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Jan 15, 2010
Drew Johnson-Skinner, 2010, "Paying-to-Play in Securities Class Actions: A Look at Lawyers' Campaign Contributions", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/1AQJD2, Harvard Dataverse, V1
Congress enacted the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) to reduce plaintiffs’ lawyers’ influence in securities fraud class actions. The PSLRA’s presumption that the class member with the largest financial interest would be named lead plaintiff was meant to place the class, instead of its lawyers, in charge of the litigation. C... |
Jan 15, 2010 -
Paying-to-Play in Securities Class Actions: A Look at Lawyers' Campaign Contributions
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Jan 15, 2010 -
Paying-to-Play in Securities Class Actions: A Look at Lawyers' Campaign Contributions
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Summary of Donation Data. Note: This data has been updated since the Note was published to provide additional data and correct errors. |
Nov 12, 2009
Christopher Terranova, 2009, "The Constitutional Life of Legislative Instructions in America", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/UR2OBV, Harvard Dataverse, V1
In America’s early history, state legislatures often formally instructed their federal representatives on particular votes. This practice flourished for a century, but then died out—a change that many scholars attribute to the Seventeenth Amendment. This Note argues that previous scholars have ignored other, more important reasons for the demise of... |
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Jul 19, 2009
Christopher Whytock, 2009, "Myth of Mess? International Choice of Law in Action", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/I4X484, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:3:UweNiTzUD61wygZG7BRe5w== [fileUNF]
Choice of law is a mess—or so it is said. According to conventional wisdom, choice-of-law doctrine does not significantly influence judges’ choice-of-law decisions. Instead, these decisions are primarily motivated by biases in favor of domestic over foreign law, domestic over foreign litigants, and plaintiffs over defendants. They are also highly u... |
Jul 19, 2009 -
Myth of Mess? International Choice of Law in Action
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Jul 19, 2009 -
Myth of Mess? International Choice of Law in Action
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