Deborah A. DeMott
Books
- Shareholder Derivative Actions: Law and Practice (West Publishing, 2016) (Annual Supplements 1988-2002, comprehensive integration 2003-2004, 2004-2010, 2011-2012 to 2017-2018) (excerpted in R. Hamilton, Corporations Including Partnerships and Limited Partnerships (1990))
- The Liability of Asset Managers (Oxford University Press, 2012) (editor with Danny Busch)
- Restatement (Third) of Agency (2006) (translated in Japanese and reprinted as Contemporary Agency Law: U.S. and Japan (Norio Higuchi, tr., 2014))
- Restatement (Third) of Agency (2004) (Tentative Drafts No. 1, 2000, No. 2, 2001, No.3, 2002, No. 4, 2003, No. 5, 2004) (Reporter)
- Restatement (Third) of Agency (2002) (Council Drafts No. 1, 1999, No. 2, 2000, No. 3, 2001, No. 4, 2002) (Reporter)
- Restatement (Third) of Agency (2002) (Preliminary Drafts No. 1, 1997, No. 2, 1998, No. 3, 1999, No. 4, 2000, No. 6, 2002) (Reporter)
- Fiduciary Obligation, Agency and Partnership: Duties in Ongoing Business Relationships (West Publishing, 1991) (and Teacher's Manual, 2000)
- Corporations at the Crossroads: Governance and Reform (1979) (editor)
Articles and Essays
- Looking Beyond the Easel: Artists’ Contexts and Resale Payments, 27 Duke Journal of Gender Law & Policy 135-147 (2020)
- Fiduciary Principles in Agency Law, in The Oxford Handbook of Fiduciary Law 23-40 (Evan J. Criddle, Paul B. Miller, and Robert H. Sitkoff, eds., 2019)
- Culpable Participation in Fiduciary Breach, in Research Handbook on Fiduciary Law 218-237 (D. Gordon Smith & Andrew S. Gold eds., 2018)
- Fiduciary Contours: Perspectives on Mutual Funds and Private Funds, in Research Handbook on the Regulation of Mutual Funds 57-78 (William A. Birdthistle & John D. Morley eds., 2018)
- Accessory Disloyalty: Comparative Perspectives on Substantial Assistance to Fiduciary Breach, in Equity, Trusts and Commerce 253-274 (Paul S. Davies & James E. Penner eds., 2017)
- Corporate Officers as Agents, 74 Washington & Lee Law Review 847-879 (2017)
- Defining Agency and Its Scope (II), in Comparative Contract Law: British and American Perspectives 396-413 (Larry A. DiMatteo & Martin Hogg eds., 2016)
- Fiduciary Breach, Once Removed, 94 Texas Law Review See Also 238-249 (2016)
- Reply to Laura Macgregor, "Defining Agency and Its Scope (I)", in Comparative Contract Law: British and American Perspectives 414-417 (Larry A. DiMatteo & Martin Hogg eds., 2016)
- The Poseur as Agent, in Agency Law in Commercial Practice 35-54 (Danny Busch et al. eds., 2016)
- Agency in the Alternatives: Common-law Perspectives on Binding the Firm, in Research Handbook on Partnerships, LLCs and Alternative Forms of Business Organizations 81-96 (Robert W. Hillman & Mark J. Loewenstein eds., 2015)
- Financial Advisors and Tangled Loyalties--the Case of In re Rural Metro, 89 Australian Law Journal 540 (2015)
- Forum-Selection Bylaws Refracted Through an Agency Lens, 57 Arizona Law Review 269-297 (2015)
- Relationships of Trust and Confidence in the Workplace, 100 Cornell Law Review 1255-1280 (2015)
- Brief of Common Law Scholars as Amici Curiae in Support of Respondents, Omnicare, Inc. v. Laborers District Council Construction Industry Pension Fund, No. 13-435 (U.S., Sept 2014)
- Restatements and Non-State Codifications of Private Law, in Codification in International Perspective 75-90 (Wen-Yeu Wang ed., 2014)
- The Contours and Composition of Agency Doctrine: Perspectives from History and Theory on Inherent Agency Power, 2014 University of Illinois Law Review 1813-1834
- The Fiduciary Character of Agency and the Interpretation of Instructions, in Philosophical Foundations of Fiduciary Law 321-338 (Andrew S. Gold & Paul B. Miller eds., 2014)
- Internal Compliance Officers in Jeopardy?, 87 Australian Law Journal 451-454 (2013)
