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Dale A. Oesterle

J. Gilbert Reese Chair in Contract Law

Dale A. Oesterle

Dale A. Oesterle

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Education

  • B.A., University of Michigan, Philosophy, 1972 (with distinction)
  • M.P.P., University of Michigan, 1974
  • J.D., University of Michigan, 1975

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Areas of Expertise

  • Business Law
  • Corporate Governance
  • Hedge Funds
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Securities Law
  • Securities Trading Markets

Fall '09 Courses

Spring '10 Courses

Teaches:

  • Business Associations
  • Law of Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Securities Regulation
  • Law and Finance for Entrepreneurs
  • Contracts
  • International Business Transactions
  • Comparative Company
  • Securities Law

Research Interests:

  • Mergers and acquisitions

Previous Professional Experience:

  • Monfort Professor and Director of the Center for Entrepreneurial Law, University of Colorado at Boulder School of Law
  • Professor of Law, Cornell Law School
  • Associate, Hunton, and Williams, Richmond, Va.
  • Law clerk, Hon. Robert R. Merhige, Jr., U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Awards/Achievements:

  • Executive editor, Michigan Law Review
  • Order of the Coif

Selected Publications:

  • The Law of Mergers and Acquisitions (West 2002)
  • "Lessons on the Limits of Constitutional Language from Colorado: The Erosion of the Constitution's Ban on Business Subsidies," 73 U. Colo. L. Rev. 587 (2002).
  • "A Clear-Headed Look at NGOs," 13 Colo. J. Int'l Envtl. L. & Pol'y 129 (2002).
  • "Corporate Directors' Personal Liability for 'Insolvent,' 'Reckless,' and 'Wrongful' Trading," 7 New Zealand Bus. L.Q. 20 (2001).
  • "The Inexorable March Toward a Continuous Disclosure Obligation for Publicly-Traded Companies: Are We There Yet?" 20 Cardozo L. Rev. 135 (1998).

Professor Oesterle's Podcasts

Update: Analysis of Arguments in Stoneridge v. Scientific-Atlanta

Issues: Private securities litigation; scheme liability
Podcast Series: U.S. Supreme Court
Date: Oct. 11, 2007

Stoneridge v. Scientific-Atlanta

Issues: Private securities litigation; scheme liability
Podcast Series: U.S. Supreme Court
Date: Oct. 5, 2007