Steven Davidoff Solomon

University of California, Berkeley - School of Law

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Berkeley, CA 94720-7200

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European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)

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1.

The Failure of Private Equity

Southern California Law Review, Vol. 82, p. 481, 2009
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 23 Jun 2008 Last Revised: 25 May 2009
Steven Davidoff Solomon
University of California, Berkeley - School of Law
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private equity, reverse termination fee, contract, law and norms, mergers and acquisitions, path dependency, transaction negotiation

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Regulation by Deal: The Government's Response to the Financial Crisis

Number of pages: 81 Posted: 25 Nov 2008 Last Revised: 21 Dec 2011
Steven Davidoff Solomon and David T. Zaring
University of California, Berkeley - School of Law and University of Pennsylvania - Legal Studies Department
Downloads 5,157 (2,363)
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Accredited Home Lenders v. Lone Star Funds: A MAC Case Study

Wayne State University Law School Research Paper No. 08-16
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 11 Feb 2008 Last Revised: 18 Apr 2008
Steven Davidoff Solomon and Kristen Baiardi
University of California, Berkeley - School of Law and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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material adverse change, material adverse effect, MAC, MAE, merger agreements, tender offers

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Fairness Opinions in Mergers and Acquisitions

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Fairness Opinions in Mergers and Acquisitions

THE ART OF CAPITAL RESTRUCTURING: CREATING SHAREHOLDER VALUE THROUGH MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS, H. Kent Baker, Halil Kiymaz, eds., Wiley, 2011
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 21 Mar 2011 Last Revised: 17 Apr 2011
Steven Davidoff Solomon, Anil K. Makhija and Rajesh Narayanan
University of California, Berkeley - School of Law, Ohio State University (OSU) - Department of Finance and Louisiana State University
Downloads 1,536 (17,084)
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Fairness Opinions, Mergers and Acquisitions, Investment Banking

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Fairness Opinions

American University Law Review, Vol. 55, p. 1557, 2006, Wayne State University Law School Research Paper No. 07-07
Number of pages: 71 Posted: 07 Feb 2006 Last Revised: 29 Nov 2007
Steven Davidoff Solomon
University of California, Berkeley - School of Law
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fairness opinion, Van Gorkom, corporate control transaction, takeovers

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Intermediation in Private Equity: The Role of Placement Agents

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 29 Mar 2015 Last Revised: 14 Jul 2017
Matthew D. Cain, Stephen B. McKeon and Steven Davidoff Solomon
Berkeley Center for Law and Business, University of Oregon - Department of Finance and University of California, Berkeley - School of Law
Downloads 1,803 (13,565)
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certification, reputation, financial literacy, sophisticated investors

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The New Titans of Wall Street: A Theoretical Framework for Passive Investors

University of Pennsylvania Law Review, Vol. 168, p. 17, 2020, U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 18-12, UC Berkeley Public Law Research Paper, European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) - Law Working Paper No. 414/2018
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 06 Jun 2018 Last Revised: 10 Feb 2020
Jill E. Fisch, Assaf Hamdani and Steven Davidoff Solomon
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, Tel Aviv University; Buchman Faculty of Law; Coller School of Management and University of California, Berkeley - School of Law
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Law and economics, corporate governance, securities law, passive investing, mutual funds, ETFs, corporate finance, institutional investors, shareholder activism, capital markets

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Do Takeover Laws Matter? Evidence from Five Decades of Hostile Takeovers

Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 02 Nov 2014 Last Revised: 13 Jul 2016
Matthew D. Cain, Stephen B. McKeon and Steven Davidoff Solomon
Berkeley Center for Law and Business, University of Oregon - Department of Finance and University of California, Berkeley - School of Law
Downloads 1,544 (17,247)
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hostile takeovers, corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, laws

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Should Corporations have a Purpose?