- The Crucial But (Potentially) Precarious Position of the Chief Compliance Officer, 8 Brooklyn Journal of Corporate, Financial, & Commercial Law 56-79 (2013)
- "Abandoned...Without a Word of Warning": Perspectives on Maple v. Thomas, 8 Duke Journal of Constitutional Law & Public Policy 39-60 (2012)
- "Introduction," and "Comparative Analysis of the Jurisdictions-The Impact of Regulatory Frameworks on an Asset Manager's Private Law Duties and LIability", in The Liability of Asset Managers 3-19 (Danny Busch & Deborah A. DeMott eds., 2012) (with Danny Busch)
- Artful Good Faith: An Essay on Law, Custom, and Intermediaries in Art Markets, 62 Duke Law Journal 607-643 (2012)
- Further Perspectives on Corporate Wrongdoing, In Pari Delicto, and Auditor Malpractice, 69 Washington & Lee Law Review 339-354 (2012)
- Regulatory Techniques and Liability Regimes for Asset Managers, 7 Capital Markets Law Journal 423-431 (2012)
- The Stages of Scandal and the Roles of General Counsel, 2012 Wisconsin Law Review 463-493
- United States Law, in The Liability of Asset Managers 411-455 (Danny Busch & Deborah A. DeMott eds., 2012) (with Arthur Laby)
- Brief of Amica Curiae Deborah A. DeMott in Support of the Petitioner, Maples v. Thomas, No.10-63 (U.S., October 2011)
- Causation in the Fiduciary Realm, 91 Boston University Law Review 851-871 (2011)
- Indemnification and Advancement Through an Agency Lens, 74 Law & Contemporary Problems 175-188 (Winter 2011)
- Investing in Work: Wilkes as an Employment Law Case, 33 Western New England Law Review 497-530 (2011)
- The Milieu of the Boardroom and the Precinct of Employment, 89 North Carolina Law Review 749-757 (2011)
- Fiduciary Constraints on Mutual Fund Fees, 84 Australian Law Journal 363-367 (2010)
- Agency: United States Civil Law, in Oxford International Encyclopedia of Legal History 112-116 (Stanley N. Katz ed, 2009)
- Ratification: Useful But Uneven, 17 European Review of Private Law 987-1002 (2009)
- The Restatement (Third) of Agency and the Unauthorised Agent in US Law, in The Unauthorised Agent: Perspectives from European and Comparative Law 219-244 (Danny Busch & Laura J. Macgregor eds., 2009)
- Guests at the Table?: Independent Directors in Family-Influenced Public Companies, 33 Journal of Corporation Law 819-863 (2008) (reprinted in 50 Corporate Practice Commentator 855 (2009))
- Irrevocable Proxies, 82 Australian Law Journal 516-520 (2008)
- Agency By Analogy: A Comment on Odious Debt, 70 Law & Contemporary Problems 157-169 (Autumn 2007)
- Disloyal Agents, 58 Alabama Law Review 1049-1067 (2007) (Meador Lecture Series)
- The First Restatement of Agency: What Was the Agenda?, 32 Southern Illinois University Law Journal 17-38 (2007)
- Agency Law in Cyberspace, 80 Australian Law Journal 157-161 (2006)
- Breach of Fiduciary Duty: On Justifiable Expectations of Loyalty and Their Consequences, 48 Arizona Law Review 925-956 (2006)
- Inside the Corporate Veil: The Character and Consequences of Executives' Duties, 19 Australian Journal of Corporate Law 251-267 (2006)
- The Texture of Loyalty, in Corporate Governance Post-Enron: Comparative and International Perspectives 23-48 (Joseph J. Norton et al. eds., 2006)
- The Discrete Roles of General Counsel, 74 Fordham Law Review 955-981 (2005)
- Bank Conflicts Raise Threats of Lawsuits over M&A, International Financial Law Review 27 (2004)
- Fiduciary Obligation in the High Court of Australia, in Centenary Essays for the High Court of Australia 277-294 (Peter Cane ed., 2004)
- In Praise of a Bibulous Author, in Beyond Excellence: Duke Law Library Faculty Scholarship 5-11 (2004)
- Shareholder Nominations of Directors, 78 Australian Law Journal 311 (2004)
- Corporate Litigation in the U.S. and U.K., 51 American Journal of Comparative Law 229-235 (2003) (reviewing A.J. Boyle, Minority Shareholders' Remedies (2002))
