Joshua P. Fershee

Dean & Professor of Law

2500 California Plaza

Omaha, NE 68178

United States

http://https://www.creighton.edu/faculty-directory-profile/2522/joshua-fershee

Creighton University School of Law

2500 California Plaza

Omaha, NE 68178

United States

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1.

The Benefits and Burdens of Limited Liability

Transactions: The Tennessee Journal of Business Law, Vol. 22, pp. 313-24, 2021
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 03 Jun 2021
Joshua P. Fershee
Dean & Professor of Law
Downloads 1,028 (44,627)

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LLCs, Corporations, Society, Business Judgment, PCV, veil piercing, equity, creditors, pro se, jurisdiction

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Changing Resources, Changing Market: The Impact of a National Renewable Portfolio Standard on the U.S. Energy Industry

Energy Law Journal, Vol. 29, No. 1, 2008
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 30 Apr 2008
Joshua P. Fershee
Dean & Professor of Law
Downloads 424 (138,477)

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Renewable, energy, climate change, global warming, law

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LLCs and Corporations: A Fork in the Road in Delaware?

Harvard Business Law Review Online, Vol. 1, 2011
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 08 Jun 2011 Last Revised: 25 Apr 2012
Joshua P. Fershee
Dean & Professor of Law
Downloads 315 (191,996)

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The Oil and Gas Evolution: Learning from the Hydraulic Fracturing Experiences in North Dakota and West Virginia

Texas Wesleyan Law Review, Vol. 19, No. 1, 2012, WVU Law Research Paper No. 2012-14
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 18 Nov 2012 Last Revised: 25 Mar 2015
Joshua P. Fershee
Dean & Professor of Law
Downloads 295 (206,063)
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hydraulic fracturing, fracking, oil, natural gas, gas, energy law, regulation

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Tax Magic: Did Billy Donovan Pull Income Out of a Hat?

Tax Notes, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 14 Jul 2007
Jeffrey H. Kahn and Joshua P. Fershee
Harry M. Walborsky Professor, Florida State University College of Law; Associate Dean, Business Program and Dean & Professor of Law
Downloads 288 (211,215)

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Tax, Income, Donovan, Employment Contract, Non Compete

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An LLC By Any Other Name Is Still Not A Corporation

Number of pages: 60 Posted: 09 Aug 2023 Last Revised: 07 Apr 2024
Samantha J. Prince and Joshua P. Fershee
Pennsylvania State University, Dickinson Law and Dean & Professor of Law
Downloads 279 (218,302)

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limited liability company, LLC, business associations, business entities, corporation, precision, limited liability, entity, veil piercing, pierce the corporate veil, jurisdiction, diversity jurisdiction, AI, artificial intelligence, chatgpt, scouts, Supreme Court, companies

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Misguided Energy: Why Recent Legislative, Regulatory, and Market Initiatives are Insufficient to Improve the U.S. Energy Infrastructure

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Misguided Energy: Why Recent Legislative, Regulatory, and Market Initiatives are Insufficient to Improve the U.S. Energy Infrastructure

Number of pages: 59 Posted: 27 Apr 2006
Joshua P. Fershee
Dean & Professor of Law
Downloads 236 (256,527)
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Energy, Policy, Infrastructure, Natural Gas, PUHCA, Holding Company, Merger, Economics, Electricity, Power, Energy Crisis

Misguided Energy: Why Recent Legislative, Regulatory, and Market Initiatives are Insufficient to Improve the U.S. Energy Infrastructure

Harvard Journal on Legislation, Vol. 44, 2007
Posted: 23 Jun 2006
Joshua P. Fershee
Dean & Professor of Law

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Energy, Policy, Infrastructure, Natural Gas, PUHCA, Holding Company, Merger, Economics, Electricity, Power, Energy Crisis

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Decarbonizing Light-Duty Vehicles

Environmental Law Reporter, Vol. 48, No. 7, 2018, WVU College of Law Research Paper No. 2018-006, University of Florida Levin College of Law Research Paper No. 19-4
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 02 Aug 2018 Last Revised: 07 Sep 2021
Amy L. Stein and Joshua P. Fershee
University of Florida Levin College of Law and Dean & Professor of Law
Downloads 193 (311,256)

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Energy, environment, law, greenhouse gases, vehicles, light-duty, hydrogen, hybrid, decarbonization, climate

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This, I Believe: A New Look at Corporate Purpose, Director Primacy and the Business Judgment Rule

Transactions: The Tennessee Journal of Business Law, , Vol. 21, pp. 301-10, 2020
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 29 Oct 2020
Joshua P. Fershee
Dean & Professor of Law
Downloads 190 (315,745)

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Social Benefit, CSR, Corporate Social Responsibility, LLCs, Corporations, Directors, Board, Profit, Society, Business Judgment

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Facts, Fiction, and Perception in Hydraulic Fracturing: Illuminating Act 13 and Robinson Township v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