Texas Law Review, Vol. 99, p. 1309, 2021, U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 20-22, European Corporate Governance Institute - Law Working Paper No. 510/2020
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 27 Mar 2020 Last Revised: 05 Oct 2021
Jill E. Fisch and Steven Davidoff Solomon
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School and University of California, Berkeley - School of Law
Downloads 1,541 (17,302)
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Corporations law, corporate governance, charters, constituency statutes, social responsibility, CSR, shareholder primacy, value & profit maximization, stakeholders, environmental, social & governance purpose, ESG, public benefit corporations

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A Great Game: The Dynamics of State Competition and Litigation

Iowa Law Review, Vol. 100, No. 165, 2015
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 13 Jan 2012 Last Revised: 30 Mar 2015
Matthew D. Cain and Steven Davidoff Solomon
Berkeley Center for Law and Business and University of California, Berkeley - School of Law
Downloads 1,485 (18,271)
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Merger Litigation, Takeovers, Jurisdictional Competition, Delaware, Plaintiffs' Attorneys, Shareholder Class Actions

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Takeover Theory and the Law and Economics Movement

RESEARCH HANDBOOK ON THE ECONOMICS OF CORPORATE LAW, Claire Hill, Brett McDonnell, eds., Edward Elgar, 2011-2012
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 05 Apr 2011 Last Revised: 02 Jan 2012
Steven Davidoff Solomon
University of California, Berkeley - School of Law
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takeovers, hostile takeovers, poison pills, corporate governance, law and economics, Manne, shareholder activism, anti-takeover statutes, corporate control, tender offers, mergers

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Form Over Substance? The Value of Corporate Process and Management Buy-Outs

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Form Over Substance? The Value of Corporate Process and Management Buy-Outs

5th Annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 05 Aug 2010 Last Revised: 15 Feb 2011
Matthew D. Cain and Steven Davidoff Solomon
Berkeley Center for Law and Business and University of California, Berkeley - School of Law
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management buy-outs, MBOs, freeze-outs, takeovers, conflict transactions, special committees, corporate process, Delaware

Form Over Substance? The Value of Corporate Process and Management Buy-Outs

Delaware Journal of Corporate Law (DJCL), Vol. 36, No. 3, 2011, Ohio State Public Law Working Paper No. 176
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 02 May 2012 Last Revised: 01 Oct 2012
Matthew D. Cain and Steven Davidoff Solomon
Berkeley Center for Law and Business and University of California, Berkeley - School of Law
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Delaware, Journal, Corporate, Law, buy-out, management, freeze-out, contract, shareholders

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Black Market Capital

Wayne State University Law School Research Paper No. 07-26, Columbia Business Law Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 97 Posted: 11 Sep 2007 Last Revised: 24 Jul 2008
Steven Davidoff Solomon
University of California, Berkeley - School of Law
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Hedge Funds, Private Equity, SEC, Investment Company Act, Investment Advisers Act, special purpose acquisition companies, business development companies, administrative law, market regulation

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As California Goes, So Goes the Nation? Board Gender Quotas and Shareholders' Distaste of Government Interventions

European Corporate Governance Institute – Finance Working Paper No. 785/2021
Number of pages: 94 Posted: 03 Jan 2019 Last Revised: 13 Sep 2021
Felix von Meyerinck, Alexandra Niessen-Ruenzi, Alexandra Niessen-Ruenzi, Markus Schmid and Steven Davidoff Solomon
University of Zurich - Department of Banking and Finance, University of Mannheim, Department of FinanceUniversity of Mannheim - Department of Finance, University of St. Gallen - Swiss Institute of Banking and Finance and University of California, Berkeley - School of Law
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Gender quota, Regulation, Economic policy uncertainty

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Tenure Voting and the U.S. Public Company

Business Lawyer , Vol. 72, No. 2, 2017
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 03 Mar 2016 Last Revised: 07 Aug 2019
David J. Berger, Steven Davidoff Solomon and Aaron Benjamin
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, University of California, Berkeley - School of Law and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
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tenure voting, one-share one-vote, dual class stock, corporate governance, stock exchange rules

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The Shifting Tides of Merger Litigation