- Statutory Ingredients in Common-Law Change: Issues in the Development of Agency Doctrine, in Commercial Law and Commercial Practice 57-83 (Sarah Worthington ed., 2003)
- When is a Principal Charged with an Agent's Knowledge?, 13 Duke Journal of Comparative & International Law 291-320 (2003)
- Acquisition Agreement: Material Adverse Change Clauses, 76 Australian Law Journal 414 (2002)
- Fluid Relationships in Transitional Times: A Comment on Employees and Corporate Governance, 22 Comparative Labor Law & Policy Journal 149 (2002)
- Shareholders as Principals, in Key Developments in Corporate Law and Equity: Essays in Honour of Professor Harold Ford 105 (Ian Ramsay ed., 2002)
- Transatlantic Perspectives on Partnership Law: Risk and Instability, 26 Journal of Corporation Law 879 (2001) (abstracted in 26 Bowne Digest for Corporate and Securities Lawyers (May 2002), reprinted in The Governance of Close Corporations and Partnerships: US and European Perspectives (Joseph A. McCahery et al. eds., 2004))
- Shareholder Challenges to Executive Remuneration, 74 Australian Law Journal 576 (2000)
- The Figure in the Landscape: A Comparative Sketch of Directors' Self-Interested Transactions, 62 Law & Contemporary Problems 243-272 (Summer 1999) (revised from previously published article in 2 Company, Financial & Insolvency Law Review 190 (1999))
- The Mechanisms of Control, 13 Connecticut Journal of International Law 233 (1999)
- A Revised Prospectus for a Third Restatement of Agency, 31 U.C. Davis Law Review 1035 (1998)
- Legislating Business Judgment - A Comment from the United States, 16 Company & Securities Law Journal 575 (1998)
- The Faces of Loyalty: A Comment on Hillman, Loyality to the Firm: A Statement of General Principles on the Duties of Partners Withdrawing from Law Firms, 55 Washington & Lee Law Review 1041 (1998)
- The Lawyer as Agent, 67 Fordham Law Review 301 (1998)
- Agency and the Unincorporated Firm: Reflections on Design on the Same Plane of Interest, 54 Washington & Lee Law Review 595 (1997)
- Agency Principles and Large Block Shareholders, 19 Cardozo Law Review 321 (1997)
- Appropriating Form: A Comment on Summers, How Law is Formal and Why It Matters, 82 Cornell Law Review 1230 (1997)
- Organizational Incentives to Care about the Law, Law & Contemporary Problems 39 (Autumn 1997)
- Contesting the Fiducial Line: Legal Theory and the Duty to Be Loyal, in Macro Socio-Economics: From Theory to Activisim 99-112 (David Sciulli ed., 1996)
- Proprietary Norms in Corporate Law: An Essay on Reading Gambotto in the United States, in Gambotto v. WCP Ltd.: Its Implications for Corporate Regulation 90-101 (Ian Ramsay ed., 1996)
- Trust and Tension in Corporations, 81 Cornell Law Review 1308 (1996) (reviewing Progressive Corporate Law (Lawrence E. Mitchell ed., 1995))
- Fiduciary Preludes: Likely Issues for LLCs, 66 University of Colorado Law Review 1043 (1995)
- Our Partners' Keepers? Agency Dimensions of Partnership Relationships, Law & Contemporary Problems 109 (Summer 1995)
- Review, 81 Academe 68 (1995) (reviewing Norman E. Bowie, University-Business Partnerships and Robert L. Simon, Neutrality and the Academic Ethic (1994))
- Do You Have the Right to Remain Silent?: Duties of Disclosure in Business Transactions, 19 Delaware Journal of Corporate Law 65 (1994)
- Pensions and Corporate Restructuring in American Industry: A Crisis of Regulation, 1 Contemporary Gerontology 140 (1994)
- Self-Dealing Transactions in Nonprofit Corporations, 59 Brooklyn Law Review 131 (1994) (reprinted in 35 Corporate Practice Commentary 595 (1994))
- Down the Rabbit-Hole and into the Nineties: Selected Issues of Accountability in the Wake of Eighties-Style Transactions in Control, 61 George Washington Law Review 1030 (1993)
- Ethical Issues in Shareholder Litigation, in American Law Institute's Principles of Corporate Governance (1993)
