Stefan J. Padfield is an Assistant Professor of Law at The University of Akron
School of Law. His areas of expertise cover a wide variety of business law topics. He is
currently teaching Basic Business Associations, Corporations, Securities Regulations, and
Mergers and Acquisitions. Professor Padfield received his B.A. from Brown University, and
J.D. from the University of Kansas School of Law. While in law school, he was a member of
both the moot court team and symposium editor for the Kansas Law Review. Prior to joining
the Akron Law faculty, Professor Padfield clerked for The Hon. John R. Gibson of the U.S.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, and The Hon. William E. Smith of the U.S.
District Court in Providence, R.I. Professor Padfield also worked as a corporate attorney
for Cravath, Swaine & Moore, LLP, in New York City. His recent scholarship includes
the articles “Is Puffery Material to Investors? Maybe We Should Ask Them,” 10 U. Pa. J.
Bus. & Emp. L. 339 (2008), and “Who Should Do the Math? Materiality Issues in
Disclosures That Require Investors to Calculate the Bottom Line,” 34 Pepp. L. Rev. 927
(2007) (selected for inclusion in the Securities Law Review 2008).

Articles

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Is Puffery Material to Investors? Maybe We Should Ask Them., University of Pennsylvania Journal of Business and Employment Law (2007)
In securities litigation, the puffery doctrine stands for the proposition that vague statements of corporate...
 

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Who Should Do the Math? Materiality Issues in Disclosures that Require Investors to Calculate the Bottom Line, Pepperdine Law Review (2007)
Corporations sometimes tread a fine line by disclosing the data necessary to calculate the bottom...
 

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In Search of a Higher Standard: Rethinking Fiduciary Duties of Directors of Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries, Fordham Journal of Corporate and Financial Law (2004)
An important, yet undeveloped, area of corporate law concerns the fiduciary duties of wholly-owned subsidiary...
 

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Self-Incrimination and Acceptance of Responsibility in Prison Sex Offender Treatment Programs, University of Kansas Law Review (2001)
In this Comment, I argue that the withholding of good time credits for refusal to...
 

Contributions to Books

Who Should do the Math? Materiality Issues in Disclosures that Require Investors to Calculate the Bottom Line, Securities Law Review (2008)
Forthcoming in 2008.