Robert B. Thompson

Publications

• Private Ordering and Contracting Out in Twenty-First-Century Corporate Law
  74 CASE W. RES. L. REV. 13 (2023) · Case Western Reserve Law Review · 2023

• Adolf Berle During the New Deal: The Brain Truster as an Intellectual Jobber
  42 SEATTLE U. L. REV. 663 (2019) · Seattle University Law Review · 2019
• <em>Texas Gulf Sulphur</em> and the Genesis of Corporate Liability Under Rule 10b-5
  71 SMU L. REV. 927 (2018) · SMU Law Review · 2018
• Securities Law in the Sixties: The Supreme Court, the Second Circuit, and the Triumph of Purpose Over Text
  94 NOTRE DAME L. REV. 371 (2018) · Notre Dame Law Review · 2018
• A Theory of Representative Shareholder Suits and Its Application to Multijurisdictional Litigation
  106 NW. U. L. REV. 1753 (2015) · Northwestern University Law Review · 2015
• Market Intermediation, Publicness, and Securities Class Actions
  93 WASH. U. L. REV. 487 (2015) · Washington University Law Review · 2015
• IPOs and the Slow Death of Section 5
  102 KY. L.J. (2014) · Kentucky Law Journal · 2014
• Local Government and the Closing of the Coast: Parking Bans and the Beach as a Traditional Public Forum
  25 FORDHAM ENVTL. L. REV. 458 (2014) · Fordham Environmental Law Review · 2014
• Redrawing the Public-Private Boundaries in Entrepreneurial Capital Raising
  98 CORNELL L. REV. 1573 (2013) · Cornell Law Review · 2013
• Emerging Issue: Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning:Beach Access, Trespass, and the Social Enactment of Property
  17 ROGER WILLLIAMS U. L. REV. (2012) · Roger Williams University Law Review · 2012
• The Case for Iterative Statutory Reform: Appraisal and the Model Business Corporation Act
  74 LAW & CONTEMP. PROBS. 253 (2011) · Law and Contemporary Problems · 2011
• The Short, But Interesting Life of Good Faith as an Independent Liability Rule
  55 N.Y.L. SCH. L. REV. 543 (2011) · NYLS Law Review · 2011
• The Future of Agency Independence
  63 VAND. L. REV. iii (2010) · Vanderbilt Law Review · 2010

• Corporate Voting
  62 VAND. L. REV. 127 (2009) · Vanderbilt Law Review · 2009
• The Dilemma of Odious Debts
  56 DUKE L.J. 1201 (2007) · Duke Law Journal · 2007
• Corporate Federalism in the Administrative State: The SEC's Discretion to Move the Line between the State and Federal Realms of Corporate Governance
  82 NOTRE DAME L. REV. 1143 (2006) · Notre Dame Law Review · 2006
• Wall Street Scandals: The Curative Effects of Law and Finance
  84 WASH. U. L. REV. 1567 (2006) · Washington University Law Review · 2006
• Affordable Twenty-Four Hour Coastal Access: Can We Save A Working Stiff's Place In Paradise?
  12 OCEAN & COASTAL L.J. (2006) · Ocean and Coastal Law Journal · 2006
• Property Theory And Owning The Sandy Shore: No Firm Ground To Stand On
  11 OCEAN & COASTAL L.J. (2005) · Ocean and Coastal Law Journal · 2005
• Corporate Law Criteria: Law's Relation to Private Ordering
  2 BERKELEY BUS. L.J. 95 (2005) · Berkeley Business Law Journal · 2005
• The New Look of Shareholder Litigation: Acquisition-Oriented Class Actions
  57 VAND. L. REV. 133 (2004) · Vanderbilt Law Review · 2004
• The Public and Private Faces of Derivative Lawsuits
  57 VAND. L. REV. 1747 (2004) · Vanderbilt Law Review · 2004
• Securities Fraud as Corporate Governance: Reflections upon Federalism
  56 VAND. L. REV. 859 (2003) · Vanderbilt Law Review · 2003
• Credibility and Information in Securities Markets After Regulation FD
  79 WASH. U. L. REV. 615 (2001) · Washington University Law Review · 2001

• Insider Trading, Investor Harm, and Executive Compensation
  50 CASE W. RES. L. REV. 291 (1999) · Case Western Reserve Law Review · 1999
• Preemption and Federalism in Corporate Governance: Protecting Shareholder Rights to Vote, Sell, and Sue
  62 LAW & CONTEMP. PROBS. 215 (1999) · Law and Contemporary Problems · 1999
• Securities Regulation in an Electronic Age: The Impact of Cognitive Psychology
  75 WASH. U. L. REV. 779 (1997) · Washington University Law Review · 1997
• The Taming of Limited Liability Companies
  66 U. COLO. L. REV. 921 (1995) · University of Colorado Law Review · 1995
• Unpacking Limited Liability: Direct and Vicarious Liability of Corporate Participants for Torts of the Enterprise
  47 VAND. L. REV. (1994) · Vanderbilt Law Review · 1994
• Foreword—Evolving Business Associations: Understanding the Role of Law
  70 WASH. U. L. REV. 265 (1992) · Washington University Law Review · 1992
• Piercing the Corporate Veil: An Empirical Study
  76 CORNELL L. REV. 1036 (1991) · Cornell Law Review · 1991
• In Memoriam: F. Hodge O'Neal
  69 WASH. U. L. REV. 369 (1991) · Washington University Law Review · 1991

• Corporate Dissolution and Shareholders' Reasonable Expectations
  66 WASH. U. L. REV. 193 (1988) · Washington University Law Review · 1988
• Defining the Federal and State Realms of Tender Offer Regulation
  64 WASH. U. L. REV. 1057 (1986) · Washington University Law Review · 1986
• The Measure of Recovery Under Rule 10b-5: A Restitution Alternative to Tort Damages
  37 VAND. L. REV. 349 (1984) · Vanderbilt Law Review · 1984
• Squeeze-Out Mergers and the “New” Appraisal Remedy
  62 WASH. U. L. REV. 415 (1984) · Washington University Law Review · 1984

• Conflict Of Laws—Choice of Court
  2 BUFF. L. REV. 78 (1952) · Buffalo Law Review · 1952
• Conflict Of Laws—Forum Non Conveniens
  2 BUFF. L. REV. 72 (1952) · Buffalo Law Review · 1952
• Conflict Of Laws—Foreign Divorce Proceedings
  2 BUFF. L. REV. 76 (1952) · Buffalo Law Review · 1952
• Conflict Of Laws—Choice of Law
  2 BUFF. L. REV. 78 (1952) · Buffalo Law Review · 1952