Vanderbilt Law Review, Vol. 71, p. 603, 2018, U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 17-6, UC Berkeley Public Law Research Paper No. 2922121, Vanderbilt Law Research Paper No. 17-19, European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) - Law Working Paper No. 375/2017
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 23 Feb 2017 Last Revised: 17 Apr 2018
Matthew D. Cain, Jill E. Fisch, Steven Davidoff Solomon, Randall S. Thomas and Randall S. Thomas
Berkeley Center for Law and Business, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, University of California, Berkeley - School of Law and Vanderbilt University - Law SchoolVanderbilt University - Owen Graduate School of Management
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Mergers, acquisitions, M&A, corporations, corporate law, corporate governance, Delaware legislation, merger litigation, plaintiffs’ lawyers, securities litigation, shareholder rights, management rights, empirical study

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Takeover Litigation in 2015

Number of pages: 10 Posted: 16 Jan 2016
Matthew D. Cain and Steven Davidoff Solomon
Berkeley Center for Law and Business and University of California, Berkeley - School of Law
Downloads 1,087 (28,998)
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merger litigation, takeover litigation, Delaware, jurisdictional competition, peppercorn paper

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Computerization and the ABACUS: Reputation, Trust, and Fiduciary Duties in Investment Banking

Journal of Corporation Law, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 26 Jan 2011 Last Revised: 10 Apr 2012
Steven Davidoff Solomon, Alan D. Morrison and William J. Wilhelm
University of California, Berkeley - School of Law, University of Oxford - Said Business School and University of Virginia - McIntire School of Commerce
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Fiduciary Duty, Reputation, Trust, Investment Bank, Securitization

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Limits of Disclosure

Seattle University Law Review, Forthcoming, Minnesota Legal Studies Research Paper 12-63, Ohio State Public Law Working Paper 205
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 31 Oct 2012 Last Revised: 01 Jun 2013
Steven Davidoff Solomon and Claire A. Hill
University of California, Berkeley - School of Law and University of Minnesota Law School
Downloads 1,027 (31,453)
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disclosure, financial crisis, CDOs, executive compensation, information

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The Disappearing Small IPO and the Lifecycle of the Small Firm

6 Harvard Business Law Review 83 (2016)
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 26 Feb 2014 Last Revised: 05 Apr 2021
Steven Davidoff Solomon and Paul Rose
University of California, Berkeley - School of Law and Ohio State University - Moritz College of Law
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IPO, initial public offering, emerning growth companies, JOBS Act

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Broken Promises: The Role of Reputation in Private Equity Contracting and Strategic Default

AFA 2012 Chicago Meetings
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 23 Jan 2010 Last Revised: 11 Sep 2012
Matthew D. Cain, Steven Davidoff Solomon and Antonio J. Macias
Berkeley Center for Law and Business, University of California, Berkeley - School of Law and Baylor University
Downloads 929 (36,239)
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private equity, reputation, contracting, termination

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Takeover Litigation in 2013

Ohio State Public Law Working Paper No. 236
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 11 Jan 2014 Last Revised: 03 Mar 2014
Matthew D. Cain and Steven Davidoff Solomon
Berkeley Center for Law and Business and University of California, Berkeley - School of Law
Downloads 866 (39,968)
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merger litigation, takeover litigation, Delaware, jurisdictional competition

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The Future or Fancy? An Empirical Study of Public Benefit Corporations

Harvard Business Law Review, Forthcoming, European Corporate Governance Institute - Law Working Paper, 495/2020, Southwestern Law School Research Paper No. 2019/10
Number of pages: 72 Posted: 11 Aug 2019 Last Revised: 24 Apr 2020
Michael B. Dorff, James Hicks and Steven Davidoff Solomon
Southwestern Law School, University of California, Berkeley - School of Law and University of California, Berkeley - School of Law
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Public Benefit Corporations, Venture Capital, For-Profit Investment

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Gods at War: Shotgun Takeovers, Government by Deal and the Private Equity Implosion

GODS AT WAR, Chapter 1, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 02 Oct 2009
Steven Davidoff Solomon
University of California, Berkeley - School of Law
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takeovers, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, hedge funds, strategic takeovers, hostile takeovers, corporations, shareholder activism, sovereign wealth funds, foreign investment, deals, deal-theory, distressed takeovers, financial crisis, regulation by deal

