Professor William Fisher teaches and writes in the areas of securities regulation and corporate law. He has authored numerous articles on securities law topics, and his scholarship has appeared or is forthcoming in the Emory Law Journal, BYU Law Review, Pepperdine Law Review, and Business Lawyer, among other venues. Since 2002, Professor Fisher has also authored the Caselaw Developments section of the American Bar Association’s Annual Review of Federal Securities Regulation. Prior to joining the Richmond Law faculty, Professor Fisher taught at Tulane Law School and the University of California, Berkeley School of Law. He is also a former partner at Pillsbury Winthrop LLP, where he specialized in federal securities litigation and lawsuits involving corporate fiduciary duties, and where his writing earned him a Burton Award for Legal Achievement.
When the Government Attempts to Change the Board, Investors Should Know, 40 Pepp. L. Rev. ___ (forthcoming 2012).
Annual Review of Federal Securities Regulation: Caselaw Developments 2011, 67 Bus. Law. 803 (2012). [Journal] [W]
Annual Review of Federal Securities Regulation: Caselaw Developments 2009, 65 Bus. Law. 887, 923-1021 (2010). [Journal] [W] [HEIN]
Lawyers Keep Out: Why Attorneys Should Not Participate in Negotiating Critical Financial Numbers Reported by Public Company Clients, 2010 B.Y.U.L. Rev. 1501. [Journal] [L] [W] [HEIN]
Does the Efficient Market Theory Help Us Do Justice in a Time of Madness?, 54 Emory L.J. 843 (2005). [Journal] [L] [W] [HEIN]
Obligations of Attorneys in Public and Private Offerings, Chapter 36, in Venture Capital & Public Offering Negotiations (Michael J. Halloran et al. eds., 3d ed. rev. 2010).
Corporate Law and Governance
Small Business Organization and Finance Documentation