Bio
I am an Assistant Professor at Harvard Law School. My research interests are in corporate law and governance, empirical law & finance, legal theory, and the political and moral dimensions of markets.
For Students
Fall 2025
I will be on research leave, but often around on campus. Reach out by email if you want to meet!
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Office Hours
I will be on research leave, but often around on campus. Reach out by email if you want to meet!
Recent Things
Chief Justice Roberts’s famous analogy of judges-as-umpires is often criticized for being a bad theory of legal adjudication. In a new paper, I argue that it is a bad theory of baseball. “Very interesting and recommended” in Larry Solum’s Legal Theory Blog. Forthcoming in the Harvard Journal of Sports and Entertainment Law.
I went on the Council of Institutional Investors’ podcast to talk about the recent Delaware corporate law reform (SB 21) and my new paper analyzing the market response to the new rules:
Website: https://www.cii.org/podcasts
Spotify: https://lnkd.in/eJfKJD-B
Apple Podcasts: https://lnkd.in/egx4xcQe
I have a new working paper, which tries to reframe the 100 year-old debate on corporate purpose using Wesley Hohfeld map of rights, duties, privileges, and no-rights. “Highly Recommended” in Larry Solum’s Legal Theory Blog. Forthcoming in the Yale Journal on Regulation.
Is the new Delaware corporate law reform good or bad for investors? My new working paper (with Kenneth Khoo) tackles this question through a series of event studies.
Two insightful responses to my article Dual Class Contracting are forthcoming in the Journal of Corporation Law:
1) Brian Broughman, Dual-Class Contracting -a Response to Roberto Tallarita
2) Pierluigi Matera & David Berger, Performance Leads Governance: A Comment on Professor Tallarita’s Dual Class Analysis
Why did shareholder support for environmental and social proposals dropped dramatically after 2021? In a new paper with Kenneth Khoo we examine the role of a recent policy change by the SEC. Forthcoming in the Journal of Law and Economics.
My essay in the Harvard Business Review on the corporate governance of Artificial Intelligence.
