Puerto Rico Corporate Law Journal – Robert Alex Fleming

An important consideration for not having one person holding  the dual role of chair of the board (Chair) and chief executive officer (CEO) in a corporation is because such an arrangement collects too much power in a single director within the board.  It generates numerous conflicts of interests, agency problems and enables the CEO to manipulate and/or control the direction of the board. In the U.S a notorious case was Enron and its Board Chair…

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…