IdeoBlog
"A blog about ideas. Ideas are not beliefs or opinions." Posts focus on business and securities law, economics, and sometimes legal education.
Author: Law professor Larry E. Ribstein teaches courses on business organizations, market regulation and unincorporated business and securities at the University of Illinois College of Law. He also maintains a blog, Busfilm, focusing on how business is depicted in the movies.
Blawg Related Categories: Corporate Law • Law Professors • Law Schools • Media & Communications Law • Securities Law • University of Illinois • Law Professor • Business Law • Economics
Recent Posts from IdeoBlog
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Economics and greed
Does knowledge of economics make you greedy? Here's Wang and Murnighan, Economics and Greed: Greed is a classic topic in human development (Balot, 2001; Robertson, 2001) and it inevitably affects many of our choices and…
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State competition for hedge funds
Congress is reportedly considering legislation that would let states regulate investment advisors, including hedge funds, which manage less than $100 million. This would shift some funds from SEC regulation and require state registration of some…
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Buffett’s train set
So why did Warren Buffett spend $26 billion on a railroad (BNSF) – seemingly a rather unexciting target for a 31% premium. The WSJ reports that Mr. Buffett is betting that in an era of…
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The law and economics of choice of law
Want the latest on the economics of conflicts of law? Erin O'Hara and I have it for you. Here's the abstract: In this revised entry for a new edition of Elgar's Encyclopedia of Law and…
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Did movies create the financial crisis?
Well, in a sense. Here's a summary of my argument, in How Movies Created the Financial Crisis (just out on SSRN): Narrative makes sense out of reality and can forcefully persuade listeners to a particular…
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Explaining Jones
Why did counsel for the defendant in Jones v. Harris, the mutual fund fees case, abandon on oral argument the reasoning of the judge who had supported its position? Todd Henderson has a plausible explanation:…
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A standard forms approach to mutual funds regulation
That's my take on Jones v. Harris for the Conglomerate Masters forum. Tune in! Update: Here's William Birdthistle's ringside view of the oral argument.
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Jones v. Harris at the Glom
Usha Rodrigues has the background. Tune in there and here for more on Sunday, in preparation for Monday's Scotus argument.
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The unconstitutionality of the pay czar
Former judge Michael McConnell writes in today's WSJ regarding "Pay Czar" Kenneth Feinberg's fixing of compensation for executives at large financial firms: Mr. Feinberg's ukase is the most prominent example (and not just by the…
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Big Law tries to get bigger
If, as I've argued, Big Law is dying, then what explains Hogan & Hartson and Lovells's plan to create a US/UK megafirm? Got me. The WSJ explains that the merger would create "one of the…