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Who Are the Top Law Firms? Assessing the Value of Plaintiffs’ Law Firms in Merger Litigation

18 American Law and Economics Review 88 (2016), European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) - Law Working Paper No. 265/2014, Vanderbilt Law and Economics Research Paper No. 14-25
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 03 Sep 2014 Last Revised: 26 Aug 2017
C. N. V. Krishnan, Steven Davidoff Solomon, Randall S. Thomas and Randall S. Thomas
Case Western Reserve University - Department of Banking & Finance, University of California, Berkeley - School of Law and Vanderbilt University - Law SchoolVanderbilt University - Owen Graduate School of Management
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Shareholder class action lawsuits, mergers and acquisitions, M&A transactions, top plaintiffs’ law firms, law firm reputation, lawsuit activity, law suit success, law firm popularity, selection bias controls, Docket entries, Injunction Motion, Motion to Expedite, Motion for Dismiss, Delaware Court

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A Case Study: Air Products v. Airgas and the Value of Strategic Judicial Decision-Making

Columbia Business Law Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 10 Jan 2012 Last Revised: 23 Jan 2012
Steven Davidoff Solomon
University of California, Berkeley - School of Law
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Airgas, Air Products, Hostile Takeover, Takeovers, Poison Pill, Delaware, Bylaws, Strategic Decisionmaking, Proxy Contest, Jurisdictional Competition

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After the Deal: Fannie, Freddie and the Financial Crisis Aftermath

Boston University Law Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 15 Aug 2014 Last Revised: 09 Mar 2015
Steven Davidoff Solomon and David T. Zaring
University of California, Berkeley - School of Law and University of Pennsylvania - Legal Studies Department
Downloads 797 (44,723)
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Financial Crisis, Regulation by Deal, Administrative Procedures Act, Government Takings, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac

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Confronting the Peppercorn Settlement in Merger Litigation: An Empirical Analysis and a Proposal for Reform

Texas Law Review, Vol. 93, P. 557, 2015, U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 14-4
Number of pages: 68 Posted: 18 Feb 2014 Last Revised: 03 Mar 2015
Jill E. Fisch, Sean J. Griffith and Steven Davidoff Solomon
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, Fordham University School of Law and University of California, Berkeley - School of Law
Downloads 782 (45,819)
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Mergers and acquisitions, M&A, law and economics, empirical legal studies, legal profession, legal fees, federal securities law, state corporation law, Delaware corporation law, corporate governance, publicly traded companies, deal litigation, non-pecuniary relief, federalism, jurisdiction

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Takeover Litigation in 2012

Number of pages: 7 Posted: 14 Feb 2013
Matthew D. Cain and Steven Davidoff Solomon
Berkeley Center for Law and Business and University of California, Berkeley - School of Law
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merger litigation, takeover litigation, Delaware, jurisdictional competition

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Paradigm Shift: Federal Securities Regulation in the New Millennium

Wayne State University Law School Research Paper No. 08-05
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 03 Jan 2008 Last Revised: 27 Jul 2008
Steven Davidoff Solomon
University of California, Berkeley - School of Law
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securities regulation, stock exchanges, hedge funds, regulatory competition, globalization, international securities regulation, SEC, intermediation, deretailization

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Regulating Listings in a Global Market

North Carolina Law Review, Vol. 86, p. 89, December 2007, Wayne State University Law School Research Paper No. 07-02
Number of pages: 74 Posted: 22 Feb 2007 Last Revised: 19 Dec 2007
Steven Davidoff Solomon
University of California, Berkeley - School of Law
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bonding, competition among regulators, cross-listing, globalization, going public, international securities regulation, listing requirements, SEC, stock exchange

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The Rise and Fall of Delaware's Takeover Standards

European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) - Law Research Paper No. 329/2016, Vanderbilt Law and Economics Research Paper No. 16-24
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 28 Aug 2016 Last Revised: 29 Sep 2016
Steven Davidoff Solomon, Randall S. Thomas and Randall S. Thomas
University of California, Berkeley - School of Law and Vanderbilt University - Law SchoolVanderbilt University - Owen Graduate School of Management
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Delaware, Takeovers, Revlon, Unocal, Blasius, Weinberger, Fiduciary Duties

