William J. Carney

Emory University School of Law

Professor of Law Emeritus

1221 Fairview Road, N.E.

Atlanta, GA 30322

United States

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The Costs of Being Public after Sarbanes-Oxley: The Irony of 'Going Private'

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The Costs of Being Public after Sarbanes-Oxley: The Irony of 'Going Private'

Emory Law and Economics Research Paper No. 05-4
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 24 Feb 2005
William J. Carney
Emory University School of Law
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Sarbanes-Oxley, Securities, Corporation, Regulation

The Costs of Being Public after Sarbanes-Oxley: The Irony of 'Going Private'

Emory Law Journal, Vol. 55, p. 141, 2006, Emory Law and Economics Research Paper No. 06-03
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 14 Apr 2006
William J. Carney
Emory University School of Law
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Corporation, securities, disclosure, Sarbanes-Oxley, going private, regulation

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Limited Liability

Encyclopedia of Law and Economics, 1998
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 13 Jan 1998
William J. Carney
Emory University School of Law
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The Illusory Protections of the Poison Pill

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The Illusory Protections of the Poison Pill

Notre Dame Law Review, Vol. 78, No. 4, 2003
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 17 Sep 2003
William J. Carney and Leonard A. Silverstein
Emory University School of Law and McKenna, Long & Aldridge, LLP
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takeover, takeover defenses, poison pill, hostile bid

The Illusory Protections of the Poison Pill

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 21 Oct 2002
William J. Carney and Leonard A. Silverstein
Emory University School of Law and McKenna, Long & Aldridge, LLP
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rights plan, poison pill, takeover defense, dilution

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Roundtable Discussion: Corporate Governance

As published in Chicago-Kent Law Review, Vol. 77, pp. 235-49, 2001
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 29 Jul 2002
William J. Carney, Jack B. Jacobs, Richard W. Painter, Robert Pritzker and Robert H. Sitkoff
Emory University School of Law, Government of the State of Delaware - Court of Chancery, University of Minnesota Law School, Colson Associates, Inc. and Harvard Law School
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Van Gorkom, Trans Union, Pritzker, Board of Directors, Caremark, Corporate Crime, Corporate Charity, Corporate Political Speech, Business Judgment Rule, Mergers, Takeovers

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The Mystery of Delaware Law's Continuing Success

Emory Law and Economics Research Paper No. 07-17
Number of pages: 94 Posted: 10 Jul 2007
William J. Carney and George B. Shepherd
Emory University School of Law and Emory University School of Law
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corporation, federalism, Delaware, competition

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From Stakeholders to Stockholders: A View from Organizational Theory

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 21 Oct 1997
William J. Carney
Emory University School of Law
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Lawyers, Ignorance, and the Dominance of Delaware Corporate Law

Harvard Business Law Review, Forthcoming, Emory Law and Economics Research Paper No. 11-118, Emory Public Law Research Paper No. 11-171
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 26 Oct 2011 Last Revised: 06 Jun 2012
William J. Carney, George B. Shepherd and Joanna Shepherd
Emory University School of Law, Emory University School of Law and Emory University School of Law
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Delaware, incorporation, lawyers

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Appraising the Non-Existent: The Delaware Courts' Struggle with Control Premiums

University of Pennsylvania Law Review, Vol. 152, 2003
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 02 Jun 2003
William J. Carney and Mark Heimendinger
Emory University School of Law and Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy
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The Production of Corporate Law

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The Production of Corporate Law

Number of pages: 62 Posted: 01 Nov 1997
William J. Carney
Emory University School of Law
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The Production of Corporate Law

Southern California Law Review, Vol. 71, No. 2 (1998)
Posted: 01 Aug 1998
William J. Carney
Emory University School of Law

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The Randolph W. Thrower Symposium: Business Law: The Impact of Competition on Regulation - Introduction

Emory Law Journal, Vol. 52, p. 1053, 2003
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 29 Sep 2003
William J. Carney
Emory University School of Law
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Regulation, Competition, Securities, Antitrust, Bankruptcy, Corporations

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Vicarious Liability for Fraud on Securities Markets: Theory and Evidence

University of Illinois Law Review, 1992, NYU Law and Economics Research Paper
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 18 Apr 2012 Last Revised: 24 Apr 2012
Jennifer Arlen and William J. Carney
New York University School of Law and Emory University School of Law
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Will Choice of Corporate Law Become Trivial?

BALANCING OF INTERESTS: LIBER AMICORUM PETER HAY ZUM 70. GEBURTSTAG, Hans-Eric Rasmussen-Bonne, Richard Freer, Wolfgang Lüke, Wolfgang Weitnauer, eds., Verlag Recht und Wirtschaft GmbH, 2005, Emory Law and Economics Research Paper No. 06-05
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 16 Dec 2005
William J. Carney
Emory University School of Law
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Corporate law, conflict of laws, convergence of laws

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The Background of Modern American Business Law

2017 J. Juris. 93
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 05 Jul 2017
William J. Carney
Emory University School of Law
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Corporations, Equity, Fiduciaries, History

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The Death of Appraisal Arbitrage: Ending Windfalls for Deal Dissenters

Delaware Journal of Corporate Law (DJCL), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 06 Nov 2018
William J. Carney and Keith Sharfman
Emory University School of Law and St. John's University School of Law
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Appraisal in Delaware: Possible Improvement From the Bottom Up?

Emory Legal Studies Research Paper
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 27 Mar 2018
William J. Carney and Keith Sharfman
Emory University School of Law and St. John's University School of Law
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Larry Ribstein's Federalism Scholarship and the Unfinished Agenda

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Larry Ribstein's Federalism Scholarship and the Unfinished Agenda

University of Illinois Law Review, p. 101, 2014, Emory Legal Studies Research Paper No. 14-301
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 19 Sep 2014 Last Revised: 12 Feb 2015
William J. Carney
Emory University School of Law
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jurisdictional competition, choice of law, efficient law rational choice, bounded rationality, products without prices

Larry Ribstein's Federalism Scholarship and the Unfinished Agenda

Emory Legal Studies Research Paper No. 14-273
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 06 Dec 2013 Last Revised: 08 Mar 2014
William J. Carney
Emory University School of Law
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Curricular Change in Legal Education

Posted: 08 Oct 2018
William J. Carney
Emory University School of Law

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Legal Education, Curriculum, Finance, Research Institutions, Analysis of Education, Higher Education