Brian J. Broughman

Vanderbilt University - Law School

Professor of Law

131 21st Avenue South

Nashville, TN 37203-1181

United States

European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)

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  • Vanderbilt University - Law School

  • European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)

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1.

Renegotiation of Cash Flow Rights in the Sale of VC-Backed Firms

Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), Vol. 95, pp. 384-399, 2010, UC Berkeley Public Law Research Paper No. 956243
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 12 Jan 2007 Last Revised: 29 Jul 2011
Brian J. Broughman and Jesse M. Fried
Vanderbilt University - Law School and Harvard Law School
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Venture capital, preferred stock, liquidation preferences, corporate governance, incomplete contracting

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Carrots and Sticks: How VCs Induce Entrepreneurial Teams to Sell Startups

Cornell Law Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 19 Feb 2013 Last Revised: 15 Oct 2020
Brian J. Broughman and Jesse M. Fried
Vanderbilt University - Law School and Harvard Law School
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venture capital, startups, preferred shareholders, common shareholders, corporate governance, entrepreneurs, founders, mergers, trade sales, carve-outs, vote-buying, opportunism, liquidation preferences

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Do VCs Use Inside Rounds to Dilute Founders? Some Evidence from Silicon Valley

Journal of Corporate Finance, Volume 18, 1104-1120 (2012)
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 27 Jun 2011 Last Revised: 03 Mar 2014
Brian J. Broughman and Jesse M. Fried
Vanderbilt University - Law School and Harvard Law School
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Venture capital, dilution, corporate governance, inside rounds, opportunism, corporate law, inside financing, adverse selection

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Delaware Law as Lingua Franca: Theory and Evidence

57 Journal of Law and Economics 865-895 (2014)
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 04 Nov 2012 Last Revised: 18 Mar 2015
Brian J. Broughman, Jesse M. Fried and Darian M. Ibrahim
Vanderbilt University - Law School, Harvard Law School and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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incorporation, domicile, Delaware, corporate governance, entrepreneurs, founders, startups, corporation, corporate law, charters, venture capital

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Do Founders Control Start-Up Firms that Go Public?

European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) - Law Working Paper No. 405/2018, Harvard Public Law Working Paper No. 18-23, Indiana Legal Studies Research Paper No. 401, Harvard Business Law Review, Vol. 10, 2020
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 07 May 2018 Last Revised: 11 Feb 2021
Brian J. Broughman and Jesse M. Fried
Vanderbilt University - Law School and Harvard Law School
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Startups, Founders, Venture Capital, VC, IPOs, Stock Markets, Innovation, Entrepreneurs, Venture Capitalists, Corporate Governance, CEO, Shareholders, NASDAQ

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Shareholder Decision Rights in Acquisitions: Evidence from Tender Offers

Indiana Legal Studies Research Paper No. 331
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 11 Jul 2015 Last Revised: 09 Jan 2018
Audra L. Boone, Brian J. Broughman and Antonio J. Macias
Texas Christian University - M.J. Neeley School of Business, Vanderbilt University - Law School and Baylor University
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Merger, Tender Offer, Acquisitions, M&A, Supermajority, Shareholder Voting, Shareholder Approval, Delaware Law

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The Role of Independent Directors in VC-Backed Firms

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 21 Jul 2008 Last Revised: 15 Oct 2008
Brian J. Broughman
Vanderbilt University - Law School
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Venture capital, independent directors, corporate law, incomplete contracting

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Risk-Seeking Governance

76 Vanderbilt Law Review 1299 (2023), Vanderbilt Law Research Paper No. 23-14, Cardozo Legal Studies Research Paper No. 705, European Corporate Governance Institute - Law Working Paper No. 720/2023
Number of pages: 86 Posted: 01 Feb 2023 Last Revised: 01 Nov 2023
Brian J. Broughman and Matthew Wansley
Vanderbilt University - Law School and Yeshiva University - Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
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Venture Capital, Corporate Governance, Risk, Private Equity

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Investor Opportunism and Governance in Venture Capital

