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I wrote a short commentary on Delaware SB 21 for @promarket.bsky.social. Check it out below!

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Want to hear how shareholder democracy is a lie? Check out the latest episode of the @busscholarship.bsky.social hosted by @AndrewjJennings.bsky.social. Sergio Gramitto Ricci (@hofstra.baky.social) & I were delighted to talk about “The Shareholder Democracy Lie” m.youtube.com/watch?v=61kz...

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Sergio Gramitto Ricci & I were invited to write an Encyclopedia entry on Compliance for Stakeholders and Reputation. We’d love to get your feedback! You can download it here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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Very excited to be named Associate Dean for Research at SMU Law School. Looking forward to promoting the great work of our outstanding faculty and community! www.smu.edu/law/news-eve...

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⁦‪Sergio Gramitto Ricci & I have been saying that retail investors are here to stay. . . investorsobserver.com/news/record-...

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I’m overdue posting this here but I had the most fantastic Ph.D. students at Bocconi last week for my US Securities Law/US Shareholding seminar. Many thanks to Giovanni Strampelli & Gaia Balp for inviting & hosting me. My students gave me permission to post this pic

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It was great speaking with Phil Prazan and Gromer Jeffers on NBC DFW about M&A and market uncertainty www.nbcdfw.com/news/politic...

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Very excited to be at Università Bocconi this week teaching a Ph.D. in Law (Business Law Concentration) seminar on U.S. Securities Law/U.S. Shareholding. Many thanks to Giovanni Strampelli & Gaia Balp for the invitation. Thanks also to Hao Jiang for welcoming me today!

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I presented “The Shareholder Democracy Lie” (co-authored w/ Sergio Gramitto Ricci & Dan Greenwood of Hofstra Law & forthcoming in Florida Law Review) ystrdy at the University of Glasgow School of Law. Big thnx to the faculty for their feedback & to Konstantinos Sergakis for hosting me!

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A new set of wireless investors has begun to be born - Generation Beta. As ⁦‪@WSJ‬⁩ reports, their lives will be shaped by AI & technology like never before. I suspect this generation will begin to invest at a younger age & transform investing norms www.wsj.com/lifestyle/a-...

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Check out Sergio Gramitto Ricci, Dan Greenwood, & my @clsblue.bsky.social blog post about our article “The Shareholder Democracy Lie” forthcoming in the Florida Law Review clsbluesky.law.columbia.edu/2025/03/05/s...

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Many thanks to @nellminow.bsky.social for featuring The Shareholder Democracy Lie and providing her feedback on our articles valueedgeadvisors.com/2025/02/24/n...

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Looking forward to spending the next 5 weeks as a Visiting Scholar at the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh Law School. Many thanks to David Cabrelli and Jonny Hardman for hosting me!

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It looks like the link in my post isn’t working - here’s the link papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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I’m delighted to announce that “The Shareholder Democracy Lie” co-authored with Sergio Alberto Gramitto Ricci & Daniel Greenwood will be published in the Florida Law Review & is now available for downloading on @SSRN.bsky.social bit.ly/ShareholderD.... We’d love to hear any comments you might have!

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Many thanks to @ssrn.bsky.social for featuring Colleen Baker and my paper “Democratization of the Private Markets?” Download it on SSRN using the below link. It’s forthcoming in Transactions: The Tennessee Journal of Business Law. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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Also, looking forward to presenting Sergio Alberto Gramitto Ricci & my WIP “The Conundrum of Collective Decision-making from the Greek City-State to Virtual Shareholder Meetings” tomorrow at Dublin City University

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Looking forward to spending the next 3 weeks as a Visiting Scholar at Dublin City University’s School of Law and Government. Many thanks to Goran Dominioni for the invitation and for hosting me!

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As Colleen Baker writes in her latest post on Business Law Prof Blog, private markets are all the rage. That’s why we wrote “Democratization of the Private Market?” Check out her blog post about our short piece. Link to the article in the post. www.businesslawprofessors.com/2025/01/prof...

