Podcast #87 | Ann Lipton: "The Twitter v Musk Case is both a Vindication and a Condemnation of Corporate Law."

In episode #87 of the Boardroom Governance Podcast, Evan Epstein talks with Ann Lipton, the Michael M. Fleishman Associate Professor in Business Law and Entrepreneurship, and Associate Dean for Faculty Research at Tulane University School of Law.

An experienced securities and corporate litigator who has handled class actions involving some of the world’s largest companies, she joined the Tulane Law faculty in 2015 after two years as a visiting assistant professor at Duke University School of Law.

As a scholar, Lipton explores corporate governance, the relationships between corporations and investors, and the role of corporations in society.

In this podcast, Ann and Evan talk about:

👉 Take-aways from the Twitter v. Musk case.
👉 Tech Layoffs, Private Equity and Take Private Transactions.
👉 Public Benefit Corporations and B-Corps.
👉 The SBF and FTX legal proceedings.
👉 Litigation in private venture-backed companies.
👉 Litigation involving SPACs.
👉 The McDonald's case and Caremark duties owed by officers.
👉 ESG trends and the politicization of corporate governance.
👉 Large asset managers passing-through voting power.

You can listen to the episode directly in the Boardroom Governance Podcast website (where you can find all the show notes), or wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts such as in: Apple, Spotify, Google, Amazon or Stitcher.

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