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Delaware's Competitive Reach

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Delaware's Competitive Reach

Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, 2012
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 11 Jul 2009 Last Revised: 02 Jul 2011
Matthew D. Cain and Steven Davidoff Solomon
Berkeley Center for Law and Business and University of California, Berkeley - School of Law
Downloads 687 (53,790)
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Delaware's Competitive Reach

Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, Vol. 9, Issue 1, pp. 92-128, 2012
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 16 Feb 2012
Matthew D. Cain and Steven Davidoff Solomon
Berkeley Center for Law and Business and University of California, Berkeley - School of Law
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The Private Equity Contract

THE OXFORD HANDBOOK OF PRIVATE EQUITY, D. Cumming, ed., Oxford University Press, March 2012, Ohio State Public Law Working Paper No. 174
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 30 Mar 2012 Last Revised: 03 Oct 2012
Steven Davidoff Solomon
University of California, Berkeley - School of Law
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private equity, contracts, complex contracts, contractual design

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Mootness Fees

Vanderbilt Law Review, Vol. 72, p. 1777, 2019, U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 19-26
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 04 Jun 2019 Last Revised: 14 Jan 2020
Matthew D. Cain, Jill E. Fisch, Steven Davidoff Solomon, Randall S. Thomas and Randall S. Thomas
Berkeley Center for Law and Business, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, University of California, Berkeley - School of Law and Vanderbilt University - Law SchoolVanderbilt University - Owen Graduate School of Management
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securities law, complex litigation, mootness dismissal, shareholders, empirical legal studies, takeover law, mergers & acquisitions, M&A, attorney fees, class actions, forum selection, fiduciary duty, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, FRCP

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The Small IPO and the Investing Preferences of Mutual Funds

Journal of Corporate Finance 47 (2017) 151–173 , UC Berkeley Public Law Research Paper No. 2718862
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 20 Jan 2016 Last Revised: 08 Nov 2019
Robert P. Bartlett, Paul Rose and Steven Davidoff Solomon
University of California, Berkeley - School of Law, Ohio State University - Moritz College of Law and University of California, Berkeley - School of Law
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Initial Public Offerings, liquidity, flight-to-liquidity, mutual funds, institutional investors

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The SEC and the Failure of Federal Takeover Regulation

Florida State University Law Review, Vol. 34, p. 211, 2007, Wayne State University Law School Research Paper No. 07-11
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 01 Sep 2006 Last Revised: 16 Nov 2007
Steven Davidoff Solomon
University of California, Berkeley - School of Law
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Williams Act, Takeovers, SEC, Mergers and Acquisitions, Delaware

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Does Revlon Matter? An Empirical and Theoretical Study

European Corporate Governance Institute - Law Working Paper No. 466/2019
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 12 Jul 2019 Last Revised: 13 Jan 2021
Matthew D. Cain, Sean J. Griffith, Robert J. Jackson Jr. and Steven Davidoff Solomon
Berkeley Center for Law and Business, Fordham University School of Law, New York University School of Law and University of California, Berkeley - School of Law
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Corporate Law, M&A, enhanced scrutiny, Revlon duties, takeovers, merger litigation, Corwin, Fiduciary Duties, Delaware, empirical, machine learning, negotiation process, deal premium

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Representations and Warranties Insurance in Mergers and Acquisitions

Review of Accounting Studies, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 10 Apr 2019 Last Revised: 05 Aug 2022
Omri Even-Tov, James Ryans and Steven Davidoff Solomon
Haas School of Business - UC Berkeley, London Business School and University of California, Berkeley - School of Law
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information asymmetry, representations and warranties, insurance, valuation uncertainty, mergers and acquisitions, seller indemnities

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Do Staggered Boards Affect Firm Value?