West Virginia Law Review, Vol. 116, p. 869, WVU Law Research Paper No. 2014-2
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 24 Apr 2014 Last Revised: 17 Feb 2019
Joshua P. Fershee
Dean & Professor of Law
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hydraulic fracturing, horizontal drilling, oil and gas, natural gas, environment, Act 13, Pennsylvania, fracking, fracing

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North Dakota Expertise: A Chance to Lead in Economically and Environmentally Sustainable Hydraulic Fracturing

North Dakota Law Review, Vol. 87, No. 4, p. 487, 2011, WVU Law Research Paper No. 2012-15
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 16 Nov 2012 Last Revised: 25 Mar 2015
Joshua P. Fershee
Dean & Professor of Law
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hydraulic fracturing, fracking, oil, natural gas, gas, energy law, regulation, North Dakota

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The End of Responsible Growth and Governance?: The Risks Posed by Social Enterprise Enabling Statutes and the Demise of Director Primacy

Transactions: The Tennessee Journal of Business Law, Vol. 19, pp. 361-90, 2018, WVU College of Law Research Paper No. 2019-001
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 03 Mar 2018 Last Revised: 09 Nov 2023
Joshua P. Fershee
Dean & Professor of Law
Downloads 135 (421,087)
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social benefit, CSR, corporate social responsibility, LLCs, corporations, directors, board, profit, society, social enterprise

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Choosing a Better Path: The Misguided Appeal of Increased Criminal Liability after Deepwater Horizon

William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review, Vol. 36, No. 1, 2011
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 08 Jan 2012
Joshua P. Fershee
Dean & Professor of Law
Downloads 131 (431,226)

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strict liability, deepwater horizon, environment, oil, drilling, offshore

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Horizontal Drilling, Vertical Problems: Property Law Challenges from the Marcellus Shale Boom

John Marshall Law Review, Vol. 49, No. 2, 2015
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 13 Jan 2017
Joshua P. Fershee and S. Shay
Dean & Professor of Law and U.S. Department of Justice
Downloads 125 (446,994)

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shale, oil, natural gas, fracking, hydraulic fracturing, horizontal drilling, energy law, regulation, West Virginia, Marcellus, Utica, property

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Reliably Unreliable: The Problems with Piecemeal Federal Transmission and Grid Reliability Policies

Center for Energy and Environmental Law, University of Connecticut School of Law Policy Paper, July 2011
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 26 Jul 2011
Joshua P. Fershee
Dean & Professor of Law
Downloads 113 (482,524)

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Transmission, Electricity, Smart Grid, FERC, Microgrid, Terrorism, Cyber Terrorism, Cost Allocation, Siting

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The Geothermal Bonus: Sustainable Energy as a By-Product of Drilling for Oil

North Dakota Law Review, Vol. 85, No. 4, 2009
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 15 Jun 2011 Last Revised: 25 Mar 2015
Joshua P. Fershee
Dean & Professor of Law
Downloads 95 (544,752)

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Energy, geothermal, electricity, oil, gas, regulation, EGS, co-produced fluids

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The Rising Tide of Climate Change: What America’s Flood Cities Can Teach Us About Green Energy Policy, and Why We Should Be Worried

Environmental Law, No. 39, No. 4, p. 1109.
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 22 Sep 2009 Last Revised: 29 May 2013
Joshua P. Fershee
Dean & Professor of Law
Downloads 94 (548,415)

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Climate Change, Environment, Flood, Insurance, Loss, Risk, Regulation

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The North Dakota Publicly Trade Corporations Act: A Branding Initiative Without a (North Dakota) Brand

North Dakota Law Review, Vol. 84, No. 4, p. 1085.
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 11 Jun 2009 Last Revised: 26 May 2012
Joshua P. Fershee
Dean & Professor of Law
Downloads 93 (552,170)

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corporate governance, North Dakota Publicly Traded Corporations Act, reincorporation, shareholder rights

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An Overt Disclosure Requirement for Eliminating the Fiduciary Duty of Loyalty

Transactions: The Tennessee Journal of Business Law, Vol. 20, pp. 979-92, 2019
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 21 Nov 2019
Joshua P. Fershee
Dean & Professor of Law
Downloads 86 (579,491)

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LLC, fiduciary, duty, duty of loyalty, limited liability company, partnership

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Levels of Green: Balancing State and Regional Efforts, in Wyoming and Beyond, to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Wyoming Law Review, Vol. 7, No. 2, pp. 269-93, 2007
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 01 Sep 2007
Joshua P. Fershee
Dean & Professor of Law
Downloads 81 (600,638)

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Greenhouse gas, CO2, carbon, energy, emissions, carbon sequestration, cap and trade, energy infrastructure, electricity, transmission

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Promoting an All of the Above Approach or Pushing (Oil) Addiction and Abuse?: The Curious Role of Energy Subsidies and Mandates in U.S. Energy Policy

