John P. Murphy Foundation Professor of Law Nicole Stelle Garnett has joined the Manhattan Institute as an adjunct fellow.
Garnett's research focuses on property, land use, urban development, local government law, and education policy.…
Avishalom Tor, professor of law and director of the Research Program on Law and Market Behavior at Notre Dame Law School, along with Prof. Dr. Klaus Mathis, faculty of law at the University of Lucerne, have co-edited a new book, Consumer Law and Economics…
Avishalom Tor, professor and director of the Research Program on Law and Market Behavior at Notre Dame Law School, delivered a virtual lecture to lawyers and economists of the Department of Justice’s antitrust division in Washington D.C. and throughout the country earlier this summer.
The lecture was part of a series exploring new frontiers in economics and competition policy. Tor’s talk, “Behavioral Lessons for Antitrust Enforcement,” challenged attendees to think about antitrust enforcement in new ways and to consider the application of empirical behavioral findings to antitrust law and policy.…
The debate over staggered boards is heating up, largely because of the appearance of novel studies—including our own prior research—that challenge the results of earlier works documenting a negative impact of staggered boards on firm value. Meanwhile, a third way has appeared in this debate. In a recent article in the University of Pennsylvania Law Review, Settling the Staggered Board Debate, Professors Amihud, Schmid, and Davidoff Solomon (ASDS) purport to settle this debate, arguing that neither the position in favor or against staggered boards “has empirical support and, on average, a staggered board has no significant effect on firm value.” This article by K.J. Martijn Cremers, Simone Sepe, and Saura Masconale addresses the ASDS study and shows that the staggered board debate is very much alive rather than settled. Read more here.
The 9th Law and Economics Conference in Lucerne: Law and Economics of Regulation will be held on April 16-17 at the University of Lucerne.
The annual conference is organized by Professor Avishalom Tor, director, Research Program on Law and Market Behavior (ND LAMB), and co-sponsored by ND LAMB.…
The 9th Law and Economics Conference in Lucerne: Law and Economics of Regulation will be held on April 16-17 at the University of Lucerne.
The annual conference is organized by Professor Avishalom Tor, director, Research Program on Law and Market Behavior (ND LAMB), and co-sponsored by ND LAMB.…
The Lucerne Academy will take place from July 5th through the 9th, 2021.…
