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Sessions Information
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January 5, 2017
1:30 pm - 3:15 pm
Session Type: Section Call for Papers
Session Capacity: N/A
Hotel: Hilton San Francisco Union Square
Room: Continental Ballroom 3
Floor: Ballroom Level
Startups
and entrepreneurs have long played an important role in the
U.S. economy. From Henry Ford to Mark Zuckerberg, entrepreneurs have
revolutionized the ways in which their customers receive products and services.
As Phil Libin, CEO of Evernote, has explained, “There’s lots of bad reasons to start a company.
But there’s only one good, legitimate reason, and I think you know what it is:
it’s to change the world.” That philosophy continues today as entrepreneurs
disrupt markets and challenge business and legal norms. Traditional notions of
the firm, fiduciary duties, contractual bargains, and optimal capital
structures may not aptly fit entrepreneurial approaches. Indeed, entrepreneurs’
business models, financing needs, and operational objectives require lawyers
and scholars to rethink governance, capital structures, and regulatory schemes
that may limit or impede further innovation, both nationally and
transnationally. This program will
examine the current and potential role of business, contract, and related laws
on entrepreneurs and their business ventures. We hope to create a robust
conversation that maps the past and future of legal theory and doctrine related
to entrepreneurship—defining that concept broadly in terms of industry and
size. Legal entrepreneurs also fit this model as they introduce contractual
innovations and disrupt the field of business law itself. Taking a cue from
entrepreneurs, the program welcomes all ideas, including those that may disrupt
conventional norms.
The section on Business Associations held a virtual business meeting in advance of
the Annual Meeting.
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Session Speakers
University of San Diego School of Law
Speaker from a Call for Papers
University of Washington School of Law
Speaker from a Call for Papers
University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law
Moderator
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
Speaker from a Call for Papers
Brigham Young University, J. Reuben Clark Law School
Speaker
Osgoode Hall Law School York University
Speaker
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Session Fees
- [5210] Business Associations and Comparative Law Joint Program, Co-Sponsored by Agency, Partnership, LLCs and Unincorporated Associations, and Labor Relations and Employment Law: $0.00
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