PLP Research Director John Coates has a new piece in the Financial Times:
A costly lesson in the rule of 'loser pays,' from The Financial Times (November 1, 2009) Read the Article
or join in the conversation at the Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation

PLP Director David Wilkins received the inaugural J. Clay Smith Award:
Professor Wilkins was honored with this award from the Howard University School of Law, and was the keynote speaker at the 6th Annual Wiley A. Branton/Howard Law Journal Symposiumon October 23, 2009. Read More

PLP Research Director Ashish Nanda has a new piece in the American Lawyer:
Lawyers Should Be Recruited Like Doctors, from The American Lawyer (October 13, 2009) Read the Article
Professor Nanda was interviewed by Scott Drake of the Legal Broadcast Network. Listen to the Interview

PLP Senior Distinguished Practitioner Fellow Ben Heineman has several new pieces in print and online:
The Ugly End-Game, washingtonpost.com (November 10, 2009) Read the Post
Petraeus, not Westmoreland, washingtonpost.com (November 2, 2009) Read the Post
Shareholders: Part of the Solution or Part of the Problem? from The Atlantic (October 28, 2009) Read the Article
In Praise of Meetings, washingtonpost.com (October 6, 2009) Read the Post
Corruption: The Afghan Wild Card, from The Atlantic (October 2, 2009) Read the Article
A Budapest B-School Teaches Leadership at the Crossroads, from HBR Now (September 29, 2009) Read the Post
In Search of Charlie Chaplin, with Cristine Russell, from The Atlantic (September 14, 2009) Read the Post
Channeling the 'Animal Spirit', on building better Wall Street leaders, washingtonpost.com (September 14, 2009) Read the Post

PLP announces 2010 LInklaters India Internship for Harvard Law School Students:
HLS students are invited to travel to India for a winter term internship in Mumbai. Students will spend 2.5 weeks working in a Mumbai law firm followed by two days visiting major legal institutions in New Delhi. Read More

PLP Research Director Ashish Nanda has started a new blog:
New Associates Recruitment: Bring in the Matchmaker, from the Harvard Law School Executive Education Blog (August 28, 2009) Read the Post

PLP Senior Distinguished Practitioner Fellow Ben Heineman has several new pieces in print and online:
Getting Your Fix: Two veteran lawyers say that now is the time for fixed fees, from Corporate Counsel (September, 2009) Read the Article
Power Outage, on fragmented power in American politics after the death of Ted Kennedy, washingtonpost.com (August 31, 2009) Read the Post
My Quiet Neighbor (The President), on the Obamas' vacation in Martha's Vineyard, The Atlantic (August 28, 2009) Read the Article
Nation-Building Dreams, about the instability in Afghanistan and Pakistan, washingtonpost.com (August 24, 2009) Read the Post
Beware the Idolatry of Numbers, from The Atlantic (August 11, 2009) Read the Article
The Power of a Personal Story, washingtonpost.com (August 3, 2009) Read the Post

PLP Research Director John Coates testifies before Senate subcommittee on improving corporate governance (July 29, 2009) Read More

PLP Senior Distinguished Practitioner Fellow Ben Heineman has several new pieces in print and online:
Executive Compensation: Let's Look at Fund Managers' Pay, Too, from HBR Now (July 30, 2009) Read the Article
A Due Process Teaching Moment - Wasted, from The Atlantic (July 25, 2009) Read the Article
The Talented Mr. Blankfein, washingtonpost.com (July 20, 2009) Read the Post
Bipartisan Commission Mandate, washingtonpost.com (July 13, 2009) Read the Post
Anti-Corruption Rhetoric - and Reality, from The Atlantic (June 22, 2009) Read the Article

PLP Senior Distinguished Practitioner Fellow Ben Heineman participates in HBR discussion on Executive Pay:
How to Fix Executive Pay, harvardbusiness.org (June 9, 2009) Read the Post
Good CEOs Are Underpaid, harvardbusiness.org (June 17, 2009) Read the Post
"How" Not "How Much," harvardbusiness.org (June 24, 2009) Read the Post
or read the entire discussion Here

