The influence of judges' attitudes on liability assessments related to failed audits exhibiting significant audit team over-time or significant use of off-shore auditors

This study provides evidence on how audit firms' decisions to use offshore (outsourced) auditors or to assign on-site (local) auditors extensive overtime affect judges' evaluation of auditor legal liability I conduct a behavioral experiment in which actual judges responded to a hypothetical audit lawsuit. The results suggest auditors may be penalized during the litigation process depending on the extent of overtime or off-shoring and judges' attitude toward the public accounting profession. Judges with a positive attitude toward public accounting assessed more liability for an audit firm that used offshore (outsourced) auditors than for the use of extensive overtime for on-site auditors or a control condition. However, judges with a negative attitude toward the auditing profession assessed higher liability for auditors except when on-site auditors bore significant overtime in the final weeks of the audit.     

基于博弈的专利诉讼与交叉许可决策研究

随着企业研发能力和知识产权保护意识的逐渐增强,越来越多的企业通过建立专利壁垒来保证自身的持续竞争力与市场地位。"专利丛林"的现象导致企业进行技术创新以及新产品的开发举步维艰。为了节省成本,科技企业之间相互的专利侵权现象时有发生。面对相互的专利侵权现象,有的企业运用专利诉讼的手段与对方发起"专利大战"以维持自身的竞争优势,也有的企业通过专利的交叉许可协议,与对方建立长期的专利合作关系。本文通过构建博弈模型,研究了企业进行专利诉讼以及交叉许可的选择决策的机理。     

我国宜建立对犯罪嫌疑人的暂缓起诉制度

暂缓起诉制度是一种对本应被提起公诉的犯罪嫌疑人,因其符合特定条件而暂不起诉,对其规定一个考验期并课以一定义务,如果他能顺利通过考验就不再对其提起公诉的制度.这种制度对节约诉讼资源以及挽救、改造社会危害性低的犯罪嫌疑人有巨大优势,而且它并不与我们向来所推崇的平等与公正的法律观念相冲突,我国应建立此制度.     

双向诉讼抑或单向诉讼？——行政协议诉讼的模式选择

我国行政协议诉讼制度确立后,面临着解决行政协议内在的“双向”结构冲突与融合的问题。部分学者主张借鉴德式经验,构建整体双向诉讼制度,但这种诉讼结构与我国目前的行政诉讼结构存在冲突。从行政协议制度创设的路径模式上看,德国倾向于主观模式,法国则倾向于客观模式,主张借鉴德式经验实际也会与我国大量借鉴法国行政协议进行制度创设的事实相冲突。同时双向诉讼制度还会与我国行政诉讼的客观诉讼定位有所抵牾,以及存在“外源制约”等四个方面的困境。基于此,暂不宜将双向诉讼制度直接移植入法。可取的路径是,进一步完善我国的单向行政协议诉讼制度。我国已有的制度具有兼容性,能够对行政协议的合约审查和强制执行机制进行吸收与调试,利用行政协议判例的累积构建公法合同规则体系。     

论民事二审程序中原告撤诉权的司法适用——兼与李海涛法官商榷

私权自治并不能证成二审撤诉权的自由行使,《民事诉讼法》第13条、第157条也不能成为二审撤诉权的规范依据。二审撤诉权必须以《最高人民法院关于适用〈民事诉讼法〉若干意见的规定》第191条为适用依据。在原告申请撤诉、被告同意撤诉且生效判决尚未确定等要件之下,方可允许原告撤回起诉,且应通过禁止再诉防止原告滥用诉讼权利。     

Estimating the value of generic entry and intellectual property litigation in the pharmaceutical market

In this study, we examine the relationship between, and implications of, the market entry and intellectual property litigation of brand name and generic pharmaceuticals from 2003 to 2012 in Japan. We focus on the effects of a firm’s litigation behavior on market competition, including not only anticipated damage and injunction costs but also reputation and reliability costs. The results show that market entry of generic pharmaceuticals decreases market sales of brand name pharmaceuticals by 45%. However, in the case of intellectual property rights, litigation increases market sales of branded pharmaceuticals by 120%.     

我国无效婚姻立法之问题疏理与破解路径

我国无效婚姻的立法不完善,是实务案件审理难的主要症结。未来立法修改时,应当增设原则规范,以弥补类型列举的疏漏;明确对过错方的责任认定和对无过错方的损害赔偿;检察院参与诉讼,保证无被申请人的诉讼中各方利益关系人的合法权益;区分婚姻不成立与婚姻的无效和可撤销。同时,加快家事诉讼立法,以统一的、专门的程序处理包括无效婚姻和可撤销婚姻在内的婚姻家庭纠纷。     

归入权的行使与派生诉讼的适用

归入权为公司的法定权利,即根据公司法的规定,公司成员违反对公司的忠实义务时,公司可以将其行为所得收归公司所有。论文从国企改制的案例着手,对归入权的性质、法理基础以及归入权与派生诉讼的关系作了探析,认为公司负责人挪用、侵占公司资金收购的国有股权应为归入权的客体,公司法上的派生诉讼制度虽然是主要针对损害赔偿规定的,但对归入权诉讼也可以适用。     

Do Court Decisions Drive the Federal Trade Commission’s Enforcement Policy on Merger Settlements?

Mergers are generally conglomerate in nature with only minor (if any) horizontal overlaps. Under U.S. law, an enforcement agency may challenge any anticompetitive aspect of the merger and the consequent delay associated with litigation would impose costs on the firm. These costs may give the enforcement agency “leverage” to extract a settlement even when the firm would prevail in court. This paper explores whether the FTC’s decisions to challenge transactions approximate the case law. We find that the representative enforcement regimes of the FTC and the courts are remarkably similar, although the FTC credits efficiencies, while courts consider buyer sophistication as a mitigating factor.     

论劳动争议仲裁与诉讼程序的合理衔接

由于我国现行的法律未对劳动仲裁与诉讼之间的程序衔接做出相应的规定,使得人民法院和劳动仲裁委员会在审理劳动争议案件上相互脱节,衔接不到位,严重损害了当事人的合法权益。因此应重新构建劳动争议先裁后审的争端解决方式,赋予法院对仲裁的监督权,以完善劳动争议解决程序。