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 07 Apr 2017 Last Revised: 30 Jun 2017
Yakov Amihud, Markus Schmid and Steven Davidoff Solomon
New York University - Stern School of Business, University of St. Gallen - Swiss Institute of Banking and Finance and University of California, Berkeley - School of Law
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staggered board, classified boards, corporate governance, anti-takeover devices, E-Index,

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Is Say on Pay All About Pay? The Impact of Firm Performance

Harvard Business Law Review, Vol. 8, p. 101, 2018, U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 17-39, European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) - Law Working Paper No. 374/2017
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 03 Oct 2017 Last Revised: 24 Sep 2018
Jill E. Fisch, Darius Palia and Steven Davidoff Solomon
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, Rutgers University, Newark, School of Business-Newark, Department of Finance & Economics and University of California, Berkeley - School of Law
Downloads 556 (71,338)
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corporate governance, Wall Street reform, Dodd-Frank Act, say on pay, performance based executive compensation, disclosure, shareholder voting, empirical analysis, problematic incentives, short-termism, excessive risk-taking

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Takeover Litigation in 2014

Number of pages: 8 Posted: 22 Feb 2015
Matthew D. Cain and Steven Davidoff Solomon
Berkeley Center for Law and Business and University of California, Berkeley - School of Law
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merger litigation, takeover litigation, Delaware, jurisdictional competition

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Lock-Up Creep

The Journal of Corporation Law, Vol. 38, No. 4, 2013
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 14 Aug 2013 Last Revised: 16 Apr 2014
Steven Davidoff Solomon and Christina M. Sautter
University of California, Berkeley - School of Law and Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center
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takeovers, Delaware, merger agreements, lock-ups, deal protection devices, termination fees

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Settling the Staggered Board Debate

University of Pennsylvania Law Review, Forthcoming, University of St.Gallen, School of Finance Research Paper No. 2017/13, UC Berkeley Public Law Research Paper
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 11 Sep 2017 Last Revised: 24 Jan 2018
Yakov Amihud, Markus Schmid and Steven Davidoff Solomon
New York University - Stern School of Business, University of St. Gallen - Swiss Institute of Banking and Finance and University of California, Berkeley - School of Law
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staggered board, classified boards, corporate governance, anti-takeover devices, E-Index, G-Index

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How Corporate Governance Is Made: The Case of the Golden Leash

University of Pennsylvania Law Review, Vol. 164, P. 649, 2016, U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 15-26, UC Berkeley Public Law Research Paper No. 2635161
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 24 Jul 2015 Last Revised: 18 Mar 2016
Matthew D. Cain, Jill E. Fisch, Sean J. Griffith and Steven Davidoff Solomon
Berkeley Center for Law and Business, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, Fordham University School of Law and University of California, Berkeley - School of Law
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Corporate governance, corporation law, activist-nominated directors, director compensation, golden leash, shareholder activism, activist investors, institutional investors, event study, share pricing, governance innovations

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The “Value” of a Public Benefit Corporation

U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 20-54, Forthcoming in Research Handbook on Corporate Purpose and Personhood (Elizabeth Pollman & Robert B. Thompson, eds., Elgar), European Corporate Governance Institute - Law Working Paper No. 585/2021
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 16 Oct 2020 Last Revised: 14 May 2021
Jill E. Fisch and Steven Davidoff Solomon
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School and University of California, Berkeley - School of Law
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Public benefit corporations, B. corp., corporations, business organizations, corporate governance, Delaware PBC statute, corporate social purpose, stakeholder capitalism, corporate purpose, accountability mechanisms, ESG, social benefit, wealth maximization, social responsibility

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The Myth of Morrison: Securities Fraud Litigation Against Foreign Issuers

Business Lawyer, Vol. 74, p. 1967, 2019, UC Berkeley Public Law Research Paper, U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 18-34
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 13 Nov 2018 Last Revised: 27 Feb 2020
Robert P. Bartlett, Matthew D. Cain, Jill E. Fisch and Steven Davidoff Solomon
University of California, Berkeley - School of Law, Berkeley Center for Law and Business, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School and University of California, Berkeley - School of Law
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Morrison v. National Australia Bank, Foreign Private Issuer, Extraterritorial Jurisdiction, transnational securities fraud litigation, class action, Supreme Court of the United States, SCOTUS, Securities Act of 1934, Rule 10b-5, jurisdiction, standing, In re Vivendi Universal, S.A.

