Signing off... (March 10, 2014)

Dear Glommers, I feel very privileged to have had the opportunity to engage with this rich community of scholars these... (Category: )

ScarJo, SodaStream, and Competing Stakeholder Interests (March 10, 2014)

Scarlett Johansson has been in the news a lot lately because of her twin roles as spokeswoman for Oxfam and... (Category: Business Organizations, Corporate Law, Employees, Environment, Social Responsibility)

Destructive Coordination in Securities Contracts (March 08, 2014)

Image: Flickr In my last post—also a shameless plug for my recent article, “Boilerplate Shock”—I argued that boilerplate terms governing... (Category: Contracts, Economics, Europe, European Union, Fiduciary Law, Finance, Financial Crisis, Financial Institutions, Law & Economics, Rules & Standards, Securities)

More Monies, More Problems (March 07, 2014)

© Disney, “Duck Tales” I expressed concern in my last post that uniform contract terms could destabilize securities markets in... (Category: Contracts, Economics, Europe, European Union, Financial Crisis, Law & Economics, Rules & Standards, Securities)

The Risks of "Boilerplate Shock" in the Eurozone and Beyond (March 03, 2014)

By now, the risk that a distressed European nation such as Greece might leave the Eurozone and thereby spark global... (Category: Comparative Law, Contracts, Economics, Europe, European Union, Finance, Financial Crisis, Financial Institutions, Globalization/Trade, Law & Economics, Legal Scholarship, Securities, SSRN)

The Risks of Finding a Father for Your Child on Craigslist (February 27, 2014)

Before returning to the legal boundaries of monetary policy, I wanted to briefly highlight some interesting contract and regulatory issues... (Category: Constitutional Law, Contracts, Current Affairs, Economics, Entrepreneurship, Family, Gender Issues, Innovation, Law & Economics, Sociology)

Could Your Holdings Survive the Failure of the NYSE? (February 25, 2014)

This morning, the Wall Street Journal is reporting that Mt. Gox—until this month the world's leading market for buying and... (Category: Businesses of Note, Crime and Criminal Law, Current Affairs, Economics, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Financial Institutions, Innovation, Internet, Investing, Securities, Technology)

Should Legal Scholars Refrain from Writing about Macroeconomics? (February 24, 2014)

Greetings, Glommers! (and hello, Janet and Mario*!) It’s an honor to join this extremely sharp and thoughtful community of corporate... (Category: Administrative Law, Comparative Law, Economics, European Union, Finance, Financial Crisis, Financial Institutions, Globalization/Trade, Law & Economics, Legal Scholarship)