Lyman P. Q. Johnson

Publications

SSRN Publications

W&L Scholarly Commons (Available PDFs)

Book Chapters

The Financially Distressed Real Estate Partnership, in Third Annual Mid-Atlantic Institute on Bankruptcy and Reorganization Practice III-1 (1988). (with Lyman P. Q. Johnson and James Frenzel)

Law Review Articles and other scholarly publications

Law and Legal Theory in the History of Corporate Responsibility: Corporate Personhood, 35 Seattle U. L. Rev. 1135 (2012) (Berle III: Theory of the Firm the Third Annual Symposium of the Adolf A. Berle, Jr. Center on Corporations, Law and Society).

Michelle Harner and Jason A. Cantone, Gender and Securities Law in the Supreme Court, 33 Women's Rts.L. Rep. 1(2011).

 

Reality Check on Officer Liability, 67 Bus. Law. 75 (2011).

Debarring Faithless Corporate and Religious Fiduciaries in Bankruptcy, 19 Am. Bankr. Inst. L. Rev. 523 (2011).

Joan Heminway, Michael Woronoff, & Lyman P.Q. Johnson, Innovative Transactional Pedagogies, 12 Transactions: Tenn. J. Bus. L. 243 (2011) (Special Report).

Response: Beyond the Inevitable and Inadequate Regulation of Bankers: A Comment on Painter, 8 U. St. Thomas L.J. 29 (2010).

Essay: Re-Enchanting the Corporation, 1 Wm. & Mary Bus. L. Rev. 83 (2010).

Counter-Narrative in Corporate Law: Saints and Sinners, Apostles and Epistles, 2009 Mich. St. L. Rev. 847. 

Lyman P. Q. Johnson and Dennis Garvis, Are Corporate Officers Advised About Fiduciary Duties?64 Bus. Law. 1105 (2009).

Corporate Law Professors as Gatekeepers, 6 U. St. Thomas L.J. 447 (2009).

A Fresh Look at Director "Independence": Mutual Fund Fee Litigation and Gartenberg at Twenty-Five, 61 Vand. L. Rev. 497 (2008).

(Not) Advising Corporate Officers About Fiduciary Duties, 42 Wake Forest L. Rev. 663 (2007). (with Lyman P. Q. Johnson and Robert V. Ricca) (Available at: Westlaw)

Having the Fiduciary Duty Talk: Model Advice for Corporate Officers (and Other Senior Agents), 63 Bus. Law. 147 (2007).

Faith and Faithfulness in Corporate Theory, 56 Cath.U. L. Rev. 1 (2006). (Available at: Lexis; Westlaw)

Corporate Officers and the Business Judgement Rule, 60 Bus. Law. 439 (2005). (Available at: Westlaw)

Recalling Why Corporate Officers are Fiduciaries, 46 Wm. & Mary L. Rev. 1597 (2005). (with Lyman P. Q. Johnson and David Millon) (reprinted in 47 Corporate Practice Commentator 785 (2005).) (Available at: Lexis; Westlaw)

The Audit Committee's Ethical and Legal Responsibilities: The State Law Perspective, 47 S. Tex. L. Rev 27 (2005) (Corporate Compliance Seminar). (Available at: Westlaw)

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act and Fiduciary Duties, 30 Wm. Mitchell L. Rev. 1149 (2004) (Symposium: Corporate Governance and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act). (with Lyman P. Q. Johnson and Mark A. Sides) (Available at: Lexis; Westlaw)

After Enron: Remembering Loyalty Discourse in Corporate Law, 28 Del. J. Corp. L. 27 (2003). (Available at: Hein-Online; Lexis; Westlaw)

The Social Responsibility of Corporate Law Professors, 76 Tul. L. Rev. 1483 (2002) (Socio-Economics and Corporate Law Symposium: The New Corporate Social Responsibility). (Available at: Hein-Online; Lexis; Westlaw)

Reclaiming an Ethic of Corporate Responsibility, 70 Geo. Wash. L. Rev. 957 (2002) (Symposium: Corporate Irresponsibility: America's Newest Export?). (Available at: Hein-Online; Lexis; Westlaw)

Corporate and Business Law, 35 U. Rich. L. Rev. 499 (2001) (Annual Survey of Virginia Law). (Available at: Hein-Online; Lexis; Westlaw)

The Modest Business Judgment Rule, 55 Bus. Law. 625 (2000). (Available at: Hein-Online; Lexis; Westlaw)

Rethinking Judicial Review of Director Care, 24 Del. J. Corp. L. 787 (1999). (Available at: Hein-Online; Lexis; Westlaw)

