Mere puffery? “91% of the FTSE100 refer in their annual reports to their high standards of business ethics” http://t.co/qXqula2KdR #corpgov

— Stefan Padfield (@ProfPadfield) March 17, 2015

Under Newman, unless “the tippee is particularly loquacious, sub-tippees will never be liable” http://t.co/yr6Y0sGvIE

— Stefan Padfield (@ProfPadfield) March 18, 2015

“when a duty of care breach is not the exclusive claim, a court may not dismiss based upon an exculpatory provision” 2002WL31584292 #corpgov

— Stefan Padfield (@ProfPadfield) March 18, 2015

“securities fraud class actions should be litigated as derivative actions” http://t.co/rA0GHmZTW1 #CorpGov

— Stefan Padfield (@ProfPadfield) March 20, 2015

SEC Chair on “the current state of shareholder activism; the shareholder proposal process; and fee-shifting bylaws” http://t.co/TMQbyNaJDt

— Stefan Padfield (@ProfPadfield) March 21, 2015

Fascinating new paper from @jciv provides empirical evidence on the corporate takeover of the First Amendment: http://t.co/Sz2i1iDYeE

— Charlotte Garden (@CharlotteGarden) March 9, 2015

“say on politics would require shareholders to vote on corporate political spending…already exist in…UK” http://t.co/5sw65OgWgw #corpgov

— Stefan Padfield (@ProfPadfield) March 11, 2015

ICYMI: “UK poised to miss target for women board members” http://t.co/ybNIs96Hql

— Stefan Padfield (@ProfPadfield) March 11, 2015

“Why are Top Tier Audit Failures so Common?” http://t.co/OLiPbfK60F

— Stefan Padfield (@ProfPadfield) March 12, 2015

“an ‘accountability firewall'”: “In the corporate universe, they call this ‘the 30,000 feet defence’.” http://t.co/jMAxugImdW #corpgov

— Stefan Padfield (@ProfPadfield) March 14, 2015

“Lacking a voice, the court continued, a corporation cannot testify… Without a conscience, it cannot take an oath.” http://t.co/zFlAJjZz6o

— Stefan Padfield (@ProfPadfield) March 4, 2015

“The principles call on institutional investors to report to…stakeholders…how they are fulfilling their duties” http://t.co/ChFTbMBLi4

— Stefan Padfield (@ProfPadfield) March 5, 2015

“corporate criminal prosecutions have turned the Justice Department into a kind of protection racket” http://t.co/Z0EqUZEoIv

— Stefan Padfield (@ProfPadfield) March 6, 2015

German parliament imposes 30% women board requirement. #corpgov http://t.co/nWuZxJIIA8

— Ralph Ward (@Boardroominside) March 6, 2015

“‘tsunami’ of unregistered & unlisted shares of small businesses expected to come on the market due to new rules” http://t.co/btkF7TB2n3

— Stefan Padfield (@ProfPadfield) March 7, 2015

The following comes to us fromJ. Scott Colesanti and Mandy Li Weiner:

    To a degree large or moderate, New York shall soon be at the vanguard of Bitcoin regulation. Since last July, observers have been asked to witness the shotgun marriage of the coin of no realm and a daunting state licensing measure; to date, no vows have been taken.

    The initial proposal from the Department of Financial Services was truly bold and far-reaching. Eschewing a classification of Bitcoin itself, the Department took aim at parties doing business with State residents by issuing, buying/selling, converting or storing the notorious cryptocurrency (and other, similar virtual currencies). Such entities and operators would have been required to register for the popularly dubbed “Bitlicense” at an indeterminate cost.

The requirements attending the proposed Bitlicense were rich and varied. Traditional State consumer protection provisions focused on customer complaints and record keeping. More novel provisions seemingly borrowed from securities law authorities on business continuity planning and anti-money laundering programs, and from sister State warnings regarding cryptocurrencies as investments. Consequentially, New York’s broad, multi-layered protocol would have closed the door of entry to an appreciable number of businesses and startups, as well as related enterprises.

Not surprisingly, …

“institutional shareholder influence in the UK is likely to be significantly affected..by four developments” http://t.co/5TIejaS5p0 #corpgov

— Stefan Padfield (@ProfPadfield) February 16, 2015

Divergent views of executives from Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, and United States regarding #CSR http://t.co/COdCtK0txE #corpgov

— Jason Schloetzer (@managerialacct) February 18, 2015

ICYMI: “Round-Up of Recent Business Divorce Cases From Across the Country” http://t.co/B6sllwMAde

— Stefan Padfield (@ProfPadfield) February 18, 2015

“LLCs dominate entity formation & cutting edge has moved..to..’series’ a quasi-separate, quasi-person..within an LLC” http://t.co/sfDe490kic

— Stefan Padfield (@ProfPadfield) February 19, 2015

The Supreme Court’s new chance to remake insider-trading law http://t.co/yKxseVQS9S by #onthecase #SCOTUS

— Alison Frankel (@AlisonFrankel) February 19, 2015

My final pre-publication draft of “Corporate Social Responsibility & Concession Theory,” 6 Wm. & Mary Bus. L. Rev. 1 http://t.co/1m7Aeapdbz

— Stefan Padfield (@ProfPadfield) February 15, 2015

The trouble with disclosure? It doesn’t work: My new @ProPublica /@dealbook column: http://t.co/C6NokfmO7u

— Jesse Eisinger (@eisingerj) February 11, 2015

Shareholder activism: Capitalism’s unlikely heroes | The Economist http://t.co/h7mAAC2eNn #corpgov

— Nell Minow (@nminow) February 12, 2015

“The growth of social impact has led to a proliferation of reporting methods” http://t.co/s6MQLCZxq4

— Sustainable Business (@GuardianSustBiz) February 12, 2015

.@FoxRothschild: “LLC Operating Agreements: Top 10 List of Material Terms” http://t.co/TU9IO1y9pw

— Stefan Padfield (@ProfPadfield) February 10, 2015

Intl View: Directors still not properly policing corporate dangers, study finds | via @Telegraph http://t.co/1kmINcByuH #corpgov @The_IoDSA

— Estelle Metayer (@Competia) February 3, 2015

Is “the board’s time horizon for creating value…by definition much longer than that of any one activist”? http://t.co/xOgypMr8Hx #corpgov

— Stefan Padfield (@ProfPadfield) February 4, 2015

Two SEC commissioners attack SEC for turning a “blind eye” to Oppenheimer’s “wholly failed” compliance culture (2/2) http://t.co/BzAdJvGWpA

— Jean Eaglesham (@jeaneaglesham) February 4, 2015

MT“@bhsilver: At Whole Foods, Chipotle, and others, shareholders prepare for battle http://t.co/dhW9KK7VpD #corpgov”

— WPWAM (@WillauerProsky) February 4, 2015

.@dinamedland: “emphasis placed on good corporate governance…means lawyers are not exempt from scrutiny” http://t.co/tHU5dOD20J #corpgov

— Stefan Padfield (@ProfPadfield) February 5, 2015