Jill E. Fisch

Articles and Book Chapters

The New Governance and the Challenge of Litigation Bylaws, 81 BROOK. L. REV. 1637 (2016).

How Corporate Governance Is Made: The Case of the Golden Leash, 164 U. PA. L. REV. 649 (2016) (with Matthew D. Cain, Steven J. Griffith, and Steven Davidoff Solomon).

The Broken Buck Stops Here: Embracing Sponsor Support in Money Market Fund Reform, 93 N. C. L. REV. 935 (2015).

The Mess at Morgan: Risk, Incentives and Shareholder Empowerment, 83 U. CIN. L. REV. 651 (2015).

Confronting the Peppercorn Settlement in Merger Litigation: An Empirical Analysis and a Proposal for Reform, 93 TEX. L. REV. 557 (2015) (with Sean J. Griffith and Steven M. Davidoff).

The Influence of Arbitrator Background and Representation on Arbitration Outcomes, 9 VA. L. & BUS. REV. 43 (2014). (with Stephen J. Choi & Adam C. Pritchard).

Why Do Retail Investors Make Costly Mistakes? An Experiment on Mutual Fund Choice, 162 U. PA. L. REV. 605 (2014) (with Tess Wilkinson-Ryan).

The Long Road Back: Business Roundtable and the Future of SEC Rulemaking, 36 SEATTLE U. L. REV. 695 (2013).

Leave it to Delaware: Why Congress Should Stay out of Corporate Governance, 37 DEL. J. CORP. L. 731 (2013).

The Trouble with Basic: Price Distortion after Halliburton, 90 WASH. U. L. REV. 895 (2013).

Regulation FD: An Alternative Approach to Addressing Information Asymmetry, in RESEARCH HANDBOOK ON INSIDER TRADING (Stephen Bainbridge ed., Elgar 2013).

The Destructive Ambiguity of Federal Proxy Access, 61 EMORY L.J. 435 (2012).

A Floating NAV for Money Market Funds: Fix or Fantasy?, 2012 U. ILL L. REV. 1003 (2012) (with Eric Roiter).

How Powerful is ISS? Less-and in Different Ways-than Most People Think, 19 CORP. GOVERNANCE ADVISOR 7 (2011) (with Stephan Choi and Marcel Kahan).

The Power of Proxy Advisors: Myth or Reality?, 59 EMORY L.J. 869 (2010) (with Stephen Choi and Marcel Kahan).

Rethinking the Regulation of Securities Intermediaries, 158 U. PA. L. REV. 1961 (2010).

The Overstated Promise of Corporate Governance, 77 U. CHI. L. REV. 923 (2010) (Reviewing JONATHAN MACEY, CORPORATE GOVERNANCE: PROMISES KEPT, PROMISES BROKEN (2008)).

Attorneys as Arbitrators, 39 J. LEGAL STUD. 109 (2010) (with Stephen Choi and A.C. Pritchard).

Director Elections and the Role of Proxy Advisors, 82 S. CAL. L. REV. 649 (2009) (with Stephen J. Choi and Marcel Kahan).

Top Cop or Regulatory Flop? The SEC at 75, 95 VA. L. REV. 785 (2009).

Cause for Concern: Causation and Federal Securities Fraud, 94 IOWA L. REV. 811 (2009), reprinted in 42 SEC. L. REV. 460 (2010).

On Beyond CalPERS: Survey Evidence on the Developing Role of Public Pension Funds in Corporate Governance, 61 VAND. L. REV. 315 (2008) (with Stephen Choi).

Measuring Efficiency in Corporate Law: The Role of Shareholder Primacy, 31 J. CORP. L. 637 (2006).

How to Fix Wall Street: A Voucher Financing Proposal for Securities Intermediaries, 113 YALE L.J. 269 (2003) (with Stephen Choi).

Lawyers on the Auction Block: Evaluating the Selection of Class Counsel by Auction, 102 COLUM. L. REV. 650 (2002).

More publications can be found here.

Working Papers

After Halliburton: Event Studies and Their Role in Federal Securities Fraud Litigation (August 1, 2016), U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 16-16 (with Jonah B. Gelbach & Jonathan Klick). (forthcoming)
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Investor Financial Literacy in the Workplace (Sept. 12, 2015), U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 15-33 (with Tess Wilkinson-Ryan and Kristin Firth). (forthcoming)
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Does Majority Voting Improve Board Accountability? (July 29, 2015), U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 15-31: U. Chi. L. Rev. (forthcoming) (with Stephen J. Choi, Marcel Kahan, and Edward B. Rock). (forthcoming)
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Research Areas

• Corporate Law
• Corporate Governance
• Securities Regulation and Litigation
• Federal Courts

Positions

Fordham – T.J. Maloney Professor of Business Law and Director, Corporate Law Center (1989-2008)

Penn Law – Perry Golkin Professor of Law (2009- ); Professor of Law (2008-09)

U.S. Justice Department (Honors Program), Criminal Division Trial Attorney (1985-87)

Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton - Associate (1987-89)

Visiting Professor – Georgetown, Penn Law, Columbia, Harvard

Professional Activities

Association of American Law Schools: Chair, Section on Business Associations – Academic Year 2004-2005; Chair, Section on Securities Regulation – Academic Year 2008-2009

Member, American Law Institute

Member, American Law & Economics Association

Board of Academic Advisors, Institute for Law & Economic Policy

Courses

• Corporations
• Securities Regulation
• Corporate Governance Seminar
• Federal Courts