Corporate Law & Securities

Laura Frieder & Jonathan Zittrain, Spam Works: Evidence from Stock Touts and Corresponding Market Activity, 30 Hastings Comm. & Ent. L.J. 479 (2008).

Jonathan Zittrain, The Un-Microsoft Un-Remedy: Law Can Prevent the Problem it Can’t Patch, 31 Conn. L. Rev. 1361 (1999).

Jack L. Goldsmith, Interest Analysis Applied to Corporations: The Unprincipled Use of a Choice of Law Method, 98 Yale L. Rev. 597 (1989).

Jon D. Hanson & Kyle Logue, The First-Party Insurance Externality: An Economic Justification for Enterprise Liability, 76 Cornell L. Rev. 129 (1990).

Robert M. Daines & Jon D. Hanson, The Corporate Law Paradox: The Case for Restructuring Corporate Law, 102 Yale L.J. 577 (1992) (reviewing Frank H.

Jon D. Hanson & Kyle D. Logue, The First-Party Insurance Externality, in Foundations of the Economic Approach to Law (Avery Wiener Katz ed., 1998).

Ronald Chen & Jon Hanson, The Illusion of Law: The Legitimating Schemas of Modern Policy and Corporate Law, 103 Mich. L. Rev. (2004).

John Coates, SEC Speaks on Accounting and Reporting Considerations for SPAC Warrants, CLS Blue Sky Blog (Apr. 13, 2021).

John Coates, Keeping Pace with ESG Disclosure Developments Affecting Investors, Public Companies and the Capital Markets, Insights: The Corporate & Securities Law Advisor, Apr. 2021,…

John Coates, SPACs, IPOs, and Liability Risk Under the Securities Laws, CLS Blue Sky Blog (Apr. 12, 2021).

John C. Coates, Darius Palia & Ge Wu, Are M&A Contract Clauses Value Relevant to Bidder and Target Shareholders? (June 2019).

John C. Coates, IV, The Future of Corporate Governance Part I: The Problem of Twelve (Sept. 20, 2018).

Darius Palia, John C. Coates, IV & Ge Wu, Are Merger Clauses Value Relevant to Bidder and Target Shareholders? (June 22, 2018).

John C. Coates, IV, Jesse M. Fried & Kathryn E. Spier, What Courses Should Law Students Take? Harvard’s Largest Employers Weigh In (HLS Program on…

John C. Coates, IV, Darius Palia & Ge Wu, Reverse Termination Fees in M&A: Design, Signals, and Bidder Returns (Aug. 11, 2017).

John C. Coates, Reassessing Risk-Based Capital in the 1990s: Encouraging Consolidation and Productivity, in Bank Mergers and Acquisitions 207 (Yakov Amihud & Geoffrey Miller, eds.,…

John C. Coates, Freezeouts, Management Buyouts and Going Private, in Takeovers & Freezeouts (Martin Lipton & Erica H. Steinberger eds., 1998).

Erik Ramanathan & John C. Coates, Corporate Purchasing Project: How S&P Companies Evaluate Outside Counsel (Harvard L. Sch. Program on the Legal Profession, 2011).

John C. Coates, Evidence-based M&A: Less Can Be More When Allocating Risk in Deal Contracts, 27 J. Int’l Banking & Fin. L. 708 (2012).

John C. Coates, State Takeover Statutes and Corporate Theory: The Revival of an Old Debate, 64 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 806 (1989).

John C. Coates, Explaining Variations in Takeover Defenses: Blame the Lawyers, in Law and Economics of Mergers and Acquisitions (Steven M. Davidoff & Claire A.