Faculty Spotlight: Karen Woody
Professor Karen Woody, an expert in securities law, financial regulation, and white-collar crime, has used the podcast format to advance teaching and research.
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Scholarship by Sarah C. Haan Cited in Fifth Circuit Opinion
The Court cited Haan’s article “Voting Rights in Corporate Governance: History and Political Economy.”
Sarah Haan Publishes “Corporations and Labor Unions in Election Law” in the Oxford Handbook of American Election Law
The book chapter examines the role of corporations in campaign finance and reform efforts.
Faculty Profile: Tammi Etheridge
Tammi Etheridge is an expert in food and drug law with a talent for seeing both sides of complex issues.
Kish Parella publishes “Enforcing International Law Against Corporations: A Stakeholder Management Approach” in the Harvard International Law Journal
The article explores the ways in which corporate stakeholders encourage corporations to integrate international law norms into their policies and practices.
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Professor Sarah Haan on Corporate Democracy and the ESG Movement
In article for the ProMarket blog, Haan argues that an Exxon Mobile corporate election and lawsuit shed more light on current upheavals in corporate democracy than they do on the success of the Environmental, Social, and Governance movement.
Faculty Spotlight: Kish Parella
Kish Parella is Class of 1960 Professor of Ethics and Law and 2024 Teacher of the Year.
Professor Kish Parella on Why Executives Should Care about International Law
In an article for the Columbia Law School Blue Sky blog, Parella explores the ways in which corporate stakeholders influence corporate actors.
Sarah Haan Publishes “Voting Rights in Corporate Governance” in the Southern California Law Review
The article looks at current instability involving corporate shareholder voting rights, examining it through a historical lens.
Karen Woody Publishes “Corporate Crime and Cooperation” in The Business Lawyer
The article outlines the historical underpinnings of corporate cooperation, and expands upon the literature considering the structural, constitutional, and normative issues with corporate cooperation.
Professor Sarah Haan on the False Narrative of Shareholder Passivity
In an article for the ECGI blog, Haan challenges a central assumption of early 20th century corporate law.
Karen Woody and Mark Drumbl Recognized with Lewis Prize for Excellence in Scholarship
Woody, a corporate law scholar, and Drumbl, an expert in international law, were recognized for their outstanding scholarly work.
Sarah Haan Publishes Article in Seattle Law Review
The article, "Delegated Corporate Voting and the Deliberative Franchise," examines a shift in the shareholder voting process that could impact wealth maximization.
Karen Woody Joins SEC Historical Society Board of Advisors
Woody is among 13 new members to join the Board and will serve a three-year term.
Professor Kish Parella Publishes “Corporate Foreign Policy in War” in the Boston College Law Review
The article examines how corporations are affecting foreign policy by using economic means to reward or punish countries involved in conflict.
W&L Law’s Haan Publishes Article in the Seattle Law Review
Professor Sarah Haan published "Women in Shareholder Activism."
W&L Law’s Haan Quoted in Bloomberg News on SEC Legal Challenge
Professor Sarah Haan was quoted extensively in a Bloomberg Law news article on a challenge brought by business groups to a new SEC disclosure rule.
Sarah Haan to Deliver Lecture in Honor of Endowed Professorship
Haan’s talk “The Democratization of Shareholding: Power and Passivity in American Corporate and Political Governance” will be held on Sept. 5.
W&L Law’s Parella Publishes Article in the Cornell Law Review
Prof. Kish Parella published "International Law in the Boardroom."
W&L Law’s Woody Publishes Article in the American University Law Review
Prof. Karen Woody published "Caremark's Butterfly Effect."
Scholarship of W&L Law’s Haan Featured in New York Times
Recent articles by Sarah Haan on sexism in corporate governance were featured in a commentary by New York Times business and economic columnist Peter Coy.
Elon Musk and the SEC: A Collision between an Unstoppable Force and an Immovable Object
Law professor Karen Woody breaks down some of the history behind Elon Musk’s relationship with Twitter and the controversy surrounding the takeover of the company.
W&L Law’s Parella Publishes Article in Boston University Law Review
Prof. Kish Parella published "Contractual Stakeholderism"
W&L Law’s Haan Publishes Article in Stanford Law Review
Prof. Sarah Haan published "Corporate Governance and the Feminization of Capital."
W&L Law Professor, Students Launch Podcast on Insider Trading
Washington and Lee law professor Karen Woody and the students in her Insider Trading seminar have launched a podcast that will explore the arc and evolution of insider trading over the last century.
W&L Law’s Chatman Publishes Article in UC Irvine Law Review
Professor Carliss Chatman published "Corporate Family Matters."
W&L Law’s Shelby Publishes Article in California Law Review
Professor Cary Martin Shelby published "Profiting From Our Pain: Privileged Access to Social Impact Investing."
W&L Law’s Parella Wins Scholarship Award
Professor Kish Parella was honored by the American Business Law Journal with the Hoeber Award for Excellence in Research.
Adam Winkler to Deliver Annual Hendricks Law and History Lecture
On Friday, April 9, UCLA law professor Adam Winkler will deliver the annual Hendricks Lecture in Law and History. The title of Winkler’s talk is “How Corporations Became People.”
W&L Law Professor Publishes Children’s Book on Corporate Personhood
How are people like companies? Prof. Carliss Chatman explains in her new children's book, "Companies are People Too."
David Falck ’78L to Speak on Success and Ethics
What does it mean to be an ethical lawyer in today's business environment?
W&L Law Student Wins Richmond Bar Business Law Writing Award
Ashley Waterbury, a third-year law student at Washington and Lee University, took first place in the 2015 Richmond Bar Association Business Law Section writing competition for a practice note on joint ventures between hospitals and insurers.
W&L Law Professor Christopher Bruner Named to Bain Family Professorship
Christopher Bruner, professor of law at Washington and Lee University School of Law, has been named as the inaugural holder of the William Donald Bain Family Professorship of Corporate Law.
