Auteur: John C. Coffee Jr.

In the wake of a series of corporate governance disasters in the US and Europe which have gained almost mythic status – Enron, World Com, Tyco, Adelphia, Health South, Parmalat – one question has not …

‘;Professor Coffee’s compelling new approach to holding fraudsters to account is indispensable reading for any lawmaker serious about deterring corporate crime.’Robert Jackson, former Commissioner, S …

Fascinating as the corporate takeovers of recent years have been–with their "golden parachutes" and junk bonds, "greenmailers" and white knights–it is far from clear what underl …

Uniquely in the United States, lawyers litigate large cases on behalf of many claimants who could not afford to sue individually. In these class actions, attorneys act typically as risk-taking entrep …