Jeff Schwartz

University of Utah - S.J. Quinney College of Law

Professor of Law

383 S. University Street

Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0730

United States

  • University of Utah - S.J. Quinney College of Law

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1.

Corporate Democracy and the Intermediary Voting Dilemma

U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 23-06, Texas Law Review, Forthcoming, University of Utah College of Law Research Paper No. 536, European Corporate Governance Institute - Law Working Paper No. 685/2023
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 16 Feb 2023 Last Revised: 02 Jun 2023
Jill E. Fisch and Jeff Schwartz
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School and University of Utah - S.J. Quinney College of Law
Downloads 650 (68,598)
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Corporate governance, fiduciary duty, mutual funds, pension funds, institutional investors, shareholder voting, environmental, social & governance, ESG, shareholder activism, retail investors, intermediaries, securities regulation, fund management, agency, socially responsible investing

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Should Mutual Funds Invest in Startups? A Case Study of Fidelity Magellan Fund's Investments in Unicorns (and Other Startups) and the Regulatory Implications

North Carolina Law Review, Vol. 95, No. 5, 2017 (Forthcoming), University of Utah College of Law Research Paper No. 201
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 06 Feb 2017 Last Revised: 09 Apr 2017
Jeff Schwartz
University of Utah - S.J. Quinney College of Law
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unicorns, venture capital, mutual funds, valuation, overvaluation, smoothing, private equity, regulation, securities law, disclosure, fair value, fair valuation, liquidity, secondary markets

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The Conflict Minerals Experiment

6 Harv. Bus. L. Rev. (2015, Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 12 Jan 2015 Last Revised: 17 May 2015
Jeff Schwartz
University of Utah - S.J. Quinney College of Law
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conflict minerals, 3TG, Dodd-Frank, Congo, conflict diamonds, Section 1502, social disclosure, empirical, conflict free, human rights, supply chains

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Cost-Benefit Analysis and the Conflict Minerals Rule

Administrative Law Review, June 2016, University of Utah College of Law Research Paper No. 151
Number of pages: 70 Posted: 14 Jan 2016 Last Revised: 09 Jun 2016
Jeff Schwartz and Alexandrea Nelson
University of Utah - S.J. Quinney College of Law and Government of the State of Utah
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cost-benefit analysis, conflict minerals, Section 1502, Dodd-Frank, conflict minerals rule

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The Corporatization of Personhood

University of Illinois Law Review, 2015, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 17 Jul 2014
Jeff Schwartz
University of Utah - S.J. Quinney College of Law
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Pave, Upstart, Income Share Agreements, commodification, securities law, public policy, Friedman, slavery, involuntary servitude, equity, debt, coercion

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Fairness, Utility, and Market Risk

Oregon Law Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 07 Mar 2010 Last Revised: 05 Feb 2013
Jeff Schwartz
University of Utah - S.J. Quinney College of Law
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Securities Regulation, Regulatory Theory

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Venture Exchange Regulation: Listing Standards, Market Microstructure, and Investor Protection

Forthcoming in the Handbook on Law and Entrepreneurship, Gordon Smith, Christine Hurt & Brian Broughman eds., Cambridge Univ. Press 2018, University of Utah College of Law Research Paper No. 179
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 15 Sep 2016 Last Revised: 09 Jul 2018
Jeff Schwartz
University of Utah - S.J. Quinney College of Law
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entrepreneurship, secondary markets, venture exchanges, crowdfunding, Regulation A, unicorns, liquidity, initial public offerings, IPOs, microstructure

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De Facto Shareholder Primacy

Maryland Law Review, Vol. 79, No. 3, 2020, University of Utah College of Law Research Paper No. 321
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 21 Jun 2019 Last Revised: 28 Jun 2019
Jeff Schwartz
University of Utah - S.J. Quinney College of Law
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corporate purpose, stakeholder theory, shareholder primacy, securities law, corporate law, hedge fund activism, short-termism

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The Twilight of Equity Liquidity

34 Cardozo L. Rev., December 2012, University of Utah College of Law Research Paper No. 15
Number of pages: 79 Posted: 26 May 2012 Last Revised: 12 Apr 2013
Jeff Schwartz
University of Utah - S.J. Quinney College of Law
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equity, regulation, IPO

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Reconceptualizing Investment Management Regulation

