George S. Georgiev

Emory University School of Law

Associate Professor of Law

http://law.emory.edu/faculty-and-scholarship/faculty-profiles/georgiev-profile.html

European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)

Research Member

http://www.ecgi.global/network/our-members/george-s-georgiev

  • Emory University School of Law

  • European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)

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Comment Letter of Securities Law Scholars on the SEC’s Authority to Pursue Climate-Related Disclosure

Number of pages: 18 Posted: 09 Jun 2022
Jill E. Fisch, George S. Georgiev, Donna M. Nagy and Cynthia A. Williams
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, Emory University School of Law, Indiana University Maurer School of Law and Indiana University Maurer School of Law
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climate-related disclosure, securities disclosure regime, materiality, SEC Regulation S-K, SEC Regulation S-X, SEC rulemaking authority

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Too Big to Disclose: Firm Size and Materiality Blindspots in Securities Regulation

UCLA Law Review, Vol. 64, 2017, Emory Legal Studies Research Paper
Number of pages: 81 Posted: 05 Jan 2017 Last Revised: 21 Nov 2017
George S. Georgiev
Emory University School of Law
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securities law, corporate governance, materiality standard, mandatory disclosure regime, SEC Disclosure Effectiveness Initiative, Regulation S-K

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The Human Capital Management Movement in U.S. Corporate Law

95 Tulane Law Review 639 (2021), Emory Legal Studies Research Paper No. 21-11
Number of pages: 101 Posted: 06 Apr 2021 Last Revised: 21 Jul 2021
George S. Georgiev
Emory University School of Law
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HCM, ESG, sustainability, human capital management, human resource management, SEC disclosure regime, corporate reporting, materiality, principles-based disclosure, Reg. S-K, board fiduciary duties, Caremark/oversight duties, SASB, GRI, stakeholder capitalism, enlightened capitalism, future of work

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Contagious Efficiency: The Growing Reliance on U.S.-Style Antitrust Settlements in EU Law

Utah Law Review, Vol. 2007, No. 4, pp. 971-1037, 2007
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 02 Apr 2008 Last Revised: 10 Aug 2019
George S. Georgiev
Emory University School of Law
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comparative antitrust law, comparative administrative law, antitrust settlements, consent decrees, Tunney Act, modernization of EU competition law, EU Council Regulation 1/2003, Alrosa v. Commission (Case T-170/06, C-441/07)

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The Reformed CFIUS Regulatory Framework: Mediating Between Continued Openness to Foreign Investment and National Security

Yale Journal on Regulation, Vol. 25, 2008
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 13 Oct 2008
George S. Georgiev
Emory University School of Law
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sovereign wealth funds, Exon-Florio, CFIUS

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The SEC’s Climate Disclosure Rule: Critiquing the Critics

50 Rutgers L. Rec. 101 (2022), Emory Legal Studies Research Paper 22-8
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 29 Mar 2022 Last Revised: 13 Jan 2023
George S. Georgiev
Emory University School of Law
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climate-related financial disclosure, ESG, materiality, double materiality, dynamic materiality, universal materiality, TSC Industries v. Northway, major questions doctrine, West Virginia v. EPA, TCFD, Regulation S-K, Regulation S-X, SEC disclosure regime

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Securities Disclosure As Soundbite: The Case of CEO Pay Ratios

Boston College Law Review, Vol. 60, 2019, Emory Legal Studies Research Paper No. 19-447, UCLA School of Law, Law-Econ Research Paper No. 19-03
Number of pages: 83 Posted: 29 Jan 2019 Last Revised: 02 May 2019
Steven A. Bank and George S. Georgiev
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Law and Emory University School of Law
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CEO pay ratio, executive compensation, human capital management, securities regulation, corporate governance, Dodd-Frank Act of 2010

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The Breakdown of the Public–Private Divide in Securities Law: Causes, Consequences, and Reforms

18 N.Y.U. J. L. & Bus. 221 (2021), Emory Legal Studies Research Paper 21-23
Number of pages: 96 Posted: 29 Nov 2021 Last Revised: 04 Feb 2022
George S. Georgiev
Emory University School of Law
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securities law, public company regulation, public-private divide, unicorn firms, JOBS Act, Rule 12g-1, Rule 12g5-1, shareholders of record, investor protection, capital formation

