Bernard S. Sharfman

Publications

• The Significance of 'Adequate Revenues' Under the Staggers Rail Act of 1980
  50 TRANSP. L.J. 1 (2026) · Transportation Law Journal · 2026
• Using 'Enacted Purposes' to Interpret a Regulatory Statute
  77 SMU L. REV. F. 288 (2024) · SMU Law Review Forum · 2024
• The Ascertainable Standards that Define the Boundaries of the SEC’s Rulemaking Authority
  3 U. CHI. BUS. L. REV. (2024) · The University of Chicago Business Law Review · 2024
• How Discretionary Decision-Making Impacts the Financial Performance and Legal Disclosures of S&P 500 Funds
  87 BROOK. L. REV. 915 (2022) · Brooklyn Law Review · 2022
• The Conflict Between BlackRock’s Shareholder Activism and ERISA’s Fiduciary Duties
  71 CASE W. RES. L. REV. 1241 (2021) · Case Western Reserve Law Review · 2021
• Liberating the Market for Corporate Control
  18 BERKELEY BUS. L.J. 1 (2021) · Berkeley Business Law Journal · 2021
• The Risks and Rewards of Shareholder Voting
  73 SMU L. REV. 849 (2020) · SMU Law Review · 2020

• How the SEC Can Help Mitigate the "Proactive" Agency Costs of Agency Capitalism
  8 AM. U. BUS. L. REV. (2019) · American University Business Law Review · 2019
• A Private Ordering Defense of a Company's Right to Use Dual Class Share Structures in IPOs
  63 VILL. L. REV. (2018) · Villanova Law Review (1956 - ) · 2018
• Shareholder Activism as a Corrective Mechanism in Corporate Governance
  2014 BYU L. REV. 1015 (2014) · BYU Law Review · 2014
• Shareholder Wealth Maximization and Its Implementation Under Corporate Law
  66 FLA. L. REV. 389 (2014) · Florida Law Review · 2014

• A Team Production Approach to Corporate Law and Board Composition
  Northwestern University Law Review · 2009
• Dysfunctional Deference and Board Composition: Lessons from Enron
  Northwestern University Law Review · 2008
• A THEORY OF SHAREHOLDER ACTIVISM AND ITS PLACE IN CORPORATE LAW
  82 TENN. L. REV. (2006) · Tennessee Law Review · 2006