Christina Sautter
@ProfSautter
Associate Dean for Research & Law Prof @SMULawSchool. Co-Founder @RICICenter. Researching Retail Investors & Tech, M&A, Corp Gov. #WirelessInvestors
I’m delighted to announce that “The Shareholder Democracy Lie” co-authored with @sergioalberto_ & Daniel Greenwood (both @Hofstra_Law) will be published in the @FloridaLawRev & is now available on SSRN: bit.ly/ShareholderDem…. We’d love to hear any comments! @SMULawSchool

On this week’s @fordhamcorpcntr’s Bite-Sized Business Law Podcast, Prof. Amy Martella examines how boardroom language & logic are reshaping the political system to make democracy look like corp governance, w/ @shaan_haan, @sergioalberto_, & @ProfSautter. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-c…
Listen to the latest episode of the Bite-Sized Business Law Podcast with @sergioalberto_, @shaan_haan, and me!
What happens when citizens are treated like shareholders + political leaders act like CEOs? @shaan_haan, @sergioalberto_, & @ProfSautter examine how the language + logic of the boardroom is reshaping our political system to make American democracy look more like corp governance.
Senior Associate Dean @ProfChristyHurt weighs-in on an interesting question in a new podcast: institutional investors rarely enforce their shareholder rights in court, but does that mean they are agnostic to legislation that restricts those rights? Tune in to hear more about…
*New #VoiceofCorporateGovernance #podcast Episode out Today! "Texas, Delaware, and the New Controller Primacy" with Professor Christine Hurt papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf… Listen at cii.org/podcasts or all major platforms. #VoiceofCorporateGovernance #CorpGov
Great to be cited in this new article by Kyle Paoletta of the Columbia Journalism Review cjr.org/feature-2/para…
@RICICenter is delighted to have @carlissc of @SMULawSchool join the Center as an Academic Fellow. @carlissc’s scholarship studies the intersection of race & law w/ an emphasis on historical barriers to participation in business & commercial transactions which persist today.
Listen to @fordhamcorpcntr’s latest Bite-Sized Business Law Podcast in which @sergioalberto_ (@Hofstra_Law), @shaan_haan (@brooklynlaw), & I discuss the intersection of corporate governance & political governance @SMULawSchool podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-c…
Great speaking with the Columbia Journalism Review. Paramount will pay Trump $16 million to settle "60 Minutes" suit. cjr.org/news/paramount… via @cjr @SMULawSchool
@carlissc will present our co-authored paper Total Governance through Activism. I will present The Shareholder Democracy Lie, co-authored with Daniel Greenwood and @ProfSautter @Hofstra_Law @SMULawSchool @RICICenter
🎯ROUNDTABLE - On #July 14 and 15, leading scholars will gather @LaStatale di Milano for the conference "#Private Law & Multicultural Identities" to discuss salient matters at the junction of #private law, #socialjustice, #ethnicity, and #globalization.
NEW: @ProfSautter writes that the passage of Senate Bill 21, which rebalances power away from shareholders to corporate management, represents a 150-year-long development in corporate law spurred by regulatory capture that has removed countless restrictions on firm behavior.…
Check out my commentary appearing in @StiglerCenter’s @ProMarket_org publication regarding Delaware SB 21, regulatory capture, and regulatory arbitrage with a mention of Texas SB 1057 (the new shareholder proposal rule).
In her new op-ed, @ProfSautter writes that the passage of Senate Bill 21, which rebalances power away from shareholders to corporate management, represents a 150-year-long development in corporate law spurred by regulatory capture that has removed countless restrictions on firm…
Check out Prof. @sergioalberto_ on @busscholarship, where he and co-author @SMULawSchool @ProfSautter discuss their new paper “The Shareholder Democracy Lie." youtu.be/61kzY8kNvRA?si… #HofstraExperts #legalscholarship
Thank you so much Vanessa for your comments. You always provide the most insightful feedback and I always look forward to hearing your thoughts on my work!
Formal rights often mask exclusion, &“shareholder democracy” hides power imbalances. 𝘊𝘰𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 by Christina Sautter reframes the debate. Grateful to discuss it. Thanks to @GStrampelli & Gaia Balp! @ecgiorg @BocconiLaw
Want to hear how shareholder democracy is a lie? Check out the latest episode of the Business Scholarship Podcast hosted by Andrew Jennings. @sergioalberto_ & I were delighted to talk about “The Shareholder Democracy Lie” forthcoming in the @FloridaLawRev m.youtube.com/watch?v=61kzY8…
The Center is delighted to have Associate Professor of Law Andrew Jennings of @EmoryLaw join as an Academic Fellow. Prof. Jennings’ work has shed new light on corporate & securities issues that concern law, society, & justice. He’s also the host of Business Scholarship Podcast.
Professor Marc Steinberg's new book, Corporate Director and Officer Liability: 'Discretionaries' Not Fiduciaries, was published last week. The book challenges a deeply ingrained principle in corporate governance: that corporate directors and officers are fiduciaries. Published…
This past Monday, I presented a work-in-progress “Corporate Disenfranchisement” co-authored w/ @sergioalberto_ @Unibocconi as part of “Different Types of Shareholders and Corporate Decision-Making” conference co-hosted w/ @ecgiorg @SMULawSchool

Great coference at @Unibocconi. Co-Founders @ProfSautter and @sergioalberto_ as well as Academic Fellow Eva Micheler presented papers. Academic Fellow Jill Fisch discussed DE reforms with Chancellor McCormick, academics & experts. Academic Fellow Gaia Balp chaired sessions
Looking forward to this conference, organized with @carlissc and Andrea Dalmartello @Hofstra_Law @SMULawSchool @LaStatale
The Center for Retail Investors & Corporate Inclusion, the AALS Race & Private Law Section, and @LaStatale have joined forces to organize the Private Law & Multicultural Identities Conference, under the lead of @carlissc, Andrea Dalmartello and President @sergioalberto_
The Center for Retail Investors & Corporate Inclusion, the AALS Race & Private Law Section, and @LaStatale have joined forces to organize the Private Law & Multicultural Identities Conference, under the lead of @carlissc, Andrea Dalmartello and President @sergioalberto_