GW’s C-LEAF Annual Call for Papers from Newer Business Law Scholars
The Center for Law, Economics & Finance (C-LEAF) at The George Washington University Law School has announced its fifth annual Junior Faculty Business and Financial Law Workshop and Junior Faculty...
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U Delaware Chaplin Tyler Lecture
I’m honored to be giving this lecture at my alma mater, and thanks go to Charles Elson for the opportunity and Kim Ragan for organizing the event. It’s the first in the book tour that will take me to...
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Chapter 8 of Berkshire Beyond Buffett: An Excerpt and Link
The following is an excerpt from Chapter 8, Autonomy, from Berkshire Beyond Buffett: The Enduring Value of Values; the full text of the chapter, which considers the case for Berkshire’s distinctive...
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The Campus Book Tour
If you are publishing a new book–as almost all Co-Op bloggers seem to be doing, including Danielle, Frank, and me–getting the word out entails effort across mainstream media, social media, niche blogs,...
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Berkshire Beyond Buffett in Print and on Shelves
Book publication day always feels like a big deal, enough of a professional achievement to announce it to the world, so here goes: Berkshire Beyond Buffett: The Enduring Value of Values is now...
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Berkshire and Coca-Cola: Deja Vu All Over Again
In response to the business media frenzy over what challenges at the Coca-Cola Company mean for Berkshire Hathaway, which owns a large stake in the company acquired in 1988, herewith an excerpt for...
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Free Berkshire Book Trivia Quiz
Expert on Berkshire Hathaway? Try this trivia quiz based on Berkshire Beyond Buffett: The Enduring Value of Values. Submit answers to lacunningham@law.gwu.edu. The first 10 people to get all 20 right...
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Million Dollar Reward Case Over
A claim to $1 million for meeting a lawyer’s dare made on Dateline NBC is now dead. The case is over thanks to an opinion, by Judge Wilson for the 11th Circuit, that will be in the next editions of all...
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Buffett on Family Business: Beat the Third Generation Curse
Warren Buffett is very good at spotting great family businesses. What does he look for? How can his filters help family businesses prosper? For one, they can mitigate one of the greatest dangers: the...
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Milton Hebald, RIP
The great sculptor, Milton Hebald, passed away at age 97. May he rest in peace. The NYT has a fine obituary here. Accompanying this post are photos of three of his numerous sculptures gracing the...
View ArticleFed Officials Accused of Perjury in AIG Bailout Trial
In the financial trial of the century, the most important document is missing. The document is the term sheet that the government says it gave AIG’s board right before taking the company over in Sept....
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Warren Buffett & Charlie Munger Annotated by Experts in Wall Street Journal
Warren Buffett’s latest letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders is annotated in The Wall Street Journal by 30 professors, authors, and investors. Editors Erik Holm and Anupreeta Das assigned us each...
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Berkshire’s Disintermediation
“Disintermediation” is the business phenomenon of the technology era, when consumers go straight to the source for everything from accommodations to crowdfunding. Yet the greatest exemplar of the...
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DuPont Victory Good Sign for Buffett’s Berkshire
You know the activists have made an impact when the prospects of targeting Berkshire Hathaway are taken seriously enough to warrant a question on the subject to Warren Buffett at the company’s famous...
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As Yanks Fail to Pay A-Rod When Due, Is Settlement On Brew?
Alex Rodriquez roamed Washington DC’s power corridors Wednesday (pictured), while his agents back home in New York drafted grievance papers against the Yankees for nonpayment of $6 million, due...
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A Berkshire Opportunity Cost: Listed Family Firms
The following is adapted from “Berkshire’s Blemishes,” a working paper delineating the costs, rather than the vaunted benefits, of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway as a management model. Warren...
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Berkshire Trivia Contest: Win $100 in Books
Ace the following quiz and win a $100 Amazon gift certificate (or, if you prefer, take $100 worth of my own books directly from me). All answers may be found in Berkshire Beyond Buffett: The Enduring...
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The Integrity of Clayton Homes and the Politics of “Investigative Journalism”
The following is adapted from “Berkshire’s Blemishes,” a working paper delineating the costs, rather than the vaunted benefits, of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway as a management model, including...
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NetJets Shuffle: Costs of Deviations from the Berkshire Model
Warren Buffett just oversaw an executive shuffle at Berkshire Hathaway’s NetJets. He accepted the resignation of Jordan Hansell, CEO since 2011, and hired into the top jobs two company veterans who...
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Five Reasons to Cheer for Starr v. United States (AIG Nationalization Case)
Yesterday, the US Federal Court of Claims ruled that the US government and its leaders acted illegally in nationalizing AIG during the 2008 financial crisis, in a shareholder suit led by Hank...
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