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The Michigan Business & Entrepreneurial Law Review is a practitioner-focused publication. Our content includes articles, comments, notes, and blog posts addressing regulatory, securities, corporate, tax, intellectual property, and other legal issues involving emerging companies and institutional investors.
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Delaware Courts Should Add Meaning to Caremark’s Board Oversight Standards in the Cybersecurity Context
A prior blog post on corporate governance and cybersecurity mentioned recent high-profile cyberattacks on companies like Sony, Home Depot, Target, and Yahoo, and discussed...
April 8, 20170Can the U.S. Improve Its International Competitiveness as a FinTech Hub?
The nation’s challenging regulatory scheme may induce FinTech firms’ to do business in countries with friendlier regulatory environments like the United Kingdom. In an…
Money Transmitter Laws and FinTech in the United States
Cumbersome and numerous, financial regulations in the United States have proven to be a daunting task for FinTech firms to navigate. The U.S. banking...
Implications for “Unicorn” Startups of the SEC’s Investigation of Theranos
Elizabeth Holmes aimed to revolutionize the blood test industry and was once regarded as a wunderkind that would become the Steve Jobs of the biotech industry....
Missing Oxford Comma Costs Dairy Business Millions
In O’Connor v. Oakhurst Dairy, the First Circuit overruled a lower court and held that a group of drivers for a dairy company were...
Legal and Practical Effects of the South China Sea Arbitration Award (Part II of II)
Part I of this two-part blog post discussed the legal effects of findings contained in the South China Sea Arbitration award of July 2016….
Life Sciences Firms at Risk of Strike Suits?
In recent years, the life science industry has been a primary target for securities fraud class action lawsuits as “nearly one out of every...
Legal and Practical Effects of the South China Sea Arbitration Award (Part I of II)
On July 12, 2016, the Permanent Court of Arbitration at the Hague made two major findings that deeply undermine China’s projection of power over…
The Government as an Unexpected Shareholder: Whose Interests Should Be Prioritized?
Until the 2008 financial crisis violently shook the foundation of the global economy, the United States federal government had never taken a controlling interest...
Examining the Board’s Oversight Duties in the Cybersecurity Context
Recent high-profile cyberattacks on companies including Sony, Home Depot, Target, and Yahoo underscore how important effective cybersecurity has become to a corporation’s stakeholders, including...