C-Suite Scholarship March 25, 2021 Posted in: Corporate Law, Research, Tax Reform After the Great Recession of 2008, US lawmakers passed legislation to ensure that companies and shareholders could claw back previously paid compensation from corporate executives who commit wrongdoing or because of accounting restatements. Continue ReadingPast Spotlights
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April 27, 2021 Shareholder Value(s)
Professor David Webber and coauthors examine the role of index funds, driven by millennial investors, in advancing board diversity and corporate sustainability.
When it comes to environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues, index funds are far from docile. With respect to these [More]
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March 25, 2021 C-Suite Scholarship
Professor David Walker’s research and writing focuses on executive pay and taxation, including a recent piece on compensation clawbacks.
After the Great Recession of 2008, US lawmakers passed legislation to ensure that companies and shareholders could claw back previously [More]
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January 11, 2021 Professor Examines Government Response to Protests
Professor Karen Pita Loor works to prohibit blanket curfews restricting First Amendment activity. Her research also looks at the selective use of excessive force in protest policing.
Last summer, Boston University School of Law Professor Karen Pita Loor received an email out of the blue from Sophie [More]
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November 30, 2020 The Sociological Realities of Dating Shows
Dean Angela Onwuachi-Willig shares reality TV shows that engage and entertain.
My days as dean have always been long, but they have become much longer since the start of the COVID-19 [More]
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November 25, 2020 Building a more Diverse Legal Profession
Dean Onwuachi-Willig is committed to making the legal profession more inclusive, on campus and off.
Dean Angela Onwuachi-Willig had only been a tenure-track professor for four years when she decided to start a workshop that [More]