BY: Katie Negron, RBFL Student Editor The Forbes 30 Under 30 List has grown to showcase and introduce people making substantial differences and innovations in their given community. Broken into several categories including tech, finance, medical, entertainment, and more, the list has evolved to become a notable achievement for many younger entrepreneurs. Over the course […]
BY: Aster Cheng, RBFL Editor The priorities of consumers are changing––as consumers place more weight on the environmental and social impacts of companies in their decision making, more companies are choosing to become B Corporations (“B Corps”).[1] B Corps are for-profit companies who have met a standard of ESG factors established by B Lab, a […]
BY: Marina Phillips, RBFL Editor Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (“DAOs”) are becoming an increasingly popular means of organizing people from around the world for a common purpose. For those who are unfamiliar with the term, DAOs are essentially organizations or entities formed in blockchain and can be formed for both for-profit or not-for-profit purposes. DAOs are […]
BY: Noah Adams, RBFL Student Editor In April of 2022, Twitter accepted a $44 billion takeover bid from Elon Musk, which would see the Tesla and SpaceX CEO take the social media company private. Musk, a self-proclaimed free-speech absolutist, declared that his acquisition of Twitter was essential to protect the virtual town square from harmful […]
BY: Conner Ahler, RBFL Editor The Federal Trade Commission blocked a non-compete agreement between two firms in the process of selling and purchasing gas stations in response to pressure from the Executive Branch to increase competition in the American economy. Employment non-compete agreements are usually the type under such scrutiny, making this action unique. The […]
BY: Isha Kumar, RBFL Student Editor Firms often tie executive compensation to corporate social responsibility goals such as increased diversity, energy efficiency, employee wellbeing and product safety. [1] Recently, since 2020, large companies such as Nike, Starbucks and McDonald’s have begun to incentivize executives to achieve diversity hiring goals by increasing executive compensation if these […]
By: Robert Gilligan, RBFL Student Editor For a long time, people believed that a corporation deciding to pursue environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) initiatives was a decision that necessarily involved divergence from the corporate mission of garnering value for shareholders. However, in recent years, this thinking has undergone a dramatic shift. Today, investors, executives, […]
By: Sarah Klim, RBFL Student Editor In the U.S., a corporation is made up of many different constituencies, often including its shareholders, managers, creditors, and employees. Most large companies are publicly-traded and widely-held. Large institutional investors, such as Vanguard and Fidelity, are also common. The majority of shareholders are typically not managers, although management may […]
By: Justin Brogan, RBFL Student Editor Delaware law permits corporations to assign classes of stock differential voting rights.[1] For example, Class A stock at a given corporation could be assigned ten votes per share, while Class B stock could carry just one vote per share. Traditionally, this stock structure has been utilized by family-owned corporations […]
ISSUE I – FALL 2017 Development Articles Table of Contents Helen Huang, Chinese Shadow Banking and Its Impact on the U.S. Economy, 37 REV. BANKING & FIN. L. 2 (2017). Wyndham Hubbard, Understanding the Modern Private Student Loan Market, 37 REV. BANKING & FIN. L. 18 (2017). Harrison Kessler, A Lower Dividend for High Asset Federal […]