Misunderstanding Director Duties: The Strange Case of Virginia, 56 Wash. & Lee L. Rev. 1127 (1999). (Available at: Hein-Online; Lexis; Westlaw)

New Approaches to Corporate Law, 50 Wash. & Lee L. Rev. 1713 (1993) (Symposium: New Directions in Corporate Law). (Available at: Hein-Online; Lexis; Westlaw)

For the Civil Practitioner: Review of Fourth Circuit Opinions in Civil Cases Decided November 1, 1991 Through December 31, 1992: XI - Securities Regulation, 50 Wash. & Lee L. Rev. 239 (1993) (The Fourth Circuit Review). (Available at: Hein-Online; Lexis; Westlaw)

Corporate Takeovers and Corporate Law: Who's in Control?, 61 Geo. Wash. L. Rev. 1177 (1993) (Symposium: The American Law Institute's Principles of Corporate Governance). (with Lyman P. Q. Johnson and David Millon) (Available at: Hein-Online; Lexis; Westlaw)

Securities Fraud and the Mirage of Repose, 1992 Wis. L. Rev. 607. (reprinted in 25 Sec. L. Rev. 281 (1993).) (Available at: Hein-Online; Lexis; Westlaw)

Making (Corporate) Law in a Skeptical World, 49 Wash. & Lee L. Rev. 161 (1992) (Contemporary Challenges to Judging: History, Politics, Values (Symposium Part 1)). (reprinted in 34 Corp. Prac. Commentator 367 (1992)) (Available at: Hein-Online; Westlaw)

Individual and Collective Sovereignty in the Corporate Enterprise, 92 Colum. L. Rev. 2215 (1992) (reviewing Frank H. Easterbrook & Daniel R. Fischel, The Economic Structure of Corporate Law (1991) and Robert N. Bellah et al., The Good Society (1991)). (Available at: Hein-Online; Lexis; Westlaw)

Sovereignty Over Corporate Stock, 16 Del. J. Corp. L. 485 (1991). (Available at: Hein-Online; Lexis; Westlaw)

The Delaware Judiciary and the Meaning of Corporate Life and Corporate Law, 68 Tex. L. Rev. 865 (1990). (Available at: Hein-Online; Lexis; Westlaw)

The Case Beyond Time, 45 Bus. Law. 2105 (1990). (with Lyman P. Q. Johnson and David Millon) (Available at:  Hein-Online; Lexis; Westlaw)

The Reincarnation of Rule 152: False Hope on the Integration Front, 46 Wash. & Lee L. Rev. 539 (1989) (Annual Review of Securities and Commodities Law). (with Lyman P. Q. Johnson and Steve Patterson) (Available at: Hein-Online; Westlaw)

Missing the Point About State Takeover Statutes, 87 Mich. L. Rev. 846 (1989). (with Lyman P. Q. Johnson and David Millon) (reprinted in 31 Corp. Prac. Commentator 581 (1990).) (Available at: Hein-Online; Lexis; Westlaw)

Misreading the Williams Act, 87 Mich. L. Rev. 1862 (1989). (with Lyman P. Q. Johnson and David Millon) (reprinted in 33 Corp. Prac. Commentator 221 (1991).) (Available at: Hein-Online; Lexis; Westlaw)

Does the Williams Act Preempt State Common Law in Hostile Takeovers?, 16 Sec. Reg. L.J. 339 (1989). (with Lyman P. Q. Johnson and David Millon)

State Takeover Statutes: Constitutionality, Community, and Heresy, 45 Wash. & Lee L. Rev. 1051 (1988) (Annual Review of Securities and Commodities Law). (Available at: Hein-Online)

The Eventual Clash Between Judicial and Legislative Notions of Target Management Conduct, 14 J. Corp. L. 35 (1988). (Available at: Westlaw)

Minnesota's Control Share Acquisition Statute and the Need for New Judicial Analysis of State Takeover Legislation, 12 Wm. Mitchell L. Rev. 183 (1986).

Corporate Takeovers and Corporations: Who are They For?, 43 Wash. & Lee L. Rev. 781 (1986) (Annual Review of Securities and Commodities Law). (Available at: Hein-Online)

Newspapers, Website, Magazines, and other general media

Does Loyalty Still Matter?, 2 W&L Law: Wash. & Lee U. Sch. L. Mag., Fall 2001, at 10.

State Takeover Statutes: The Race to Where? in Hostile Takeovers - 1988 Upper Midwest Update.