BYU Law continues to earn national recognition for its contributions to corporate and securities law scholarship. This year, Professors Gladriel Shobe and Jarrod Shobe were honored by Corporate Practice Commentator, which named their co-authored article, “Contractual Control in Dual-Class Corporations” among the top ten corporate and securities law articles of 2025.
Published in the Yale Journal on Regulation, the article argues that corporate insiders—especially founders of dual-class companies—are not just relying on high-vote stock to maintain control, but are increasingly pairing it with contractual rights to expand their influence. Drawing on new empirical data, the Shobes demonstrate that this combined approach significantly broadens insiders’ control over corporate decisions, with important implications for courts and policymakers examining corporate governance structures.
More than 440 articles were considered for inclusion on this year’s list, which is compiled annually by polling the nation’s corporate law professors to identify the most significant scholarship published in the field.
This latest honor builds on a strong tradition of scholarly excellence at BYU Law. Last year, two articles by Professor Matthew Jennejohn were included in this top ten list: “Contract Production in M&A Markets,” published in the University of Pennsylvania Law Review (with Steven Choi, Mitu Gulati, and Robert Scott), and “Gender and the Social Structure of Exclusion in U.S. Corporate Law,” published in the University of Chicago Law Review (with Afra Afsharipour).
Jennejohn’s scholarship spans both transactional and structural dimensions of corporate law, examining how contracts are produced in mergers and acquisitions as well as how systemic barriers shape participation and power within the field.
The repeated recognition of BYU Law faculty on this national list reflects both individual excellence and the strength of the institution’s broader academic community. Through rigorous and consequential scholarship, BYU Law continues to shape the development of corporate and securities law.