PLP Senior Distinguished Practitioner Fellow Ben Heineman has new pieces in print and online:
Going Beyond MBA Oaths, on the responsibilities of future business leaders, HBR Now Blog (June 9, 2009) Read the Post
We've Lost Authenticity, on leaders and their personal histories, washingtonpost.com (June 8, 2009) Read the Post
The Junior Justice, on the new direction of the US Supreme Court, washingtonpost.com (May 18, 2009) Read the Post
Stop Bribery Everywhere, on US companies and antibribery enforcement, Corporate Counsel (June, 2009) Read the Article

John Coates delivers a lecture titled “The Bailout is Robbing the Banks" at Harvard Law School in April, 2009. Learn More at the HLS website or Watch the Webcast

PLP Senior Distinguished Practitioner Fellow Ben Heineman has new pieces online:
The Long Goodbye, on the role of leaders who have stepped aside, washingtonpost.com (May 11, 2009) Read the Post
Function, Not Form, Matters Most in Board's Non-executive Leader, on recent developments at Bank of America, harvardbusiness.org (May 5, 2009) Read the Post
How to Prevent Panic?, on public officials and the "potential" swine flu pandemic, washingtonpost.com (April 27, 2009) Read the Post
Redefining the CEO Role, on corporate governance changes and investor confidence, businessweek.com (April 16, 2009) Read the Post
It's About Accountability, Stupid, on the government's outster of GM's Rick Wagoner, washingtonpost.com (March 30, 2009) Read the Post
Pitchfork Populism, on AIG and Obama's leadership moment, washingtonpost.com (March 22, 2009) Read the Post
AIG's Bonuses: A Dangerous Failure of Leadership, in the harvardbusiness.org Confersation Starter blog (March 19, 2009) Read the Post
Dangerous Obfuscation of Facts, on leadership lessons from AIG, washingtonpost.com (March 18, 2009) Read the Post
Google's Bad Options, in the harvardbusiness.org Conversation Starter blog (March 10, 2009) Read the Post

PLP Research Fellow Michele Beardslee quoted in the ABA Journal Online:
Partner: Committee Now Vets Memos Knowing They Could Be Blogged, by Terry Carter (March 4, 2009) Read the Article

PLP Senior Distinguished Practioner Fellow Ben Heineman has several new pieces in print and online:
Executive Compensation: What Obama's Plan Means, in Business Week (February 7, 2009) Read the Article
Is Google doing the right thing?, FT.com [Financial Times] (February 3, 2009) Read the Article
A Tale of Two Cities, washingtonpost.com (February 2, 2009) Read the Post

PLP Director David Wilkins quoted in the New York Times:
Billable Hours Giving Ground at Law Firms, by Jonathan D. Glater (January 30, 2009) Read the Article

PLP Senior Distinguished Practioner Fellow Ben Heineman published a piece in Business Week:
Principles for Reforming Executive Pay: Reining in excessive management compensation will be high on the "to-do" list of the 111th Congress
(January 6, 2009) Read the Article

Ethisphere magazine names PLP Distinguished Practioner Fellow Ben Heineman one of 2008's 100 Most Influential People in Business Ethics. (December 31, 2008) Read the Article

PLP Director David Wilkins quoted in the Wall Street Journal:
Black Power Brokers Ready to Rise In Tandem With New President, by Jonathan Kaufman (November 6, 2008) Read the Article

PLP Senior Distinguished Practitioner Fellow Ben Heineman published a new piece on Bloomberg.com:
Financial Leaders go AWOL in the Meltdown, Bloomberg.com, (November 4, 2008) Read the Article

PLP Speaker Series Featured in the Harvard Law Record:
Setting boundaries for firm/life balance, by Ellen Zeng (November 13, 2008) Read the Article

PLP SeniorDistinguished Practioner Fellow Ben Heineman published a new piece in November's issue of Corporate Counsel:
Big Isn’t Always Best, in Corporate Counsel, (November, 2008) Read the Article

PLP Senior Distinguished Practitioner Fellow Ben Heineman published two pieces in September:
Boards Fail Again, in Business Week (September 26, 2008) Read the Article
Don't Get Blindsided by Your New Job, in Corporate Counsel (September 29, 2008) Read the Article

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