# kaal:claim:kaal-2013-acomparativeperspectiveo-001

**Claim.** The nearly insurmountable standard for liability in oversight cases in the United States undermines the signalling of the expected standard of conduct, and this could have long-term implications for American corporate law.

**Type.** failure  **Support.** argued

**Holds when.**

- United States, Delaware corporate law
- oversight or duty to monitor claims

**Source quote.**

> The nearly insurmountable standard for liability in oversight cases and its effect on signalling the expected standard of conduct could have long-term implications for corporate law in the United States.

**From.** Kaal, *A Comparative Perspective on the Limitations of the Duty of Oversight – A Comment on Lisa Fairfax* (2013), Abstract, page 3

**Cite as.** Kaal, A Comparative Perspective on the Limitations of the Duty of Oversight – A Comment on Lisa Fairfax (2013)

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**Failure mode.** signalling failure of an unreachable liability standard  (family: enforcement-gap)

**Topics.** corporate-governance, law-and-legal-systems, governance-design

**Keywords.** duty-of-oversight, director-liability, delaware-law, signalling, corporate-governance

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