything, Either)

2009
Book

Commentaries and Cases on the Law of Business Organization

By: William T. Allen, Reinier H. Kraakman and Guhan Subramanian

Updated throughout, the Third Edition of Commentaries and Cases on the Law of Business Organization continues to provide a refreshingly accessible economic analysis perspective. The distinguished team of authors introduces and explains economic concepts in a way... View Details

Keywords: Business Organization; Economics; Law

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31 Oct 2014
HBS Seminar

Sifan Zhou (SUNY Albany, and LWP at The Harvard Law School), Harvard Law School

2019
Chapter

Fiduciary Law and Financial Regulation

By: Howell E. Jackson and Talia B Gillis

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2007
Chapter

Prologue: Emerging Modern Law Firms

By: John J. Gabarro

Keywords: Legal Services Industry

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14 Feb 2013
HBS Seminar

Susan Crawford, Cardozo Law School

March 2006
Background Note

Business, Law, and Society: The Systems Approach to Law and Management

Presents the systems approach to law and management, a construct for understanding how public law affects the competitive environment and a firm's resources. Describes how the legally astute manager can use legal tools to assess opportunities, develop the firm's value... View Details

Keywords: Business or Company Management; Law; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact

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July 2010
Background Note

Remedies for Patent Infringement under U.S. Law

By: Lena G. Goldberg and Chad Carr

Under the U.S. Patent Act, a patent owner has a statutory right to exclude others from engaging in the unauthorized production, use, sale, or importation of a patented invention. This note examines how that right is enforced and what remedies a patent owner has when... View Details

Keywords: Innovation and Invention; Patents; Law Enforcement; Rights; United States

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30 May 2019
Working Paper Summaries

US Antitrust Law and Policy in Historical Perspective

Keywords: by Laura Phillips Sawyer; Education

March 1983 (Revised March 1989)
Case

Law Offices of Lewin & Associates

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September 2022
Teaching Note

Marsha Simms: Trailblazer in Corporate Law

By: Robin Ely, Boris Groysberg and Colleen Ammerman

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 422-012. View Details

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June 2005 (Revised October 2007)
Teaching Note

The Law of One Price (TN)

By: Joshua D. Coval and Erik Stafford

Teaching Note to (2-205-079). View Details

Keywords: Price

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On the Optimal Structure of Liability Laws

By: Jerry R. Green

We consider the control of tvo-party accidents through the use of liability rules that assign damages according to whether or not predetermined standards for care have been met. Particular emphasis is given to how the differential in the costs of accident avoidance... View Details

Keywords: Legal Liability; Law

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