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Takeover Litigation in 2011

Number of pages: 7 Posted: 06 Feb 2012
Matthew D. Cain and Steven Davidoff Solomon
Berkeley Center for Law and Business and University of California, Berkeley - School of Law
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Do Outside Directors Face Labor Market Consequences? A Natural Experiment from the Financial Crisis

Harvard Business Law Review, Vol. 4, p. 53, 2014
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 14 Jan 2013 Last Revised: 21 Feb 2015
Steven Davidoff Solomon, Andrew Lund and Robert J. Schonlau
University of California, Berkeley - School of Law, Villanova University School of Law and Colorado State University, Fort Collins - Department of Finance & Real Estate
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board of directors, financial institutions, financial crisis, labor market for directors, board turnover, corporate governance, outside directors

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The Problem of Sunsets

Boston University Law Review, Vol. 99, p. 1057, 2019, U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 19-04
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 23 Dec 2018 Last Revised: 28 Jun 2019
Jill E. Fisch and Steven Davidoff Solomon
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School and University of California, Berkeley - School of Law
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Corporate governance, securities law, corporate voting & control, controlling stockholders, dual-class shares, empirical evidence, policy debate over dual class stock, loyalty shares, IPOs, role of sunsets, time-based sunsets, arbitrariness, moral hazard, shareholder retention voting

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Getting U.S. Security Holders to the Party: The Sec's Cross-Border Release Five Years on

Journal of International Economic Law, Vol, 26, No. 3, pp. 455, Fall 2005, Wayne State University Law School Research Paper No. 07-25
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 07 Feb 2006
Steven Davidoff Solomon and Brett A. Carron
University of California, Berkeley - School of Law and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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cross-border, takeovers, securities regulation, Williams Act, cross-border release

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Synthetic Governance

Columbia Business Law Review, Vol. 2021, p. 476, U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 20-41, European Corporate Governance Institute – Finance Working Paper No. 693/2020
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 19 Aug 2020 Last Revised: 22 Sep 2021
Byung Hyun Ahn, Jill E. Fisch, Panos N. Patatoukas and Steven Davidoff Solomon
University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, Berkeley Haas and University of California, Berkeley - School of Law
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Law and economics, corporate governance, capital markets, securities regulation, mutual funds, dual-class stock, shareholder voting, investment choices, asset management, index funds, split board chair and CEO

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How do Legal Standards Matter? An Empirical Study of Special Litigation Committees

Vanderbilt Law Research Paper No. 17-56, Forthcoming, Journal of Corporate Finance
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 16 Oct 2017 Last Revised: 29 Nov 2019
C. N. V. Krishnan, Steven Davidoff Solomon, Randall S. Thomas and Randall S. Thomas
Case Western Reserve University - Department of Banking & Finance, University of California, Berkeley - School of Law and Vanderbilt University - Law SchoolVanderbilt University - Owen Graduate School of Management
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SLC, Special Litigation Committee, Lawsuits, Case Dismissal, Case Settlements, High Value Settlements, Delaware courts, Legal Standards, SLC Reports, SLC Report recommending dismissal

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Transactional Administration

Georgetown Law Journal, Vol. 106, No. 4, 2018, UC Berkeley Public Law Research Paper
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 23 Feb 2017 Last Revised: 05 Jul 2018
Steven Davidoff Solomon and David T. Zaring
University of California, Berkeley - School of Law and University of Pennsylvania - Legal Studies Department
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Administrative Law, Mergers and Acquisitions, Separation of Powers, Corporate Law

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The Impact on Shareholder Value of Top Defense Counsel in Mergers and Acquisitions Litigation

