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Charles K. Whitehead 
Associate Professor of Law
Working Papers
"Lawyers and Fools: Lawyer-Directors in Public Corporations," (with Lubomir P. Litov and Simone M. Sepe) (102 Georgetown Law Journal, Forthcoming) Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 13-63 (2013).
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'Sandbagging: Default Rules and Acquisition Agreements," 36  Delaware Journal of Corporate Law No.3 (2011). Cornell legal Studies Research Paper No. 12-19 (2012).  
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"Creditors and Debt Governance" in Research Handbook on the Economics of Corporate Law (Edward Elgar Publishing; Claire Hill & Brett McDonnell, eds., 2011).
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Contributions to Books
"The Federalization of Fraud: Mail and Wire Fraud Statutes" (with John C. Coffee, Jr.), in White Collar Crime: Business and Regulatory Offenses (New York: Law Journal Seminars-Press, Otto G. Obermaier and Robert G. Morvillo eds. 1990).
Articles
"The Goldilocks Approach: Financial Risk and Staged Regulation," 97 Cornell Law Review 1267 (2012). Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper, No. 12-57 (2012).
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"The Volcker Rule and Evolving Financial Markets," 1 Harvard Business Law Review #1 (2011).
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"Regulating for the Next Financial Crisis," 37(1) Cornell Law Forum 20 (2011).
"Destructive Coordination," 96 Cornell Law Review 323-364 (2011).
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"Why Not a CEO Term Limit?," Boston University Law Review (forthcoming), Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 011-05 (Feb. 13, 2011).
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"Reframing Financial Regulation," 90 Boston University Law Review 1 (2010).
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"The Evolution of Debt: Covenants, the Credit Market, and Corporate Governance," 34 Journal of Corporation Law 641 (2009).
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"Deconstructing Equity: Public Ownership, Agency Costs, and Complete Fincial Markets" (with Ronald Gilson), 108 Columbia Law Review 231 (2008).
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"What's Your Sign? - International Norms, Signals, and Compliance", 27 Michigan Journal of International Law 695 (2006).
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