Stefan J. Padfield

Director of the NCPPR's Free Enterprise Project. Prior experience includes 15+ years as a law professor, two federal judicial clerkships, private practice at Cravath, Swaine & Moore, LLP, and 6 years enlisted active duty (US Army). Immigrant (naturalized).

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ICYMI: #corpgov Midweek Roundup (Nov. 9, 2017)

By Stefan J. Padfield on November 9, 2017

So the source/purpose of speech matters? “harnessing digital platforms to..shape..information..in..the US” https://t.co/o7xpR52cOF #corpgov

— Stefan Padfield (@ProfPadfield) November 6, 2017

“An Antitrust Approach to Corporate Free Exercise Claims” https://t.co/s2Cy0KOxRQ #corpgov

— Stefan Padfield (@ProfPadfield) November 6, 2017

“for many multi-member LLCs—perhaps even for most—the best method is litigation, not arbitration” https://t.co/YJpvAUUs29 #corpgov

— Stefan Padfield (@ProfPadfield) November 7, 2017

Hey @Twitter, can you at least provide badges for those of us who can still manage to get to the point in 140 characters?

— Stefan Padfield (@ProfPadfield) November 9, 2017

What did Adam Smith think is “by far the most important of all of commerce’s effects”? The answer might surprise you. https://t.co/z9QMK5Muqu #corpgov

— Stefan Padfield (@ProfPadfield) November 9, 2017

Would AT&T “win a fight with the government over Time Warner deal”? https://t.co/4DHWrt3svJ #corpgov

— Stefan Padfield (@ProfPadfield) November 9, 2017

ICYMI: #corpgov Weekend Roundup (Nov. 5, 2017)

By Stefan J. Padfield on November 5, 2017

“Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility announced … new Investor Alliance for Human Rights” https://t.co/62wzkdefxo #corpgov

— Stefan Padfield (@ProfPadfield) November 3, 2017

“ABA urges SCOTUS to rule against baker who refused to make wedding cake for gay couple” https://t.co/kQGSyZ23vK #corpgov

— Stefan Padfield (@ProfPadfield) November 3, 2017

“A week ago, reporters..celebrated victory in their vote to join..union. On Thursday, they lost their jobs” https://t.co/7qM2Gkka4u #corpgov

— Stefan Padfield (@ProfPadfield) November 3, 2017

“SEC Staff Releases Pro-Issuer Guidance on Shareholder Proposals” https://t.co/Obm4mpHsgD #corpgov

— Stefan Padfield (@ProfPadfield) November 3, 2017

“Judge…to public company officers & directors: be vigilant for bad behavior in your operations, or else” https://t.co/TwBGYn3Txx #corpgov

— Stefan Padfield (@ProfPadfield) November 5, 2017

ICYMI: #corpgov Midweek Roundup (Nov. 2, 2017)

By Stefan J. Padfield on November 2, 2017

“QualityScore is designed to help investors identify and measure #corpgov risk across portfolio companies” https://t.co/WHxCNGarGH ht @ynili

— Stefan Padfield (@ProfPadfield) October 30, 2017

“The gig economy[, unions,] and worker safety” https://t.co/JjhSLQ3mEz #corpgov ht @AnnMLipton @sharblock @CharlotteGarden

— Stefan Padfield (@ProfPadfield) October 30, 2017

“overly-broad accommodations of religious liberty … undermine … religious liberty itself” https://t.co/IUfcvKxcvP #corpgov

— Stefan Padfield (@ProfPadfield) October 31, 2017

Termination rights as a proxy for control. Should sound familiar to my students. #corpgov https://t.co/7w06AkGHiA

— Stefan Padfield (@ProfPadfield) November 1, 2017

“Hobby Lobby was a statutory case, not a
constitutional case,…& does not control in Masterpiece Cakeshop” https://t.co/eUlJs626P2 #corpgov

— Stefan Padfield (@ProfPadfield) November 1, 2017

UK company law requires “directors to promote the…company for the benefit of its members, the shareholders” 74Wash.&LeeL.Rev.1001 #corpgov

— Stefan Padfield (@ProfPadfield) November 1, 2017

#corpgov alert! #SEC‘s Corp Fin released Staff Legal Bulletin No. 14I today on 14a-8 shareholder proposals https://t.co/00YmNF89Wt

