ROBERT ALEX FLEMING

This article evaluates Hobby Lobby Stores, the US Supreme Court case that addresses among other things the debate  of social justice in corporate law. It raises the question of whether current law should require and or expect for-profit corporations to pursue profit at the expense of everything else.1 We explore the existence and extent of for-profit corporations pursuing more than profits and how they have developed and legislated. In  Hobby Lobby  the Supreme Court argues…

People often confuse a trade name with a trademark but while they are related, both mean different things. Here are the key differences. Trade name To legally start a corporation or a company you must file paperwork with the state and include your organization’s name. This name becomes your business’s official identification followed by the type of legal entity registered (such as a corporation or a limited liability company), usually abbreviated in the form of…

If the purchase of Twitter is completed, market mechanisms will have disposed of their top managers and members of the corporate board. Otherwise, they would still be directing the firm.  Without getting into the debate of whether these executives were steering the company to the right direction, it is important to realize how many of these public company managers lead their business with little or no accountability. You may ask, if shareholders can benefit from…