Publications

Educators

14 May 2014
News

Is Bruce Rauner the Next Mitt Romney?

Keywords: Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

16 Apr 2014
News

Out of Backroom, Into Poll Ring

28 Sep 2013
News

All the Right Moves

10 Jan 2012
Working Paper Summaries

The Evolving Basis for Legitimacy of the World Trade Organization: Dispute Settlement and the Rebalancing of Global Interests

Keywords: by Arthur Daemmrich

January 1984 (Revised January 1988)
Case

Johnson vs. United States

By: Henry B. Reiling

Keywords: Lawsuits and Litigation

January 15, 2010
Article

Revisiting the Rights and Responsibilities of Business

By: Bill George

Keywords: Rights; Business Ventures

July 2009 (Revised March 2010)
Teaching Note

Airbus vs. Boeing: Parts (TN) (A) to (F)

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, Erich Alexander Voigt and Jordan Mitchell

Teaching Note for [707447], [707448], [707449]. [707450], [707451], and [707452]. View Details

Keywords: Lawsuits and Litigation

October 2006 (Revised January 2007)
Teaching Note

Meinhard v. Salmon (Abridged) and Mall of America (TN) (A) and (B)

By: Henry B. Reiling and Aldo Sesia

Keywords: Lawsuits and Litigation; Retail Industry

December 2003 (Revised August 2006)
Background Note

Grutter v. Bollinger: A Synopsis

By: Lynn S. Paine

In June 2003, the U.S. Supreme Court announced its decision in Grutter v. Bollinger, upholding the principle of affirmative action in university admissions, which had been challenged as a violation of the U.S. Constitution's Fourteenth Amendment. This case includes... View Details

Keywords: Lawsuits and Litigation

Educators

September 1970
Article

Recent Liability Cases - Implications for Accountants

By: Henry B. Reiling and Russell A. Taussig

Keywords: Legal Liability; Accounting

April 2010
Teaching Note

Carrot or Stick? Getting Paid for Innovation at Tessera Technologies (TN)

By: Willy C. Shih

Teaching Note for 610085. View Details

Keywords: Patents; Production; Situation or Environment; Law Enforcement; Lawsuits and Litigation; Information Technology; Growth and Development; Innovation and Invention; Technology Industry; Semiconductor Industry

May 2010
Article

Is Delaware's Antitakeover Statute Unconstitutional? Evidence from 1988-2008

By: Guhan Subramanian, Steven Herscovici and Brian Barbetta

Delaware's antitakeover statute, codified at Section 203 of the Delaware corporate code, is by far the most important antitakeover statute in the United States. When it was first enacted in 1988, three bidders challenged its constitutionality under the Commerce Clause... View Details

Keywords: Courts and Trials; Opportunities; Bids and Bidding; Laws and Statutes; Decisions; Change; Acquisition; United States

January 2025
Case

Cyber Oversight: SolarWinds Board of Directors

By: Lynn S. Paine

In 2020, just two years after its IPO, information technology company SolarWinds discovered that it was the victim of an attack on its information systems by Russian hackers. The incident, known as the Sunburst attack, was costly for the company, and certain... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Governance; Corporate Accountability; Governing and Advisory Boards; Cybersecurity; Lawsuits and Litigation; Legal Liability; Business and Shareholder Relations; Information Technology Industry; United States; Texas; Delaware

Educators

January 2022 (Revised November 2023)
Supplement

Uber in China (C): The Cost of Success for Didi

By: William C. Kirby and Noah B. Truwit

On June 30, 2021, ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing (Didi) raised $4.4 billion in its initial public offering (IPO) on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), the largest IPO of a Chinese company listed on an American exchange since Alibaba raised $25 billion in 2014.... View Details

Keywords: Uber; Didi Chuxing; Start-up Growth; Regulation; Ride-sharing; Transportation; Business Startups; Business and Government Relations; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Growth and Development; Policy; Competition; Laws and Statutes; Transportation Industry; Technology Industry; China