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Steven Davidoff Solomon

University of California, Berkeley - School of Law

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215 Boalt Hall

Berkeley, CA 94720-7200

United States

University of California, Berkeley - Berkeley Center for Law, Business and the Economy

Berkeley, CA 94720-7200

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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
Downloads 4,796 (1,221)
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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 4,188 (1,295)
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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 P. Narayanan
University of California, Berkeley - School of Law, Ohio State University (OSU) - Department of Finance and Louisiana State University
Downloads 1,195 (14,085)
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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
Downloads 1,930 (5,627)
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fairness opinion, Van Gorkom, corporate control transaction, takeovers

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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
Downloads 1,908 (5,239)
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material adverse change, material adverse effect, MAC, MAE, merger agreements, tender offers

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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
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission 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
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission 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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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
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and University of California, Berkeley - School of Law
Downloads 1,226 (10,946)
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Merger Litigation, Takeovers, Jurisdictional Competition, Delaware, Plaintiffs' Attorneys, Shareholder Class Actions

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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
Downloads 1,169 (14,840)
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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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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
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disclosure, financial crisis, CDOs, executive compensation, information

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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
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and University of California, Berkeley - School of Law
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merger litigation, takeover litigation, Delaware, jurisdictional competition

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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

12.

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
Downloads 667 (19,884)
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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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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
Downloads 667 (31,995)
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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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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
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Financial Crisis, Regulation by Deal, Administrative Procedures Act, Government Takings, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac

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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
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and University of California, Berkeley - School of Law
Downloads 642 (34,786)
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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
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and University of California, Berkeley - School of Law
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Takeover Litigation in 2012

Number of pages: 7 Posted: 14 Feb 2013
Matthew D. Cain and Steven Davidoff Solomon
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and University of California, Berkeley - School of Law
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merger litigation, takeover litigation, Delaware, jurisdictional competition

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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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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
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, University of California, Berkeley - School of Law and Baylor University
Downloads 628 (31,995)
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private equity, reputation, contracting, termination

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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
Downloads 593 (28,787)
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Fiduciary Duty, Reputation, Trust, Investment Bank, Securitization

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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
Downloads 536 (42,131)
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Williams Act, Takeovers, SEC, Mergers and Acquisitions, Delaware

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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 Law School - Institute for Law and Economics, Fordham University School of Law and University of California, Berkeley - School of Law
Downloads 457 (31,554)

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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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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 and Randall S. Thomas
Case Western Reserve University - Department of Banking & Finance, University of California, Berkeley - School of Law and Vanderbilt University - Law School
Downloads 447 (31,167)

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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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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
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, University of Oregon - Department of Finance and University of California, Berkeley - School of Law
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hostile takeovers, corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, laws

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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
Downloads 435 (44,844)

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private equity, contracts, complex contracts, contractual design

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Takeover Litigation in 2011

Number of pages: 7 Posted: 06 Feb 2012
Matthew D. Cain and Steven Davidoff Solomon
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and University of California, Berkeley - School of Law
Downloads 363 (65,953)
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The Disappearing Small IPO and the Lifecycle of the Small Firm

Harvard Business Law Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 26 Feb 2014 Last Revised: 01 Dec 2015
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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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
Downloads 346 (73,193)

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cross-border, takeovers, securities regulation, Williams Act, cross-border release

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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
Downloads 333 (58,658)

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takeovers, Delaware, merger agreements, lock-ups, deal protection devices, termination fees

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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 Brigham Young University - Department of Finance
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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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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
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, University of Oregon - Department of Finance and University of California, Berkeley - School of Law
Downloads 321 (15,031)

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certification, reputation, financial literacy, sophisticated investors

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Takeover Litigation in 2014

Number of pages: 8 Posted: 22 Feb 2015
Matthew D. Cain and Steven Davidoff Solomon
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and University of California, Berkeley - School of Law
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merger litigation, takeover litigation, Delaware, jurisdictional competition

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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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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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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
Downloads 206 (113,310)

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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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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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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
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, University of Pennsylvania Law School - Institute for Law and Economics, 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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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, University of California, Berkeley, 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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An Empirical Study of Special Litigation Committees

Vanderbilt Law Research Paper No. 17-56
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 16 Oct 2017 Last Revised: 23 Jan 2018
C. N. V. Krishnan, Steven Davidoff Solomon and Randall S. Thomas
Case Western Reserve University - Department of Banking & Finance, University of California, Berkeley - School of Law and Vanderbilt University - Law School
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SLC, Special Litigation Committee, Lawsuits, Settlement, Case Dismissal, Case Settlements, High Value Settlements, Delaware courts, Legal Standards, SLC Reports, Report recommending dismissal.

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

Harvard Business Law Review, Forthcoming, 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: 40 Posted: 03 Oct 2017 Last Revised: 22 Nov 2017
Jill E. Fisch, Darius Palia and Steven Davidoff Solomon
University of Pennsylvania Law School - Institute for Law and Economics, Rutgers University, Newark, School of Business-Newark, Department of Finance & Economics and University of California, Berkeley - School of Law
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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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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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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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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 and Randall S. Thomas
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, University of Pennsylvania Law School - Institute for Law and Economics, University of California, Berkeley - School of Law and Vanderbilt University - Law School
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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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The Dealmaking State: Executive Power in the Trump Administration

UC Berkeley Public Law Research Paper No. 2921407
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 23 Feb 2017
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 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 and Randall S. Thomas
University of California, Berkeley - School of Law and Vanderbilt University - Law School
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Delaware, Takeovers, Revlon, Unocal, Blasius, Weinberger, Fiduciary Duties

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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 and Randall S. Thomas
Case Western Reserve University - Department of Banking & Finance, University of California, Berkeley - School of Law and Vanderbilt University - Law School
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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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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: 02 May 2017
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 Small IPO and the Investing Preferences of Mutual Funds

Ohio State Public Law Working Paper No. 328, UC Berkeley Public Law Research Paper No. 2718862
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 20 Jan 2016 Last Revised: 07 Dec 2017
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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Takeover Litigation in 2015

Number of pages: 10 Posted: 16 Jan 2016
Matthew D. Cain and Steven Davidoff Solomon
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and University of California, Berkeley - School of Law
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merger litigation, takeover litigation, Delaware, jurisdictional competition, peppercorn paper