Jill Fisch
T.J. Maloney Professor of Business Law
Director, Fordham Corporate Law Center
Fordham University School of Law
Courses Taught:
- Corporations
- Securities Regulation
- Federal Courts
- Advanced Business Law Seminar
- Advanced Corporate Law
- Representing the Corporation: The Role of In-House Counsel on Wall Street
Publications
Federal Courts:
- The Obligation of Precedent: The Implications of Transition Theory for Stare Decisis, 13 J. Contemp. Legal Issues 93 (2003)
- Retroactivity and Legal Change: An Equilibrium Approach, 110 Harvard Law Review 1059 (1997)
- The Vanishing Precedent: Eduardo Meets Vacatur, 70 Notre Dame L. Rev. 325 (1994)
- Captive Courts: The Destruction of Judicial Decisions by Agreement of the Parties, 2 N.Y.U. Envtl. L. J. 191 (1993)
- Rewriting History: The Eradication of Prior Decisional Law Through Settlement and Vacatur, 76 Cornell L. Rev. 589 (1991)
Corporate Governance and Litigation:
- On Beyond CalPERS: Survey Evidence on the Developing Role of Institutional Investors in Corporate Governance, __ Vand. L. Rev. __ (forthcoming 2007)
- Measuring Efficiency in Corporate Law: The Role of Shareholder Primacy, 31 J. Corp. L. 637 (2006)
- The “Bad Man” Goes to Washington: The Effect of Political Influence on Corporate Duty, 75 Ford. L. Rev.1593 (2006)
- How Do Corporations Play Politics? The FedEx Story, 58 Vand. L. Rev. 1495 (2005)
- Institutional Competition to Regulate Corporations: A Comment on Macey, 55 Case W. Res. L. Rev. 617 (2005)
- The New Federal Regulation of Corporate Governance, 28 Harv. J. L. & Pub. Pol. 39 (2004)
- Vultures or Vanguards?: The Role of Litigation in Sovereign Debt Restructuring, 53 Emory L.J. 1043 (2004) (with Caroline M. Gentile)
- The Qualified Legal Compliance Committee: Using the Attorney Conduct Rules to Restructure the Board of Directors, 53 Duke L. J. 517 (2003) (with Caroline M. Gentile)
- Lawyers on the Auction Block: Evaluating the Selection of Class Counsel by Auction, 102 Colum. L. Rev. 650 (2002)
- Taking Action Against Auctions: The Third Circuit Task Force Report, 74 Temp. L. Rev. 813 (2002)
- Aggregation, Auctions and Other Developments in the Selection of Lead Counsel Under the PSLRA, 64 Contemp. Probs. 53 (2001)
- The Peculiar Role of the Delaware Courts in the Competition for Corporate Charters, 68 U. Cin. L. Rev. 1061 (2000)
- Teaching Corporate Governance Through Shareholder Litigation, 34 Ga.L.Rev. 743 (2000)
- Class Action Reform, Qui Tam, and the Role of the Plaintiff, 60 Contemp. Probs. 167 (1997)
- Can Internet Offerings Bridge the Small Business Capital Barrier?, 2 J. Sm. & Emerging Bus. L. 57 (1998)
- Class Action Reform: Lessons from Securities Litigation, 39 Ariz. L. Rev. 533 (1997)
- Taking Boards Seriously, 19 Cardozo L. Rev. 265 (1997)
- Questioning Philanthropy from a Corporate Governance Perspective, 41 N.Y.L. Sch. L. Rev. 1091 (1997)
- The Buffett Board and Governance Reform, 21 Directors & Bds. 22 (1997)
- Review Essay: Picking a Winner, 20 J. Corp. L. 451 (1995) (reviewing Roberta Romano, The Genius of American Corporate Law)
- Relationship Investing: Will it Happen? Will it Work?, 55 Ohio St. L. J. 1009 (1994)
- Frankenstein's Monster Hits the Campaign Trail: An Approach to Regulation of Corporate Political Expenditures, 32 Wm. & Mary L. Rev. 587 (1991)
- Turf Wars: Federal/State Cooperation and the Reverse Silver Platter Doctrine, 23 Crim. L. Bull. 509 (1987)
Securities Regulation:
- Does Analyst Independence Sell Investors Short?, __ U.C.L.A.L. Rev. __ (forthcoming 2007)
- Fiduciary Duties and the Analyst Scandals, 58 Ala. L. Rev. 1083 (2007) (The Meador Lecture on Fiduciaries)
- Regulatory Reponses to Investor Irrationality: The Case of the Research Analyst, 10 Lewis & Clark L. Rev. 57 (2006)
- Do Institutions Matter? The Impact of the Lead Plaintiff Provision of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act, 83 Wash. U. L. Q. 869 (2005) (with Stephen Choi & A.C. Pritchard)
- How to Fix Wall Street: A Voucher Financing Proposal for Securities Intermediaries, 113 Yale L. J. 269 (2003) (with Stephen Choi)
- The Securities Analyst as Agent: Rethinking the Regulation of Analysts, 88 Iowa L. Rev. 1035 (2003) (with Hillary Sale)
- Is there a Role for Lawyers in Preventing Future Enrons? 48 Villanova L. Rev. 1097 (2003) (with Kenneth Rosen)
- The Scope of Private Securities Litigation: In Search of Liability Standard for Secondary Defendants, 99 Colum. L. Rev. 1293 (1999)
- From Legitimacy to Logic: Reconstructing Proxy Regulation, 46 Vand. L. Rev. 1129 (1993)
- Imprudent Power: Reconsidering U.S. Regulation of Foreign Tender Offers, 87 Nw. U. L. Rev. 523 (1993)
- As Time Goes By: New Questions About Statute of Limitations for Rule 10b-5, 61 Ford. L. Rev. 801 (1993)
- Start Making Sense: An Analysis and Proposal For Insider Trading Regulation, 26 Ga. L. Rev. 179 (1991)
Current Working Papers:
- Cause for Concern: Causation and Federal Securities Fraud
Professional Activities and Associations:
- Association of the Bar of the City of New York
- Committee on Securities Litigation
- Task Force on the Role of Lawyers in Corporate Governance, 2005-2006
- Chair, Committee on Corporation Law, 1996-1999
- American Law Institute
- American Law & Economics Association
- Board of Academic Advisors, Institute for Law & Economic Policy
- Chair-elect, Association of American Law Schools Section on Securities Regulation
- Past Chair, Association of American Law Schools Section on Business Associations
Education:
- Yale Law School, J.D. 1985
- Cornell University, B.A. 1982
Employment History:
- Professor of Law, Fordham, since 1989
- Associate, Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, 1987-89
- Trial Attorney, Department of Justice (Honors Program), Criminal Division, 1985-87
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