Environmental & Energy Law & Policy Journal, 7:2, (The University of Houston Law Center), WVU Law Research Paper No. 2013-2
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 14 Mar 2013 Last Revised: 29 Aug 2014
Joshua P. Fershee
Dean & Professor of Law
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oil addiction, oil, energy, environment, law, energy subsidies, subsidies, gasoline, fuel

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Comments on Federal Trade Commission Non-compete Ban Proposed Rule, Matter No. P201200

Widener Law Commonwealth Research Paper No. 24-06
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 04 May 2023 Last Revised: 26 Jun 2024
Samantha J. Prince, Benjamin Edwards, Chaz D. Brooks, Joshua P. Fershee, Francis Joseph Mootz III, Juliet M. Moringiello, Griffin Toronjo Pivateau, Daiquiri Steele and Taylor Haberle
Pennsylvania State University, Dickinson Law, University of Nevada, William S. Boyd School of Law, American University Washington College of Law, Dean & Professor of Law, University of the Pacific - McGeorge School of Law, Widener University - Commonwealth Law School, Oklahoma State University, University of Alabama - School of Law and Pennsylvania State University, Dickinson Law
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Non-competes, Restrictive Covenants, Covenant not to compete

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Atomic Power, Fossil Fuels, and the Environment: Lessons Learned and the Lasting Impact of the Kennedy Energy Policies

Texas Environmental Law Journal, Vol. 39, Nos. 2-3, p. 131.
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 26 Sep 2009 Last Revised: 25 May 2013
Joshua P. Fershee
Dean & Professor of Law
Downloads 71 (645,650)

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Kennedy, environment, conservation, nuclear, energy

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Natural Gas is Changing the Clean Energy Game, But the Game is Not Over

Florida Law Review Forum, Vol. 67, 2016
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 09 Aug 2016
Joshua P. Fershee
Dean & Professor of Law
Downloads 63 (685,654)

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renewable, electricity, energy, law, coal, natural gas, generation

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Moving Power Forward: Creating a Forward-Looking Energy Policy Based on a National RPS

Connecticut Law Review, Vol. 42, No. 5, July 2010
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 24 Jul 2010 Last Revised: 06 Dec 2013
Joshua P. Fershee
Dean & Professor of Law
Downloads 60 (701,732)

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Renewable, energy, climate, RPS, renewable portfolio standard, electricity, regulation

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Oil & Gas Survey: West Virginia (2019)

Texas A&M University Journal of Property Law, Vol. 5, 2019, WVU College of Law Research Paper No. 2019-010
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 08 Apr 2019 Last Revised: 02 Sep 2021
Joshua P. Fershee
Dean & Professor of Law
Downloads 55 (730,122)

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oil, gas, natural gas, shale, Marcellus, hydraulic fracturing, fracking, mineral rights, royalty, property, pooling

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How Local is Local?: A Response to Professor David B. Spence's The Political Economy of Local Vetoes

Texas Law Review See Also, Vol. 93, pages 61-74, 2015, WVU Law Research Paper No. 2015-2
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 11 Feb 2015 Last Revised: 08 Apr 2016
Joshua P. Fershee
Dean & Professor of Law
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fracking, hydraulic fracturing, ban, New York, Colorado, Pennsylvania, local veto, local control, land use, veto, economics, cities, municipalities

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Oil & Gas Survey: West Virginia (2020)

Texas A&M University Journal of Property Law, Vol. 6, 2020
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 08 Mar 2021
Joshua P. Fershee
Dean & Professor of Law
Downloads 50 (761,269)

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oil, gas, natural gas, shale, Marcellus, hydraulic fracturing, fracking, mineral rights, royalty, property, pooling, tax, operating expense, deductions

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From Self-Determination to Self-Domination: Native Americans, Western Culture, and the Promise of Constitutional-Based Reform

Valapraiso University Law Review, Vol. 39, No. 1, pp. 1-26, 2004
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 21 Apr 2006 Last Revised: 25 Apr 2012
Joshua P. Fershee
Dean & Professor of Law
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Native American, Indian, native peoples, indigenous, comparative, constitution, constitutional

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When Prayer Trumps Politics: The Politics and Demographics of Renewable Portfolio Standards

William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review, Vol. 35, No. 1, 2010
Number of pages: 82 Posted: 22 Jan 2011 Last Revised: 25 Apr 2012
Joshua P. Fershee
Dean & Professor of Law
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Renewable Energy, RES, RPS, Alternative Energy, Demographics, Catholic, Religion

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The Fifth Circuit Makes Securing Cercla Contribution for Environmental Cleanup a Messy Proposition

Tulane Law Review, Vol. 76, Nos. 5-6, 2002
Posted: 26 Apr 2006
Joshua P. Fershee
Dean & Professor of Law

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Environment, CERCLA, Liability, Contribution, Environmental Response