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Looking forward to speaking tmrw on the Financial Regulation in Cyberspace panel @ #AALS2025. Financial literacy & corp gov education are crucial as as technology breaks down barriers to investing, as @sergioalberto_ & I argued in “The Educated Retail Investor” bit.ly/EducInvest

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Is anyone teaching Mergers & Acquisitions this semester? Or any students taking M&A? I co-authored a treatise just for you which was published by West Academic Press. Click on the link below or look for it on the West Academic Study Aids website. faculty.westacademic.com/Book/Detail?...

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New Paper! Colleen Baker (OK Business School) & I wrote “Democratization of the Private Markets” exploring one aspect of the explosive growth in private co assets - closed-end funds (CEFs) which invest in private companies. Download it on SSRN at the link below bit.ly/DemoPrivMarkets

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Today was my last day as a Visiting Fellow @ LSE Law. What a fantastic experience being immersed in the life of LSE. Many thanks in particular to the Business & Financial Law Hub for welcoming me into their weekly gatherings with open arms and to my host Eva Micheler!

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Very much looking forward to presenting my WIP “Democratization of Private Markets?” co-authored w/ Colleen Baker today at LSE Law. It details efforts to open up private company mkts to retail investors & focuses on funds of private company shares using Destiny Tech100 as a case study

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I can’t wait for the Delaware Supreme Court opinion in this bc you know there will be an appeal www.nytimes.com/2024/12/02/b... via @nytimes.com

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Sergio Alberto Gramitto Ricci & Dan Greenwood (neither of whom are on here yet) have posted their latest article “Total Governance” which is forthcoming in the Journal of Corporation Law on @ssrn.bsky.social. Download it here papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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I’m very much looking forward to presenting “The Shareholder Democracy Lie” tomorrow, Monday, November 25 at Hofstra Law along with my co-authors Sergio Alberto Gramitto Rici and Daniel Greenwood

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I presented my co-authored WIP “The Shareholder Democracy Lie” at the University of Edinburgh last week. Many thanks to @akamalnath.bsky.social for being the designated commentator and to David Cabrelli and Jonny Hardman for hosting. Many thanks to the participants for their insightful feedback!

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I recently co-founded the non-profit the Center for Retail Investors & Corporate Inclusion aimed at facilitating financial literacy & corporate governance literacy & furthering research on retail investors. If you haven’t done so yet, give it a follow on LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/company/rici...

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Have you bought your copy yet of “A Research Agenda for Corporate Law”? Get yourself a copy and check Sergio Alberto Gramitto Ricci & my chapter “Harnessing the Collective Power of Retail Investors” and other awesome contributions by amazing scholars! www.e-elgar.com/shop/usd/a-r...

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Many thanks to Caleb Griffin for inviting me to speak today w/ his Arkansas Law Corporate Governance class about @sergioalberto_ & my forthcoming chapter, Harnessing the Collective Power of Retail Investors. bit.ly/HarnessPwr What an impressive & engaged group of students!

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A new platform BeatMarket has launched w/ the goal of providing retail investors w/ the same info as institutional investors. This much needed! @sergioalberto_ & I have written extensively about retail investors & the role of information finance.yahoo.com/news/beatmar...

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Also this quote “Gen Z can sniff out inauthenticity better than other generations” is in line w/ what Sergio & I argue in bit.ly/CorpForums & bit.ly/HarnessPwr. Companies must interact w GenZ in direct, authentic ways to obtain their trust

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On LinkedIn, “Younger generations in the U.S. are growing their network at a faster rate than older generations, including 28.7% more monthly connections than millennials, 54.7% more than Gen X, and 143.5% (over twice as many) than boomers.” www.fastcompany.com/90965189/gen...

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Industry Opposition Hardens Against SEC’s Proposal on AI, Conflicts. @sergioalberto_ & my letter can be accessed here: bit.ly/PDARule. We address accessibility by retail investors & urge the SEC to make disclosure easy to read & understand www.ai-cio.com/news/industr...

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Earlier this week Sergio Gramitto Ricci & I submitted a comment letter to the SEC on its proposed predictive data analytics rule. Our letter stresses the importance of permitting technology that facilitates retail investors in the markets. Read it out on SSRN 👇 papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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