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- October 1990 (Revised April 1994)
- Case
CGE vs. Dowpont
By: David E. Bell
Keywords: Lawsuits and Litigation
Bell, David E. "CGE vs. Dowpont." Harvard Business School Case 191-089, October 1990. (Revised April 1994.)
- September 1993 (Revised March 1997)
- Case
Lucas vs. South Carolina Coastal Council (A)
Emmons, Willis M., III. "Lucas vs. South Carolina Coastal Council (A)." Harvard Business School Case 794-029, September 1993. (Revised March 1997.)
- December 2004
- Article
How Market Smarts Can Protect Property Rights
By: Bharat N. Anand and Alexander Galetovic
Anand, Bharat N., and Alexander Galetovic. "How Market Smarts Can Protect Property Rights." Harvard Business Review 82, no. 12 (December 2004).
- September 2011
- Teaching Note
Aguas Argentinas: Settling a Dispute (TN)
By: Louis T. Wells
Teaching Note for 705-019. View Details
- 23 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
Product Disasters Can Be Fertile Ground for Innovation
the Strategy Unit of Harvard Business School. The case caught the attention of Luo and Alberto Galasso, a professor at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management, who have together looked at the impact of changes in liability View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Insights into Business in Islamic World
in Western colleges and universities." Hayes's comments, together with those of Harvard Law School adjunct professor Frank Vogel, were delivered as part of the School's "Rising to the Challenge" program, which addresses topics of... View Details
- May 2010
- Response
Is Delaware's Antitakeover Statute Unconstitutional? Further Evidence and a Reply to Symposium Commentators
Subramanian, Guhan. "Is Delaware's Antitakeover Statute Unconstitutional? Further Evidence and a Reply to Symposium Commentators." Business Lawyer 65, no. 3 (May 2010).
- Article
Some Reflections on the Antitrust Treatment of Intellectual Property
By: Tracy R. Lewis and Dennis A. Yao
Abridged version in The Financial Times, The Complete MBA Companion, 1997, pp. 577-582. View Details
Lewis, Tracy R., and Dennis A. Yao. "Some Reflections on the Antitrust Treatment of Intellectual Property." Antitrust Law Journal 63, no. 2 (1995): 603–619. (Abridged version in The Financial Times, The Complete MBA Companion, 1997, pp.577-582. Harvard users click here for full text.)
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Letters to the Editor
observer at all corporation board meetings. However, in order to be effective, the guidance provided by law should be more detailed than it is at present. In addition, the SEC ought to give guidance on remuneration of executives. Monroe... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Where Are They Now?
the strongest financial condition.” Glauber again returned to Harvard as an adjunct lecturer at the Kennedy School and a visiting professor at the Law School. He also sits on several corporate boards and has recently heard from many... View Details
- April 2013 (Revised October 2014)
- Case
SaferTaxi: Connecting Taxis and Passengers in South America
By: Peter Coles and Benjamin Edelman
SaferTaxi, a taxi booking service in South America must develop its mobilization strategy; that is, it must attract enough passengers and drivers to make its service worthwhile for all. Drivers hesitate to pay for SaferTaxi's smartphones and service unless these will... View Details
Keywords: Taxi Booking; Smartphone; Transportation Networks; Network Effects; Laws and Statutes; South America; Argentina; Brazil; Chile
Coles, Peter, and Benjamin Edelman. "SaferTaxi: Connecting Taxis and Passengers in South America." Harvard Business School Case 913-041, April 2013. (Revised October 2014.) (request a courtesy copy.)
- 17 Jul 2016
- Working Paper Summaries
Tort Reform and Innovation
- Article
Does Legal Enforcement Affect Financial Transactions?: The Contractual Channel in Private Equity
By: Josh Lerner and Antoinette Schoar
Lerner, Josh, and Antoinette Schoar. "Does Legal Enforcement Affect Financial Transactions?: The Contractual Channel in Private Equity." Quarterly Journal of Economics 120, no. 1 (February 2005): 223–246. (Earlier version distributed as National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper No. 10348.)
- November 2017
- Case
Third Point Paints a Target on Sotheby's
By: Lena G. Goldberg
When faced with the increasing accumulation of its stock by activist investors led by Daniel Loeb’s Third Point LLC and the activists’ stated objective to replace management and at least some Sotheby’s Board members, Sotheby’s, the world’s oldest auction house,... View Details
Keywords: Fiduciary Duties; Activists; Activist Investors; Rights Plan; Poison Pills; Takeover Defenses; Corporate Governance; Laws and Statutes; Lawsuits and Litigation; Ownership Stake; Value Creation; Crisis Management
Goldberg, Lena G. "Third Point Paints a Target on Sotheby's." Harvard Business School Case 318-086, November 2017.
- Fast Answer
Tax news and analysis
Where can I find current tax news and analysis? Harvard Law School Library Tax Guide: Lists source for laws and information on tax law issues (mostly U.S. focused). ... View Details
- February 2016
- Case
Debt and Democracy: The New York Constitutional Convention of 1846
By: David Moss and Dean Grodzins
On September 23, 1846, delegates to New York State's constitutional convention prepared to vote on a proposal that its principal proponent, Michael Hoffman, conceded would be “a serious change in our form of government.” The proposal would place tight restrictions on... View Details
- 2013
- Working Paper
Accountability of Independent Directors—Evidence from Firms Subject to Securities Litigation
By: Francois Brochet and Suraj Srinivasan
We examine which independent directors are held accountable when investors sue firms for financial and disclosure related fraud. Investors can name independent directors as defendants in lawsuits, and they can vote against their re-election to express displeasure over... View Details
Brochet, Francois, and Suraj Srinivasan. "Accountability of Independent Directors—Evidence from Firms Subject to Securities Litigation." Working Paper, 2013. (Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 13-104, June 2013.)
- January 2004 (Revised October 2006)
- Case
Texas Gulf Sulphur: The Timmins Ontario Mine
By: Henry B. Reiling and Maria Mercedes Camargo
Employees, officers, and directors of Texas Gulf Sulphur acquired or tipped off others to acquire common stock or options before and concurrent with the announcement of a major discovery of ore. The question is whether any of these acquisitions violated either federal... View Details
Reiling, Henry B., and Maria Mercedes Camargo. "Texas Gulf Sulphur: The Timmins Ontario Mine." Harvard Business School Case 204-114, January 2004. (Revised October 2006.)