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   Ann Lipton (annmlipton@esq.social)'s status on Saturday, 17-Jan-2026 11:10:54 JST Ann Lipton

   New blog post! In November, I was honored to deliver the inaugural Tamar Frankel lecture at Boston University Law School. These were my remarks:

   https://www.businesslawprofessors.com/2026/01/corporate-governance-authoritarianism/

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     GhostOnTheHalfShell (ghostonthehalfshell@masto.ai)'s status on Saturday, 17-Jan-2026 11:10:51 JST GhostOnTheHalfShell

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     • Cory Doctorow
     • Karl Auerbach

     @karlauerbach @annmlipton

     Cory Doctorow a few probably had a few choice words.. looks like I have a little more reading to do

     @pluralistic

     https://pluralistic.net/2022/02/20/we-should-not-endure-a-king/

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     GhostOnTheHalfShell (ghostonthehalfshell@masto.ai)'s status on Saturday, 17-Jan-2026 11:10:52 JST GhostOnTheHalfShell

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     • Karl Auerbach

     @karlauerbach @annmlipton

     “ If we will not endure a King as a political power we should not endure a King over the production, transportation, and sale of the necessaries of life. If we would not submit to an emperor we should not submit to an autocrat of trade with power to prevent competition and to fix the price of any commodity. — Senator John Sherman, 1890, arguing for the passage of the Sherman Act”

     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherman_Antitrust_Act

     ..

     Church of Jeff repeated this.
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     Karl Auerbach (karlauerbach@sfba.social)'s status on Saturday, 17-Jan-2026 11:10:53 JST Karl Auerbach

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     @annmlipton I look forward to reading your lecture.

     I've long been thinking that we need to revisit our concept of "corporation". After Milton Friedman's assertion - one with with I have *major* disagreements - that the goal of corporate management is to "increase shareholder value" - corporations have ceased being vehicles for the merger of capital, innovating, and management expertise, all under an state granted incentive of limited liability and the convenience of a unified legal identity.

     After Citizens United, corporations have become to become not merely never-dying dynastic accumulations of wealth, but also means through which a few hired managers - not even the board of directors, and much less the shareholders - can leverage the assets and wealth of the corporation into an intense political force.

     (I am rather intrigued by the state level "Montana Plan" as well as my constitutional plan - https://www.cavebear.com/cavebear-blog/redressing_corp_power/ )