
Peter P. Weidenbruch, Jr. Professor of Business Law
Robert B. Thompson
B.A., Vanderbilt; J.D., University of Virginia
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Jessica Dowd
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Scholarship
Robert B. Thompson, Mergers and Acquisitions: Law and Finance (New York: Wolters Kluwer Law & Business 4th ed. 2022).
Research Handbook on Corporate Purpose and Personhood (Elizabeth Pollman & Robert B. Thompson eds., Northampton, Mass.: Edward Elgar 2021).
[BOOK] Charles R.T. O'Kelley & Robert B. Thompson, Corporations and Other Business Associations: Selected Statutes, Rules, and Forms (New York: Wolters Kluwer Law & Business 2017-2020) (publishing annual editions).
Contributions to Law Reviews and Other Scholarly Journals
Book Chapters & Collected Works
Robert B. Thompson, The Shareholders Cause of Action for Oppression, in The Best of The Business Lawyer: 75 Years of Corporate Law 713-760 (Karl John Ege & John F. Olson eds., Chicago: American Bar Association 2020).
In The News
"Goldman Ruling Unlikely To Move Needle On Class Actions," coverage by Law 360, June 22, 2021, featuring Professor Robert B. Thompson.
"US businesses want immunity from coronavirus lawsuits," coverage in Quartz, April 24, 2020, featuring Professor Robert Thompson.
"Can Ferro defeat a turncoat at Tronc?," coverage in Crain's Chicago Business, March 31, 2017, featuring Professor Robert Thompson.
"America’s Top Business Court Gets Dragged Into a Lover’s Quarrel," coverage in Bloomberg Law, August 31, 2016, quoting Professor Robert B. Thompson.