- Foreword to Equitable Doctrines and Remedies in Contemporary Regulatory Settings, Law & Contemporary Problems 1 (Winter 1993)
- Foreword to Modern Equity, Law & Contemporary Problems 1 (Summer 1993)
- Oppressed but Not Betrayed: A Comparative Assessment of Canadian Remedies for Minority Shareholders and Nonshareholder Constituents, Law & Contemporary Problems 181 (Winter 1993)
- An Overview of Corporation Law, in Corporation and Business Practice Handbook (1992)
- Directors' Duty of Care and the Business Judgment Rule: American Precedents and Australian Choices, 4 Bond Law Review 133 (1992)
- Fiduciary Obligations Under Intellectual Siege: Contemporary Challenges to the Duty to be Loyal, 30 Osgoode Hall Law Journal 471 (1992)
- Rollups of Limited Partnerships: Questions of Regulation and Fairness, 70 Washington University Law Quarterly 617 (1992)
- Puzzles and Parables: Defining Good Faith in the MBO Context, 25 Wake Forest Law Review 15 (1990)
- Trends in Officer and Director Liability--A Comparative Analysis, in Representing the Corporate Client ch. VI (1990)
- Directors' Duties in Management Buyouts and Leveraged Recapitalizations, 49 Ohio State Law Journal 517 (1989) (excerpted in R. Hamilton, Corporation Finance: Cases and Materials 939 (2d ed., 1989))
- Introduction--The Biggest Deal Ever, 1989 Duke Law Journal 1
- Adventures in Finance, 86 Michigan Law Review 1185 (1988) (reviewing M. Fox, Finance and Industrial Performance in a Dynamic Economy: Theory Practice and Policy (1987))
- Beyond Metaphor: An Analysis of Fiduciary Obligation, 1988 Duke Law Journal 878
- Comparative Dimensions of Takeover Regulation, in Knights, Raiders and Targets: The Impact of the Hostile Takeover (J. Coffee, L. Lowenstein & S. Rose-Ackerman eds., 1988) (revised for publication in 65 Washington University Law Quarterly 69 (1987))
- Limiting Directors' Liability, 66 Washington University Law Quarterly 295 (1988)
- Federalizing Securities Market Law: The U.S. Experience with Takeover Regulation, 4 Company & Security Law Journal (1987)
- Shareholder Litigation in the United States and Australia: Common Problems, Uncommon Solutions, 11 Sydney Law Review 259 (1987)
- The Corporate Fox and the Shareholders' Hen House: Reflections on Alford v. Shaw, 65 North Carolina Law Review 569 (1987)
- Demand in Derivative Actions: Problems of Interpretation and Function, 19 U.C. Davis Law Review 461 (1986) (reprinted in 29 Corporate Practice Commentator 413 (1986))
- Foreword, Law & Contemporary Problems 1-4 (Summer 1985)
- Pac-Man Tender Offers, 1983 Duke Law Journal 116 (1985) (revised for publication in Tender Offers: Development and Commentaries (M. Steinberg ed., 1985))
- Perspectives on Choice of Law for Corporate Internal Affairs, Law & Contemporary Problems 161 (Summer 1985)
- Book Note, Journal of Legal Education 179 (1983) (reviewing C. Lansbury, The Reasonable Man:Trollope's Legal Fiction (1981))
- Current Issues in Tender Offer Regulation: Lessons from the British, 58 New York University Law Review 945 (1983)
- Defending the Quiet Life: The Role of Special Counsel in Director Terminations of Derivative Suits, 56 Notre Dame Lawyer 850 (1982)
- Foreword: Reweaving the Corporate Veil, 41 Law & Contemporary Problems 1 (Summer 1977)
- Reweaving the Corporate Veil: Management Structure and the Control of Corporate Information, Law & Contemporary Problems 182 (Summer 1977)
Newspaper Articles and Commentary
- The Skeptical Principal, Concurring Opinions (May 21, 2013) (Symposium on The Essays of Warren Buffett)
- The Biggest Deal Ever, Duke Law Magazine (January 01, 1990, at 12)
- Assessing Investors' Long Term Commitment, 1989 Legal Times (January 01, 1989, at 27)
- Five Key Issues in Takeover Regulation, Duke Law Magazine (January 01, 1988, at 4)
- A Comment on Mandatory Buyouts, Duke Law Magazine (January 01, 1985, at 4)