Professor of Law
BOOKS
Corporate Finance and Governance: Cases, Materials, and Problems for an Advanced Course in Corporations. 3rd ed. (Carolina Academic Press, 2006) (with L.E. Mitchell & L.A. Cunningham & L.D. Solomon).
Corporate Finance in a Nutshell. (Thomson West, 2004).
LAW REVIEW AND OTHER SCHOLARLY PUBLICATIONS
The Heartland Funds’ Receivership and Its Implications for Independent Mutual Fund Directors, 51 Emory Law Journal 153–240 (2002) (with S.R. Howard).
“Introduction (Symposium: Mutual Fund Regulation in the Next Millennium).” 44 New York Law School Law Review 429–430 (2000).
“Small Issue Public Offerings Conducted Over the Internet: Are They ‘Suitable’ for the Retail Investor?” 72 Southern California Law Review 67–143 (1998). Reprinted in 42 Corporate Practice Commentator 419–494 (2000).
“Directorial Fiduciary Duties in a Tracking Stock Equity Structure: The Need for a Duty of Fairness.” 94 Michigan Law Review 2089–2177 (1996).
“Comment, Insights Into Lender Liability: An Argument for Treating Controlling Creditors as Controlling Shareholders.” 135 University of Pennsylvania Law Review 1321–1363 (1987).
NEWSPAPER ARTICLES, PRACTICE MATERIALS, AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS
Nonprofit Directors’ Duties as Endowment Performance Declines, 229 New York Law Journal 4 (January 17, 2003), reprinted as “When the Endowment Tanks: Some Lessons for Nonprofits,” 12 Business law Today 19–22 (May/June 2003).
“The Allure of Tracking Stocks.” 19 In Brief 8–9 (Spring/Summer 2001).
“Fiduciary Duties of Tracking Stock Directors Under Delaware Law.” 25(5) Director’s Monthly 1 (May 2001).
Moderator/Panelist, “Symposium: Mutual Fund Regulation in the Next Millennium.” 44 New York Law School Law Review 431–520 (2000).
“How Quantum, DLJ and Ziff-Davis Are Keeping on Track with Tracking Stock: Part II.” 3 wallstreetlawyer.com 10–13 (October 1999).
“‘Suitability’ in the Self-Managed Internet Offering Context.” 2 wallstreetlawyer.com 10–13 (February 1999).
“Introduction to Tracking Stocks, in Acquisitions, Mergers, Spin-offs, and Other Restructurings.” Practising Law Institute, 1993 (with E.H. Steinberger).
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Florida State, B.S. 1984, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa
University of Pennsylvania, J.D. 1988 cum laude (Law
Review, Comment Editor).
Expert on mutual funds, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions and securities law matters. Commentator on corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions and mutual funds for major media outlets including The Wall Street Journal, CNN, and The Street.com.
At New York Law School since 1996.