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Bankruptcy’s Turn to Market Value

23 May 2024

Mark J. Roe

Michael Simkovic

What Is Stock Market Short-Termism?

21 September 2022

Mark J. Roe

EC Corporate Governance Initiative Series: ‘The European Commission’s Sustainable Corporate Governance Report: A Critique’

In July 2020, the European Commission published the ‘Study on directors’ duties and sustainable corporate governance’ by EY (‘the Report’). The Report purports to find evidence of debilitating...

Estimating the Need for Additional Bankruptcy Judges in Light of the COVID-19 Pandemic

We recently estimated the US bankruptcy system’s ability to absorb an anticipated surge of financial distress among American consumers, businesses, and municipalities as a result of COVID-19.An increase in the...

GCGC/ECGI Global Webinar Series - Easing the Economic Aftermath of a Global Pandemic

Roe and Coates spoke with Harvard Law Today (HLT) about what could be done to lower the chances of a bankruptcy backlog and how other corporate governance challenges posed by...

18 May 2020

Mark J. Roe

John Coates

Why Are America’s CEOs Talking About Stakeholder Capitalism Now?

Back in August, the Business Roundtable, which comprises the chief executive officers of America’s largest companies—with combined annual revenues of $7 trillion—updated its long-standing statement of corporate purpose. It’s not...

7 November 2019

Mark J. Roe

Amicus Brief on the Scope of the Bankruptcy Safe Harbor for Securities Settlement Payments

Bankruptcy Code § 546(e) contains a safe harbor that prevents avoidance of a securities settlement payment, e.g. as a preferential or constructively fraudulent transfer. This amicus brief was filed in...

15 November 2017

Ralph Brubaker

Bruce A. Markell

Charles W. Mooney, Jr.

Mark J. Roe

Don’t Bank on Bankruptcy for Banks

In the next month, the US Treasury Department is expected to decide whether to seek to replace the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act’s regulator-led process for resolving failed mega-banks with a solely...

27 October 2017

Mark J. Roe

Financial Markets and the Political Center of Gravity

Academics across multiple disciplines and policymakers in multiple institutions have searched for the economic, political, and institutional foundations for financial market strength. Promising theories and empirics have developed, including major...

24 July 2017

Mark J. Roe

Travis G. Coan

Bankruptcy’s Three Ages

Embedded in the American Bankruptcy Code are three decision-making methods—administration, a deal among existing creditors, and a sale of the firm intact. The Code’s text and intent privilege...

28 April 2017

Mark J. Roe

Bankruptcy’s Turn to Market Value

What Is Stock Market Short-Termism?

EC Corporate Governance Initiative Series: ‘The European Commission’s Sustainable Corporate Governance Report: A Critique’

Estimating the Need for Additional Bankruptcy Judges in Light of the COVID-19 Pandemic

GCGC/ECGI Global Webinar Series - Easing the Economic Aftermath of a Global Pandemic

Why Are America’s CEOs Talking About Stakeholder Capitalism Now?

Amicus Brief on the Scope of the Bankruptcy Safe Harbor for Securities Settlement Payments

Don’t Bank on Bankruptcy for Banks

Financial Markets and the Political Center of Gravity

Bankruptcy’s Three Ages

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