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Paying High for Low Performance

100 Minnesota Law Review Headnotes 14 (2016), UCLA School of Law, Law-Econ Research Paper No. 15-11
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 08 Aug 2015 Last Revised: 12 Feb 2016
Steven A. Bank and George S. Georgiev
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Law and Emory University School of Law
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executive compensation, corporate governance, Dodd-Frank Act, pay for performance, say-on-pay, pay ratio disclosure, incentive compensation clawbacks

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The Adequacy of Reasoning in the Arbitral Tribunal's Decision in Saluka Investments v. Czech Republic

Chapter 5 in "The Reasons Requirement in International Investment Arbitration: Critical Case Studies" (Guillermo Aguilar Alvarez & W. Michael Reisman eds., 2008).
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 16 Nov 2008 Last Revised: 15 Jul 2023
George S. Georgiev
Emory University School of Law
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international investment arbitration, ICSID Convention, UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules, fair and equitable treatment standard

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Shareholder vs. Investor Primacy in Federal Corporate Governance

62 UCLA Law Review Discourse 71 (2014)
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 30 Sep 2014 Last Revised: 16 Jun 2015
George S. Georgiev
Emory University School of Law
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federal corporate governance, shareholder primacy, director primacy, say-on-pay, board-shareholder engagement, Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act

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Comment Letter to the SEC on Climate Change and Other ESG Disclosure

Number of pages: 13 Posted: 28 Jun 2021 Last Revised: 29 Jun 2021
George S. Georgiev
Emory University School of Law
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ESG disclosure, climate change disclosure, sustainability disclosure, human capital management, HCM, materiality, Regulation S-K

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The Market-Essential Role of Corporate Climate Disclosure

56 U.C. Davis L. Rev. 2105 (2023), Emory Legal Studies Research Paper
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 11 Jan 2023 Last Revised: 17 May 2023
George S. Georgiev
Emory University School of Law
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climate-related financial disclosure, ESG, materiality, major questions doctrine, West Virginia v. EPA, TCFD, Regulation S-K, Regulation S-X, SEC disclosure regime

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Is 'Public Company' Still a Viable Regulatory Category?

13 Harvard Business Law Review 1 (2023)
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 30 Dec 2022 Last Revised: 12 Jun 2023
George S. Georgiev
Emory University School of Law
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public company, securities law, corporate governance, unicorn firms, retrospective regulatory review

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Bridging the Divide? The European Court of First Instance Judgment in GE/Honeywell

51 Yale Journal of International Law 518, 2006
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 02 Oct 2014
George S. Georgiev
Emory University School of Law
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comparative antitrust law, modernization of EU competition law, General Electric v. Commission (Case T-210/01)

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Congressional Testimony: The Legality of the SEC’s Proposal and Process for Climate-Related Disclosure

Number of pages: 17 Posted: 24 Feb 2024
George S. Georgiev
Emory University School of Law
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Climate-related disclosure, SEC disclosure regime, ESG, materiality, major questions doctrine, cost-benefit analysis

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Disclosure as a Corporate Governance Tool: Channels and Challenges

The Oxford Handbook of Corporate Law and Governance (2d ed.) (Jeffrey N. Gordon & Wolf-Georg Ringe eds., forthcoming 2025)
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 24 Mar 2025 Last Revised: 31 Mar 2025
George S. Georgiev
Emory University School of Law
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corporate disclosure, corporate governance, materiality, double materiality, sustainability, compelled speech, information overload hypothesis, cost-benefit analysis

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Human Capital Disclosure & Corporate Governance: The New Evidence

46 Cardozo L. Rev. 485 (2024)
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 13 Feb 2025
George S. Georgiev
Emory University School of Law
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大而不能披露：证券监管中的公司规模和重大性盲区 (Chinese Translation of Too Big to Disclose: Firm Size and Materiality Blindspots in Securities Regulation)

Securities Law Review (China), 2020
Number of pages: 81 Posted: 03 Oct 2022 Last Revised: 04 Oct 2022
George S. Georgiev
Emory University School of Law
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Materiality, firm size, securities disclosure, securities regulation, corporate governance