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Christina Sautter

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Associate Dean for Research & Law Prof, SMU Dedman School of Law. Co-Founder, Secretary, Bd Director-Center for Retail Investors & Corporate Inclusion. Fascinated by #WirelessInvestors SSRN: https://bit.ly/SautterPapers

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SMU Law is looking to hire 2 entry-level, tenure-track faculty members in Civ Pro & Leg Reg and Law & Tech, inc AI. Candidates must apply by Sept 15 via Interfolio (link πŸ‘‡) to be considered. I’m on the appointments Cmte & happy to answer questions

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28.07.2025 14:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Not good - furthering institutionalizing companies with everyday investors’ money & providing them (the ultimate retail investor) w/ no voice. Our lack of financial & corporate governance education aids in this. People don’t understand the options & what they lost by investing via funds & via PE

14.07.2025 17:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We aren’t saying it’s a good thing

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Democratization of the Private Markets? <p><span>U.S. initial public offerings are declining and the amount of private market assets under management are exploding. Simultaneously, the number of retai

Colleen Baker & I wrote a short piece titled β€œDemocratization of the Private Markets?” focusing on closed-end funds investing in private company equity. It was just published by Transactions: The Tennessee Journal of Business Law.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

14.07.2025 16:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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A Corporate Government Podcast Episode Β· Bite-Sized Business Law Β· 07/08/2025 Β· 44m

So great to sit down w/ the Bite-Sized Business Law Podcast, @csautter.bsky.social & Sergio Gramitto Ricci to talk about democracy & corporations.

You can't understand what's going on in U.S. politics w/out understanding what happened to "corporate democracy."

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09.07.2025 15:59 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Paramount Will Pay President Trump $16 Million to Settle 60 Minutes Lawsuit β€œIt is a dark day for independent journalism,” says Sen. Bernie Sanders.

Great speaking with Columbia Journalism Review - Paramount will pay Trump $16 million to settle "60 Minutes" suit.! πŸ¦‹
www.cjr.org/news/paramou...

02.07.2025 18:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I wrote a short commentary on Delaware SB 21 for @promarket.bsky.social. Check it out below!

23.06.2025 15:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Business Scholarship Podcast - Ep.249 – Sergio Alberto Gramitto Ricci and Christina Sautter on...
YouTube video by Business Scholarship Podcast Business Scholarship Podcast - Ep.249 – Sergio Alberto Gramitto Ricci and Christina Sautter on...

First was a fantastic discussion with Sergio Alberto Gramitto Ricci and @csautter.bsky.social on the history of the concept of shareholder democracy and its fraught present on @busscholarship.bsky.social. Highly recommend www.youtube.com/watch?v=61kz... (2/7)

20.06.2025 02:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Want to hear how shareholder democracy is a lie? Check out the latest episode of the @busscholarship.bsky.social hosted by @AndrewjJennings.bsky.social. Sergio Gramitto Ricci (@hofstra.baky.social) & I were delighted to talk about β€œThe Shareholder Democracy Lie”

m.youtube.com/watch?v=61kz...

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Compliance for Stakeholders and Reputation This draft encyclopedia entry examines the evolving relationship between corporate compliance and reputation management in contemporary business environments. I

Sergio Gramitto Ricci & I were invited to write an Encyclopedia entry on Compliance for Stakeholders and Reputation. We’d love to get your feedback! You can download it here:

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09.06.2025 14:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Professor Christina Sautter Named Associate Dean for Research

Very excited to be named Associate Dean for Research at SMU Law School. Looking forward to promoting the great work of our outstanding faculty and community!

www.smu.edu/law/news-eve...

02.06.2025 19:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Record Main Street and Wall Street divide: Individual investors been buying stocks for 21 weeks straight | Investorsobserver β€œThis is a much larger divergence between retail and institutional investors than during the 2022 bear market”

⁦β€ͺSergio Gramitto Ricci & I have been saying that retail investors are here to stay. . . investorsobserver.com/news/record-...