Companion to Venture Capital, 2009
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 19 Mar 2009
Brian J. Broughman
Vanderbilt University - Law School
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Opportunism, Venture Capital, Corporate Governance

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Merger Negotiations in the Shadow of Judicial Appraisal

Indiana Legal Studies Research Paper No. 381
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 21 Sep 2017 Last Revised: 22 Mar 2019
Audra L. Boone, Brian J. Broughman and Antonio J. Macias
Texas Christian University - M.J. Neeley School of Business, Vanderbilt University - Law School and Baylor University
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Appraisal, Mergers, Appraisal Arbitrage

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Independent Directors and Shared Board Control in Venture Finance

Indiana Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1123840
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 08 May 2008 Last Revised: 07 Apr 2012
Brian J. Broughman
Vanderbilt University - Law School
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Venture capital, control rights, incomplete contracting, corporate governance, board of directors

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Amicus Curiae Brief in Gelboim v. Bank of America (Libor Manipulation Litigation) on Behalf of Financial Markets Law Professors in Support of Plaintiffs-Appellants

Florida International University Legal Studies Research Paper No. 15-37, Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 16-40, Mississippi College School of Law Research Paper No. 2016-08, San Diego Legal Studies Paper No. 16-231, University of Toledo Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2016-05, Indiana Legal Studies Research Paper No. 355, Texas A&M University School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 16 Sep 2016 Last Revised: 17 Jul 2024
Jordan M. Barry, Brian J. Broughman, Eric C. Chaffee, Christoph Henkel, Robert C. Hockett, Michael P. Malloy, Peter Marchetti, Christopher K. Odinet, Charles R. P. Pouncy and Andrew Verstein
University of Southern California Gould School of Law, Vanderbilt University - Law School, Case Western Reserve University School of Law, Drake University Law School, Cornell University - Law School, University of the Pacific - McGeorge School of Law, Texas Southern University - Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Texas A&M University School of Law, Independent and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Law
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LIBOR, London Interbank Offer Rate, LIBOR Manipulation, antitrust, financial markets, derivatives, derivatives markets, OTC derivatives, OTC derivatives markets, over-the-counter derivatives, over-the-counter derivatives markets, antitrust injury, Bank of America, Gelboim, amicus, corporate finance

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CEO Side-Payments in Mergers and Acquisitions

Indiana Legal Studies Research Paper No. 313
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 25 Mar 2015 Last Revised: 29 Feb 2016
Brian J. Broughman
Vanderbilt University - Law School
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Mergers & acquisitions, side-payments, corporate governance

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Entrepreneur Wealth and Demand for Limited Liability

Indiana Legal Studies Research Paper No. 222
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 14 Feb 2011 Last Revised: 19 Oct 2013
Brian J. Broughman
Vanderbilt University - Law School
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Limited liability, choice of form, property exemptions

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Fiduciary Law and the Preservation of Trust in Business Relationships

Fiduciaries and Trust: Ethics, Politics, Economics, and Law (Matthew Harding and Paul Miller, eds., Cambridge University Press 2020) , U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 20-52, Vanderbilt Law Research Paper No. 20-54
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 12 Oct 2020 Last Revised: 21 Oct 2020
Brian J. Broughman, Elizabeth Pollman and D. Gordon Smith
Vanderbilt University - Law School, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School; Co-Director, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School - Institute for Law and Economics; European Corporate Governance Institute and Brigham Young University - J. Reuben Clark Law School
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Fiduciary Obligation, Trust, Corporate Law, Distrust

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After the Override: An Empirical Analysis of Shadow Precedent

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After the Override: An Empirical Analysis of Shadow Precedent

USC CLASS Research Paper No. 15-12
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 25 Mar 2015 Last Revised: 14 Jun 2017
Brian J. Broughman and Deborah A. Widiss
Vanderbilt University - Law School and Indiana University Maurer School of Law
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overrides, precedent, citation patterns, separation-of-powers, legislative supremacy

