Richard W. Painter

Publications

• Bribery Law: Is Anything Left?
  46 CARDOZO L. REV. 1775 (2025) · Cardozo Law Review · 2025
• The Question Not Presented: Government and Social Media Corruption After Murthy v. Missouri
  129 PENN ST. L. REV. 427 (2025) · Penn State Law Review (2003 - Present) · 2025
• Avoision: When Government Lawyers Turn the Sovereign Against Itself
  75 CASE W. RES. L. REV. 473 (2024) · Case Western Reserve Law Review · 2024
• Separation of Politics and State in the Aftermath of DonaldTrump
  47 OHIO N. U. L. REV. (2023) · Ohio Northern University Law Review · 2023

• Ethics and Government Lawyering in Current Times
  47 HOFSTRA L. REV. (2019) · Hofstra Law Review · 2019
• Why Limits on Contributions to Super PACs Should Survive <i>Citizens United</i>
  86 FORDHAM L. REV. 2299 (2018) · Fordham Law Review · 2018
• People Who Are Not Legal and Who Are Not Alive in the Eyes of the Law
  59 VILL. L. REV. 667 (2014) · Villanova Law Review (1956 - ) · 2014
• Forum Competition and Choice of Law Competition in Securities Law after Morrison V. National Australia Bank
  97 MINN. L. REV. 132 (2012) · Minnesota Law Review · 2012
• "Extraordinary Circumstances": The Legacy of the Gang of 14 and a Proposal for Judicial Nominations Reform
  46 U. RICH. L. REV. 969 (2012) · University of Richmond Law Review · 2012
• Of the Conditional Fee as a Response to Lawyers, Bankers and Loopholes
  1 AM. U. BUS. L. REV. (2011) · American University Business Law Review · 2011
• Compromised Fiduciaries: Conflicts of Interest in Government and Business
  95 MINN. L. REV. 1637 (2011) · Minnesota Law Review · 2011
• When Courts and Congress Don’t Say What They Mean: Initial Reactions to Morrison v. National Australia Bank and to the Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act
  20 MINN. J. INT'L L. 1 (2011) · Minnesota Journal of International Law · 2011
• Initial Reflections on an Evolving Standard: Constraints on Risk Taking by Directors and Officers in Germany and the United States
  40 SETON HALL L. REV. (2010) · Seton Hall Law Review · 2010
• President Obama's Progress in Government Ethics
  26 CONST. COMMENT. 195 (2010) · Constitutional Commentary · 2010
• Berle’s Vision Beyond Shareholder Interests: Why Investment Bankers Should Have (Some) Personal Liability
  33 SEATTLE U. L. REV. 1173 (2010) · Seattle University Law Review · 2010

• Panel Two: The Evolution of Corporate Governance
  52 AM. U. L. REV. (2003) · American University Law Review · 2003
• Standing Up to Wall Street (and Congress)
  101 MICH. L. REV. 1512 (2003) · Michigan Law Review · 2003
• Commentary on Brudney and Ferrell
  69 U. CHI. L. REV. (2002) · University of Chicago Law Review · 2002
• Contracting Around Conflicts in a Family Representation: Louis Brandeis and the Warren Trust
  8 U. CHI. L. SCH. ROUNDTABLE (2001) · The University of Chicago Law School Roundtable · 2001
• Irrationality and Cognitive Bias at a Closing in Arthur Solmssen's the Comfort Letter
  69 FORDHAM L. REV. 1111 (2000) · Fordham Law Review · 2000
• Lawyers' Rules, Auditors' Rules and the Psychology of Concealment
  84 MINN. L. REV. 1399 (2000) · Minnesota Law Review · 2000

• Insider Trading and the Stock Market Thirty Years Later
  50 CASE W. RES. L. REV. 305 (1999) · Case Western Reserve Law Review · 1999
• Open Chambers?
  97 MICH. L. REV. 1430 (1999) · Michigan Law Review · 1999
• Responding to a False Alarm: Federal Preemption of State Securities Fraud Causes of Action
  84 CORNELL L. REV. (1998) · Cornell Law Review · 1998
• Don't Ask, Just Tell: Insider Trading after United States v. O'Hagan
  84 VA. L. REV. 153 (1998) · Virginia Law Review · 1998
• Responding to a False Alarm: Federal Preemption of State Securities Fraud Causes of Action
  84 CORNELL L. REV. 1 (1998) · Cornell Law Review · 1998
• Second Opinions in Litigation
  84 VA. L. REV. 1411 (1998) · Virginia Law Review · 1998
• Lawyer Disclosure of Corporate Fraud: Establishing a Firm Foundation
  50 SMU L. REV. 225 (1997) · SMU Law Review · 1997
• Game Theoretic and Contractarian Paradigms in the Uneasy Relationship between Regulators and Regulatory Lawyers
  65 FORDHAM L. REV. 149 (1996) · Fordham Law Review · 1996
• Litigating on a Contingency: A Monopoly of Champions or a Market for Champerty
  71 CHI.-KENT. L. REV. 625 (1995) · Chicago-Kent Law Review · 1995