Submissions are now open for the 2026-27 series of the online Law & Finance Workshop. Submissions are due by the end of the day on Friday, July 3, 2026.

The Law & Finance Workshop was launched in Spring 2025 to create a space for more frequent discussion of scholarly works-in-progress in the field of law and finance, and to foster community among scholars working in this area. The workshop meets online once per month during the fall and spring semesters and is open to all interested scholars. Each workshop features a paper presentation followed by comments from a discussant and Q&A with participants. 

We welcome submissions from scholars across all relevant disciplines that examine the role of law and regulation in finance broadly defined, including household finance, corporate finance, and public finance. Interested scholars should submit their abstracts using this form no later than EOD onFriday, July 3, 2026. Selected authors must be ready to make complete drafts of their papers available for distribution one week prior to the scheduled date of the workshop.  

We look forward to seeing you in the fall.

Nikita Aggarwal, Caroline Bradley, & George Georgiev (organizing committee)

The Insurance, Legal Studies and Real Estate Department in the Terry College of Business at The University of Georgia invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position. The position will begin fall semester of 2027, with an anticipated employment start date of August 1, 2027.

More information about the the opportunity can be found here.

Institutional investors today have to think more about differences between jurisdictions to decide whether to vote in favor of proposals to move from one jurisdiction to another. The Council of Institutional Investors has been working to get up to speed on these issues and recently posted a chart and featured it on the Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance. I gave some comments on an early version of the chart and know that they’re working in good faith to help investors understand the differences. I’m also a big fan of their podcast, the Voice of Corporate Governance which often has thoughtful takes and engagement.

The chart notes that although they “exercised due care in preparing this report, it does not guarantee the accuracy of the information.” It also asks readers to report errors or suggest additional features for comparison by emailing them. These charts will always be works in progress, continually updated as jurisdictions change over time.

Now that I’ve seen the final version, I’ve got some notes on it. Some of this draws from notes I sent earlier in the process and some of it is what I think people need to know now after looking at…

Now that we’re in proxy season, here is an update about the current shifts with some updates as things have changed a bit from a few weeks ago. We have another six companies announcing moves or attempts to move as well as a few vote results. This is the current list.

Advisers, investors, and corporate leaders now consider the differences between different jurisdictions. To provide these audiences with a more complete picture of Nevada law, we prepared a Response to Professor Barzuza’s recently revised and recirculated work, “Nevada v. Delaware” (the “Draft”).

I am enormously grateful to Nevada Governor Joe Lombardo, Nevada Secretary of State Francisco V. Aguilar, Nevada Treasurer Zachary Conine, and Nevada Assemblyman Joe Dalia for also joining this Response alongside another twenty Nevada lawyers and faculty members at the William S. Boyd School of Law. The persons joining do not speak for their firms or employers or necessarily agree that every case cited or settlement reached came out the right way. I also note that I alone have prepared this blog post and it is not “joined” by the persons that joined the Response. But we all agree that Professor Barzuza’s Draft does not accurately present Nevada corporate law. We rise in defense of Nevada because the piece has been broadly circulated over a period of years and promoted on the Harvard Law School Corporate Governance Forum, the Columbia Blue Sky Blog, and on social media. We hope that this Response will also see substantial circulation…

Each summer, the Business Scholarship Podcast features scholars entering the upcoming law-teaching market. Episodes are recorded from May through July, with the goal of publication before the FAR distribution (this year, August 13). We welcome guests entering the market who work in business law, broadly defined, including corporate and securities, tax, antitrust, bankruptcy, commercial law, contracts, and related areas. Anyone interested in being featured is invited to contact Andrew Jennings at andrew.jennings@emory.edu.

Separately, I remain deeply grateful to senior colleagues who gave comments on early work and helped me develop. If there is new work that’s relevant to this blog’s readers, please feel free to send it to me or our other fantastic editors.

Corporate & Securities Litigation Workshop

Call for Papers

The University of Illinois College of Law, in partnership with the University of Richmond School of Law, UCLA School of Law, and Vanderbilt Law School, invites submissions for the Thirteenth Annual Corporate & Securities Litigation Workshop. This workshop will be held on Thursday, October 22 and the morning of Friday, October 23, 2026 in Chicago, Illinois.

Overview
This annual workshop brings together scholars focused on corporate and securities litigation to present their scholarly works. Papers addressing any aspect of corporate and securities litigation or enforcement are eligible, including securities class actions, fiduciary duty litigation, and SEC enforcement actions. We welcome scholars working in a variety of methodologies, as well as both completed papers and works-in-progress. Authors whose papers are selected will be invited to present their work at a workshop hosted by the University of Illinois College of Law. Participants will pay for their own travel, lodging, and other expenses.

Submissions
If you are interested in participating, please send the paper you would like to present, or an abstract of the paper, to corpandsecworkshop@gmail.com by Friday, June 12, 2026. Please include your name, current position, and contact information in the e-mail accompanying…