— Kristyn Hyland (@KristynHyland) November 2, 2017

ICYMI: #corpgov Weekend Roundup (October 29, 2017)

By Stefan J. Padfield on October 29, 2017

“Uber … contends its customers are the drivers — not the passengers” https://t.co/YzYrHfKghW #corpgov ht @retheauditors @AnnMLipton

— Stefan Padfield (@ProfPadfield) October 26, 2017

“if state actors are as selfish as private actors.., they are likely to be captured by…special interests” https://t.co/9r99keXV9W #corpgov

— Stefan Padfield (@ProfPadfield) October 27, 2017

“we need to measure and understand the financial benefits and costs of ethical initiatives” https://t.co/BZgnG9iQCu #corpgov

— Stefan Padfield (@ProfPadfield) October 28, 2017

“When it comes to financial disclosure it sometimes feels like Amazon is playing a joke on … the public.” https://t.co/U8mFesCSvN #corpgov

— Stefan Padfield (@ProfPadfield) October 29, 2017

The European Model Company Act https://t.co/1FJekdNNgm #corpgov

— Stefan Padfield (@ProfPadfield) October 29, 2017

ICYMI: #corpgov Midweek Roundup (Oct. 26, 2017)

By Stefan J. Padfield on October 26, 2017

“Firms should be required to present more compelling cases for the efficiency gains from a proposed merger” https://t.co/91XM1QdVMc #corpgov

— Stefan Padfield (@ProfPadfield) October 23, 2017

“pitting the rights of free speech and free exercise of religion against anti-discrimination law” https://t.co/g7RZQYuuzA #corpgov

— Stefan Padfield (@ProfPadfield) October 25, 2017

“Twitter overstated monthly users but says it could finally turn a profit next quarter” https://t.co/iacCpHQb6z #corpgov

— Stefan Padfield (@ProfPadfield) October 26, 2017

“four relevant factors in determining ‘whether a partnership existed in fact'” https://t.co/bbN9Pb85Gi #corpgov

— Stefan Padfield (@ProfPadfield) October 23, 2017

“section titled ‘pricing’ details…hourly rates for support staff, associates, senior counsel & partners” https://t.co/KXRhLPV2iW #corpgov

— Stefan Padfield (@ProfPadfield) October 25, 2017

ICYMI: #corpgov Weekend Roundup (October 22, 2017)

By Stefan J. Padfield on October 22, 2017

“Why the American justice system failed miserably in its responsibility to hold Wall Street accountable” https://t.co/Lpp70hyET0 #corpgov

— Stefan Padfield (@ProfPadfield) October 20, 2017

“PwC is launching a new service that will provide temporary lawyers for large in-house law departments.” https://t.co/RWzlkIYQPt #corpgov

— Stefan Padfield (@ProfPadfield) October 20, 2017

“evidence of special litigation committee pro-management bias” https://t.co/B5j5Jhif0C #corpgov

— Stefan Padfield (@ProfPadfield) October 20, 2017

“Kantian ethics..prohibits [some]..high-risk lending..based on..impossibility of universalizing..practice” 15Geo.J.L.&Pub.Pol’y865 #corpgov

— Stefan Padfield (@ProfPadfield) October 22, 2017

“Amazon’s consumer tracking with an Orwellian political twist” https://t.co/IE7ghvj4RB #corpgov ht @FrankPasquale

— Stefan Padfield (@ProfPadfield) October 22, 2017

ICYMI: #corpgov Midweek Roundup (Oct. 19, 2017)

By Stefan J. Padfield on October 19, 2017

“patent-antitrust paradox”: “antitrust is designed to prevent monopolies…patent system does the opposite” https://t.co/raN52JvPId #corpgov

— Stefan Padfield (@ProfPadfield) October 17, 2017

“executives..hiding from..board, auditor, & investors..that..multi-billion dollar transaction was..failure” https://t.co/qpAZpvYOvZ #corpgov

— Stefan Padfield (@ProfPadfield) October 17, 2017

“Drafting Operating Agreements to Protect LLC Members from Another Member’s Bankruptcy” https://t.co/YPXQPHDb8W #corpgov