After the Override: An Empirical Analysis of Shadow Precedent

Indiana Legal Studies Research Paper No. 312
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 22 Jul 2014 Last Revised: 14 Jun 2017
Brian J. Broughman and Deborah A. Widiss
Vanderbilt University - Law School and Indiana University Maurer School of Law
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overrides; precedent; citation patterns; separation-of-powers; legislative supremacy

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Amicus Brief of Law and Finance Professors in Verition Partners v. Aruba Networks (Appraisal Lawsuit)

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 02 Jan 2019
Brian J. Broughman, Audra L. Boone, Albert H. Choi, Jesse M. Fried, Mira Ganor, Antonio J. Macias and Noah Stoffman
Vanderbilt University - Law School, Texas Christian University - M.J. Neeley School of Business, University of Michigan Law School, Harvard Law School, University of Texas at Austin - School of Law, Baylor University and Indiana University - Kelley School of Business - Department of Finance
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Appraisal, Efficient Market Hypothesis, Mergers

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Delaware's Familiarity

San Diego Law Review, Vol. 52, (2015), William & Mary Law School Research Paper No. 09-284
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 30 Sep 2014 Last Revised: 25 Aug 2015
Darian M. Ibrahim and Brian J. Broughman
affiliation not provided to SSRN and Vanderbilt University - Law School
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Delaware, corporate law, venture capital, startup, entrepreneurship, network externalities, empirical, law and economics

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Cash Flow Rights in Venture Capital

The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Private Equity, 2023, Vanderbilt Law Research Paper No. 24-15
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 15 Aug 2023 Last Revised: 01 Apr 2024
Brian J. Broughman
Vanderbilt University - Law School
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Venture Capital, Preferred Stock, Cash Flow Rights

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A License to Grow: Ending State, Local, and Some Federal Barriers to Innovation and Growth in Key Sectors of the U.S. Economy

Number of pages: 16 Posted: 09 Feb 2012
Brian J. Broughman, Brink Lindsey, Anthony J. Luppino, Karl S. Okamoto, Mark C. Suchman, Robert E. Litan and Larry E. Ribstein
Vanderbilt University - Law School, Cato Institute, University of Missouri at Kansas City - School of Law, Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law, Brown University, Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) - Council on Foreign Relations- Washington D.C. and University of Illinois College of Law (deceased)
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state, policy, barrier, economic growth

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CEO Turnover at Dual-Class Firms

U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 24-38, Vanderbilt Law Research Paper No. 5063277
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 18 Dec 2024 Last Revised: 31 Dec 2024
Yifat Aran, Brian J. Broughman and Elizabeth Pollman
University of Haifa, Vanderbilt University - Law School and University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School; Co-Director, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School - Institute for Law and Economics; European Corporate Governance Institute
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Dual-Class, Sunset Provisions, Startups, Venture Capital, Initial Public Offering (IPO), Founder Control, CEO Turnover, Controlling Shareholder, Corporate Governance

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Relational Contracting and Business Norms in Entrepreneurial Finance

Indiana Legal Studies Research Paper No. 402
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 27 Jun 2018 Last Revised: 02 Mar 2019
Brian J. Broughman
Vanderbilt University - Law School
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venture capital, relational contracting, relational finance

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Recent Changes in VC Investments in the US and Their Implications to Japanese Practice Joint Conference by Venture Law Forum & Enterprise Law Workshop

Vanderbilt Law Research Paper No. 24-11, U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 24-27
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 20 Dec 2023 Last Revised: 02 Aug 2024
Brian J. Broughman, Elizabeth Pollman and Zenichi Shishido
Vanderbilt University - Law School, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School; Co-Director, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School - Institute for Law and Economics; European Corporate Governance Institute and Hitotsubashi University Graduate School of Law
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venture capital, start-ups, Silicon Valley practice, Japanese Practice, SPACS, monitoring model

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Do Appraisal Challenges Benefit Target Shareholders Through Narrowing Arbitrage Spread? – A Reply

Number of pages: 4 Posted: 29 Aug 2020
Audra L. Boone, Brian J. Broughman and Antonio J. Macias
Texas Christian University - M.J. Neeley School of Business, Vanderbilt University - Law School and Baylor University
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