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Deborah A. DeMott

Deborah A. DeMott

David F. Cavers Distinguished Professor of Law
School of Law
dad@law.duke.edu
Duke Law School Room 4002, Duke Box 90362, Durham, NC 27708-0360
Duke Law School 210 Science Dr, Duke Box 90362, Durham, NC 27708
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Selected Publications

The Platform as Agent

Chapter · 2022 Cite

Agents and Advisors

Journal Article Florida Law Review Forum · 2022 Link to item Cite

Whistleblowers: Implications for Corporate Governance

Journal Article Washington University Law Review · 2021 Link to item Cite

Looking Beyond the Easel: Artists’ Contexts and Resale Payments

Journal Article Duke Journal of Gender Law & Policy · 2020 Link to item Cite

Corporate Officers as Agents

Journal Article Washington & Lee Law Review · 2017 Link to item Cite

Fiduciary Breach, Once Removed

Journal Article Texas Law Review See Also · 2016 Link to item Cite

The Platform as Agent

Chapter · 2022 Cite

Agents and Advisors

Journal Article Florida Law Review Forum · 2022 Link to item Cite

Whistleblowers: Implications for Corporate Governance

Journal Article Washington University Law Review · 2021 Link to item Cite

Looking Beyond the Easel: Artists’ Contexts and Resale Payments

Journal Article Duke Journal of Gender Law & Policy · 2020 Link to item Cite

Corporate Officers as Agents

Journal Article Washington & Lee Law Review · 2017 Link to item Cite

Fiduciary Breach, Once Removed

Journal Article Texas Law Review See Also · 2016 Link to item Cite

The Skeptical Principal

Other Concurring Opinions · 2013 Cite

Internal Compliance Officers in Jeopardy?

Journal Article Australian Law Journal · 2013 Link to item Cite

The Crucial But (Potentially) Precarious Position of the Chief Compliance Officer

Journal Article Brooklyn Journal of Corporate, Financial, & Commercial Law · 2013 Link to item Cite

"Abandoned...Without a Word of Warning": Perspectives on Maple v. Thomas

Journal Article Duke Journal of Constitutional Law & Public Policy · 2012 Link to item Cite

Regulatory Techniques and Liability Regimes for Asset Managers

Journal Article Capital Markets Law Journal · 2012 Link to item Cite

United States Law

Chapter · 2012 Cite

The Stages of Scandal and the Roles of General Counsel

Journal Article Wisconsin Law Review · 2012 Link to item Cite

The Milieu of the Boardroom and the Precinct of Employment

Journal Article North Carolina Law Review · 2011 Link to item Cite

Investing in Work: Wilkes as an Employment Law Case

Journal Article Western New England Law Review · 2011 Link to item Cite

Indemnification and Advancement Through an Agency Lens

Journal Article Law & Contemporary Problems · 2011 Link to item Cite

Causation in the Fiduciary Realm

Journal Article Boston University Law Review · 2011 Link to item Cite

Fiduciary Constraints on Mutual Fund Fees

Journal Article Australian Law Journal · 2010 Cite

Ratification: Useful But Uneven

Journal Article European Review of Private Law · 2009 Link to item Cite

Irrevocable Proxies

Journal Article Australian Law Journal · 2008 Link to item Cite

The First Restatement of Agency: What Was the Agenda?

Journal Article Southern Illinois University Law Journal · 2007 Link to item Cite

Disloyal Agents

Journal Article Alabama Law Review · 2007 Link to item Cite

Agency By Analogy: A Comment on Odious Debt

Journal Article Law & Contemporary Problems · 2007 Link to item Cite

Agency Law in Cyberspace

Journal Article Australian Law Journal · 2006 Link to item Cite

The Discrete Roles of General Counsel

Journal Article Fordham Law Review · 2005 Link to item Cite

Bank Conflicts Raise Threats of Lawsuits over M&A

Journal Article International Financial Law Review · 2004 Link to item Cite

Shareholder Nominations of Directors

Journal Article Australian Law Journal · 2004 Cite

When is a Principal Charged with an Agent's Knowledge?

Journal Article Duke Journal of Comparative & International Law · 2003 Link to item Cite

Corporate Litigation in the U.S. and U.K.

Journal Article American Journal of Comparative Law · 2003 Cite

Acquisition Agreement: Material Adverse Change Clauses

Journal Article Australian Law Journal · 2002 Cite

Shareholder Challenges to Executive Remuneration

Journal Article Australian Law Journal · 2000 Cite

The Mechanisms of Control

Journal Article Connecticut Journal of International Law · 1999 Link to item Cite

The Lawyer as Agent

Journal Article Fordham Law Review · 1998 Link to item Cite

Legislating Business Judgment - A Comment from the United States

Journal Article Company & Securities Law Journal · 1998 Cite

A Revised Prospectus for a Third Restatement of Agency

Journal Article U.C. Davis Law Review · 1998 Link to item Cite

Organizational Incentives to Care about the Law

Journal Article Law & Contemporary Problems · 1997 Link to item Cite

Agency Principles and Large Block Shareholders

Journal Article Cardozo Law Review · 1997 Link to item Cite

Trust and Tension in Corporations

Journal Article Cornell Law Review · 1996 Link to item Cite

Fiduciary Preludes: Likely Issues for LLCs

Journal Article University of Colorado Law Review · 1995 Link to item Cite

Review

Journal Article Academe · 1995 Cite

Self-Dealing Transactions in Nonprofit Corporations

Journal Article Brooklyn Law Review · 1994 Link to item Cite

Foreword to Modern Equity

Journal Article Law & Contemporary Problems · 1993 Link to item Cite

Rollups of Limited Partnerships: Questions of Regulation and Fairness

Journal Article Washington University Law Quarterly · 1992 Link to item Cite

The Biggest Deal Ever

Other Duke Law Magazine · 1990 Cite

Introduction--The Biggest Deal Ever

Journal Article Duke Law Journal · 1989 Link to item Cite

Limiting Directors' Liability

Journal Article Washington University Law Quarterly · 1988 Link to item Cite

Adventures in Finance

Journal Article Michigan Law Review · 1988 Cite

Five Key Issues in Takeover Regulation

Other Duke Law Magazine · 1988 Cite

Federalizing Securities Market Law: The U.S. Experience with Takeover Regulation

Journal Article Company & Security Law Journal · 1987 Cite

Perspectives on Choice of Law for Corporate Internal Affairs

Journal Article Law & Contemporary Problems · 1985 Link to item Cite

Pac-Man Tender Offers

Journal Article Duke Law Journal · 1985 Link to item Cite

A Comment on Mandatory Buyouts

Other Duke Law Magazine · 1985 Cite

Foreword

Journal Article Law & Contemporary Problems · 1985 Open Access Link to item Cite

Current Issues in Tender Offer Regulation: Lessons from the British

Journal Article New York University Law Review · 1983 Link to item Cite

Book Note

Journal Article Journal of Legal Education · 1983 Cite

Foreword: Reweaving the Corporate Veil

Journal Article Law & Contemporary Problems · 1977 Link to item Cite