14.05.2025 06:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I’m overdue posting this here but I had the most fantastic Ph.D. students at Bocconi last week for my US Securities Law/US Shareholding seminar. Many thanks to Giovanni Strampelli & Gaia Balp for inviting & hosting me. My students gave me permission to post this pic

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Lone Star Politics: April 13, 2025 Musical chairs comes after AG ken Paxton announces Senate run. Plus, we speak to an expert about if business deals may dry up amid tariff uncertainty. NBC 5’s Phil Prazan and Gromer Jeffers with the D...

It was great speaking with Phil Prazan and Gromer Jeffers on NBC DFW
about M&A and market uncertainty

www.nbcdfw.com/news/politic...

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Very excited to be at UniversitΓ  Bocconi this week teaching a Ph.D. in Law (Business Law Concentration) seminar on U.S. Securities Law/U.S. Shareholding. Many thanks to Giovanni Strampelli & Gaia Balp for the invitation. Thanks also to Hao Jiang for welcoming me today!

07.04.2025 19:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The Shareholder Democracy Lie This Article critically examines the fallacious nature of β€œshareholder democracy” rhetoric and its implications for corporate governance, political democracy, a

The paper can be found here: bit.ly/ShareholderD...

12.03.2025 10:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I presented β€œThe Shareholder Democracy Lie” (co-authored w/ Sergio Gramitto Ricci & Dan Greenwood of Hofstra Law & forthcoming in Florida Law Review) ystrdy at the University of Glasgow School of Law. Big thnx to the faculty for their feedback & to Konstantinos Sergakis for hosting me!

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A New Generation Is Here. Its Name Is Already an Insult. Generation Beta takes its name from the Greek alphabet, but for some parentsβ€”and every school-age childβ€”its connotation is less than scholarly.

A new set of wireless investors has begun to be born - Generation Beta. As ⁦β€ͺ@WSJ‬⁩ reports, their lives will be shaped by AI & technology like never before. I suspect this generation will begin to invest at a younger age & transform investing norms

www.wsj.com/lifestyle/a-...

06.03.2025 11:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The Shareholder Democracy Lie This Article critically examines the fallacious nature of β€œshareholder democracy” rhetoric and its implications for corporate governance, political democracy, a

If you want to get right to the paper, you can download on SSRN bit.ly/ShareholderD...

05.03.2025 14:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Shareholder Democracy Is a Corporate Governance Myth That Won’t Die – CLS Blue Sky Blog

Check out Sergio Gramitto Ricci, Dan Greenwood, & my @clsblue.bsky.social blog post about our article β€œThe Shareholder Democracy Lie” forthcoming in the Florida Law Review clsbluesky.law.columbia.edu/2025/03/05/s...

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New Scholarship: The Shareholder Democracy Lie Sergio Alberto Gramitto Ricci (Hofstra University), Daniel J.H. Greenwood (Hofstra University), and Christina M. Sautter (Southern Methodist University) wrote an article about the gulf between the …

Many thanks to @nellminow.bsky.social for featuring The Shareholder Democracy Lie and providing her feedback on our articles

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25.02.2025 09:03 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you!

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Looking forward to spending the next 5 weeks as a Visiting Scholar at the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh Law School. Many thanks to David Cabrelli and Jonny Hardman for hosting me!

24.02.2025 18:24 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Congratulations!!!

21.02.2025 16:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

That would be awesome, Nell! Thank you. Also we love to get any comments you have on the article.

20.02.2025 15:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
The Shareholder Democracy Lie <p>This Article critically examines the fallacious nature of β€œshareholder democracy” rhetoric and its implications for corporate governance, political democracy

I just realized that and posted the link again. Here it is papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

20.02.2025 14:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It looks like the link in my post isn’t working - here’s the link papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

20.02.2025 14:15 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The Shareholder Democracy Lie <p>This Article critically examines the fallacious nature of β€œshareholder democracy” rhetoric and its implications for corporate governance, political democracy

It looks like the link might not be working, here it is again papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

20.02.2025 14:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you, Marissa!

20.02.2025 14:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you so much!

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