Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 292: Listen and Learn -- The Erie Doctrine (Civ Pro)
Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 126: Listen and Learn -- The Erie Doctrine
Last year, Vice Chancellor J. Travis Laster's ruled that McDonald's Corporation's former Executive Vice President and Global Chief People Officer, David Fairhurst, owed a duty of oversight comparable to the duty articulated...more
In several recent posts, I have noted that officers, unlike directors, are agents of the corporation. Recognizing the agency status of officers can affect the legal analysis in a number of significant ways, including...more
My guess is that most attorneys would say that the duty of an officer to the corporation are governed by the law of the state of incorporation under the “internal affairs doctrine”. As explained by the U.S. Supreme Court,...more