George Mason Law Review, Vol. 16, p. 521, 2009
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 24 Jun 2009
Jeff Schwartz
University of Utah - S.J. Quinney College of Law
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Mutual Fund, Hedge Fund, Private Equity Fund, Securities Regulation, Investment Company, Market Failure, Capture, Libertarian Paternalism

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'Public' Mutual Funds

Cambridge Handbook on Investor Protection (Arthur Laby ed., 2021 Forthcoming), University of Utah College of Law Research Paper No. 441
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 07 Apr 2021 Last Revised: 20 Apr 2021
Jeff Schwartz
University of Utah - S.J. Quinney College of Law
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mutual funds, stewardship, publicness, agency costs, index funds, Vanguard, BlackRock, State Street, Big 3

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Stewardship Theater

Washington University Law Review, Vol. 100, No. 2, 2022, University of Utah College of Law Research Paper No. 492
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 08 Apr 2022 Last Revised: 13 Apr 2022
Jeff Schwartz
University of Utah - S.J. Quinney College of Law
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mutual funds, agency costs, index funds, Vanguard, BlackRock, State Street, Big 3, asset managers, proxy voting, shareholder proposals, ESG, securities law, corporate law, Exxon

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The Law and Economics of Scaled Equity Market Regulation

Journal of Corporation Law, Vol. 39, pp. 347-394, 2014
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 17 Jul 2014 Last Revised: 02 Nov 2014
Jeff Schwartz
University of Utah - S.J. Quinney College of Law
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JOBS Act, IPO On-Ramp, Scaled Regulation, Securities Law, Disclosure, IPO, Initial Public Offering

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Rethinking 401(K)s

Harvard Journal on Legislation, Vol. 49, No. 1, 2011
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 23 Apr 2011
Jeff Schwartz
University of Utah - S.J. Quinney College of Law
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401(K) plan, fairness, efficiency, tax incentive, government match, retirement, risk

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Workplace Rights and Illegal Immigration: How Implied Repeal Analysis Cuts Through the Haze of Hoffman Plastic, its Predecessors and its Progeny

Berkeley Journal of Employment and Labor Law, Vol. 29, 2008
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 08 Dec 2007 Last Revised: 05 Feb 2013
Nhan Vu and Jeff Schwartz
affiliation not provided to SSRN and University of Utah - S.J. Quinney College of Law
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Immigration Law, Labor Law, Statutory Interpretation, Hoffman Plastic, Implied Repeal

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Mutual Fund Conflicts of Interest in the Wake of the Short-Term Trading Scandals: Encouraging Structural Change Through Shareholder Choice

NYU Journal of Law & Business, Vol. 2, No. 91, 2005
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 30 Jun 2009
Jeff Schwartz
University of Utah - S.J. Quinney College of Law
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Mutual Fund, Vanguard, Conflict of Interest, Late Trading, Market Timing, Disclosure

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The Levers of Sustainability: The EU Directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence in Comparison to US Law

Podjetje in Delo (Company and Labour): A Journal for Commercial, Labour and Social Law, Forthcoming, University of Utah College of Law Research Paper No. 555
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 03 Jul 2023 Last Revised: 23 Aug 2023
Jeff Schwartz
University of Utah - S.J. Quinney College of Law
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EU Directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence; Sustainability; Due Diligence; Comparative Law; Shareholder Primacy; Stakeholder Theory; Conflict Minerals Rule; Fiduciary Duties

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Social Enterprise Law: A Theoretical And Comparative Perspective

Ohio State Business Law Journal (2021 Forthcoming), University of Utah College of Law Research Paper No. 439
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 07 Apr 2021 Last Revised: 20 Apr 2021
Rado Bohinc and Jeff Schwartz
University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Social Science and University of Utah - S.J. Quinney College of Law
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social enterprise, comparative, B Corp, benefit corporations, stakeholder, stakeholder theory

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Written Statement Before the Subcommittee on Monetary Policy and Trade of the House Financial Services Committee, Hearing Titled 'Dodd-Frank Five Years Later: What Have We Learned from Conflict Minerals Reporting?'

University of Utah College of Law Research Paper No. 154
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 19 Jan 2016 Last Revised: 09 Feb 2016
Jeff Schwartz
University of Utah - S.J. Quinney College of Law
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testimony, conflict minerals, 3TG, Dodd-Frank, Congo, conflict diamonds, Section 1502, social disclosure, empirical, conflict free, human rights, supply chains