UC Berkeley Public Law Research Paper No. 2773594
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 03 May 2016 Last Revised: 25 May 2017
C. N. V. Krishnan, Steven Davidoff Solomon, Randall S. Thomas and Randall S. Thomas
Case Western Reserve University - Department of Banking & Finance, University of California, Berkeley - School of Law and Vanderbilt University - Law SchoolVanderbilt University - Owen Graduate School of Management
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M&A litigation, Shareholder class action lawsuits, Top defense litigation counsel, Multijurisdictional litigation, Takeover premium, Disclosure settlements, Consideration settlements, Lawsuit activity, Endogeneity controls

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Uncomfortable Embrace: Federal Corporate Ownership in the Midst of the Financial Crisis

Minnesota Law Review, Vol. 95, pp. 1733-1778, 2011
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 14 Sep 2010 Last Revised: 31 May 2011
Steven Davidoff Solomon
University of California, Berkeley - School of Law
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Rhetoric and Reality: A Historical Perspective on the SEC's Regulation of Foreign Private Issuers

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 23 Mar 2010
Steven Davidoff Solomon
University of California, Berkeley - School of Law
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foreign private issuers, deregistration, global competition for listings, international securities regulation, SEC, rhetoric and the administrative law process

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Securities Regulation Treasure Hunt

Number of pages: 2 Posted: 29 Mar 2007
Steven Davidoff Solomon
University of California, Berkeley - School of Law
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securities regulation, pedagogy, treasure hunt

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Do Social Movements Spur Corporate Change? The Rise of 'MeToo Termination Rights' in CEO Contracts

98 Indiana L.J. (forthcoming 2022), University of Florida Levin College of Law Research Paper No. 22-1
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 27 Feb 2021 Last Revised: 07 Jan 2022
Rachel S. Arnow-Richman, James Hicks and Steven Davidoff Solomon
University of Florida Levin College of Law, University of California, Berkeley - School of Law and University of California, Berkeley - School of Law
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A Comparative Study of the Jewish and the United States Constitutional Law of Capital Punishment

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law, Vol. 3, p. 93, Fall 1996
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 14 May 2007
Steven Davidoff Solomon
University of California, Berkeley - School of Law
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Jewish Law, Capital Punishment, Comparative Law, Talmudic Law

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Centros, California's 'Women on Boards' Statute and the Scope of Regulatory Competition

European Business Organization Law Review, Vol. 20, p. 493, 2019, U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 19-23, European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) - Law Working Paper No. 454/2019
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 15 May 2019 Last Revised: 13 Dec 2019
Jill E. Fisch and Steven Davidoff Solomon
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School and University of California, Berkeley - School of Law
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corporations, corporate law, comparative law, European company law, EU & US regulatory competition, Centros, corporate charters, internal affairs doctrine, shareholder primacy norm, social ordering, SB 826, California 'Women on Boards' Statute

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Comment on the Definition of ‘Eligible Organization’ for Purposes of Coverage of Certain Preventive Services under the Affordable Care Act

Number of pages: 9 Posted: 12 Oct 2014
Robert P. Bartlett, Richard M. Buxbaum, Stavros Gadinis, Justin McCrary, Eric L. Talley and Steven Davidoff Solomon
University of California, Berkeley - School of Law, University of California, Berkeley - School of Law, University of California, Berkeley - School of Law, Columbia University - Law School, Columbia University - School of Law and University of California, Berkeley - School of Law
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Hobby Lobby, veil piercing, corporations, Affordable Care Act, Religious Freedom Restoration Act, eligible organization

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Identifying Corporate Governance Effects:The Case of Universal Demand Laws

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 27 Jul 2022
Byung Hyun Ahn, Panos N. Patatoukas and Steven Davidoff Solomon
University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business, Berkeley Haas and University of California, Berkeley - School of Law
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Universal Demand Laws, Corporate Governance, E-Index, ISS Database

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Zealous Advocates or Self-Interested Actors? Assessing the Value of Plaintiffs' Law Firms in Merger Litigation

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 19 Jul 2014
C. N. V. Krishnan, Steven Davidoff Solomon, Randall S. Thomas and Randall S. Thomas
Case Western Reserve University - Department of Banking & Finance, University of California, Berkeley - School of Law and Vanderbilt University - Law SchoolVanderbilt University - Owen Graduate School of Management
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