— Stefan Padfield (@ProfPadfield) October 18, 2017

corporate social responsibility: “global trend toward mandatory reporting” https://t.co/TcVsSGEtbi #corpgov

— Stefan Padfield (@ProfPadfield) October 19, 2017

“unique governance challenges posed by an increasing number of unicorns” https://t.co/bEmMQKgq7S #corpgov

— Stefan Padfield (@ProfPadfield) October 19, 2017

ICYMI: #corpgov Weekend Roundup (October 15, 2017)

By Stefan J. Padfield on October 15, 2017

ICYMI: “Is … ‘any lawful business’ purpose … the equivalent of no stated purpose?” https://t.co/tIXWli0pvF #corpgov

— Stefan Padfield (@ProfPadfield) October 13, 2017

“SEC committee considers promises and pitfalls of distributed ledger technologies” https://t.co/pedVxxLmg4 #corpgov ht @WK_Securities

— Stefan Padfield (@ProfPadfield) October 13, 2017

federal labor law protects “‘concerted activities’ … employees engage in to support one another” https://t.co/jbwkSih2ps #corpgov

— Stefan Padfield (@ProfPadfield) October 13, 2017

“negligent supervision”: employer “is negligent or reckless … in the employment of improper persons” https://t.co/LTiGcd17DS #corpgov

— Stefan Padfield (@ProfPadfield) October 14, 2017

“rolling back Sarbanes-Oxley compliance …
Ending ‘social disclosure rules’ required under … Dodd-Frank” https://t.co/65weLnm5Vx #corpgov

— Stefan Padfield (@ProfPadfield) October 14, 2017

ICYMI: #corpgov Midweek Roundup (Oct. 12, 2017)

By Stefan J. Padfield on October 12, 2017

“Horizontal shareholding”: “market output in the product market is lower and prices higher” https://t.co/frKVlMAXnr #corpgov

— Stefan Padfield (@ProfPadfield) October 9, 2017

“IBM, Microsoft, And GS1 Will Create Supply-Line #Blockchain Standards” https://t.co/an1EavicnZ #corpgov ht @EricChaffee @HoumanShadab

— Stefan Padfield (@ProfPadfield) October 10, 2017

“7 Richard Thaler Columns That Explain How Human Behavior Affects Economics” https://t.co/tnLm5uA2cy #corpgov ht @EricChaffee

— Stefan Padfield (@ProfPadfield) October 10, 2017

“how a social mission can … be shielded from the turbulence of an acquisition or bankruptcy” https://t.co/7maFFepmoY #corpgov #socent

— Stefan Padfield (@ProfPadfield) October 11, 2017

“target shareholders receive higher premia as the strength of the appraisal remedy increases” https://t.co/LeD1qejnEf #corpgov

— Stefan Padfield (@ProfPadfield) October 12, 2017

ICYMI: #corpgov Weekend Roundup (October 8, 2017)

By Stefan J. Padfield on October 8, 2017

“we summarize some of main contradictions between predictions of utility theory and actual human behavior” https://t.co/ekPkJt7Etc #corpgov

— Stefan Padfield (@ProfPadfield) October 6, 2017

“‘End of History’ debate…less about the primacy of ‘shareholder value’ & more about ‘which shareholders'” https://t.co/kJrUX5QTOP #corpgov

— Stefan Padfield (@ProfPadfield) October 6, 2017

Does rise of institutional investors mean “investors can now be relied on to choose optimal arrangements”? https://t.co/YYmvJPWf1i #corpgov

— Stefan Padfield (@ProfPadfield) October 6, 2017

“How the opioid crisis decimated the American workforce” https://t.co/wFzVtrGMah #corpgov

— Stefan Padfield (@ProfPadfield) October 6, 2017

“Why Is CEO Pay Rising? Maybe There Aren’t Enough Good CEOs” https://t.co/yuINk6DktR #corpgov

— Stefan Padfield (@ProfPadfield) October 6, 2017

“LLC does not owe fiduciary duties to its members” Rather, “LLC’s managing member” does https://t.co/7kjpZU9rOv #corpgov ht @PeterMahlerEsq

— Stefan Padfield (@ProfPadfield) October 7, 2017

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