This article addresses the proposition advanced by academic and press commentators that European corporation law promotes stockholder welfare better than its U.S. counterpart. Those who express that view often point to the stronger rights afforded to stockholders under the laws of the European...

In April 2006, in the UK, came into force new rules relating to the obligations incumbent upon business owners if they pursue their alienation. These regulations come to meet several Europeandirective which seeks to ensure employees' rights and prevent any abuses. In this respect, the main...

In recent years, Rule 14a-8 of the Securities Exchange Act - first adopted more than sixty years ago to increase shareholder participation in corporate governance - has been the subject of a flurry of litigation, scholarly analysis, and SEC rulemaking. Most recently, following several years of...

A cross border merger as the name suggests, refers to the combination of two or more companies belonging to or registered in two different countries. For a cross border merger two basic motives stand out; efficiency motive and strategic motive. Efficiency motive basically means want of the two...

This Article revisits the debate on the desirability of interstate competition in providing corporate law. It argues that the market for corporate law is imperfectly competitive, and therefore may not yield the optimal product to either shareholders or managers. Delaware dominates the market as...