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David Lazarus on the role of government (informed by the current health crisis)
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Posted May 1, 2020 at Bswolfman's blog
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Major Dodd-Frank reform at risk under pressure from financial services industry
One major reform under the Dodd-Frank financial reform legislation was the requirement that anyone connected to a mortgage loan face real financial risk (that is, have "skin in the game") if the loan was not repaid. As Floyd Norris explains in this article, that principle is itself at risk because... Continue reading
Posted Nov 29, 2013 at Bswolfman's blog
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Did Members of Congress Trade on Inside Information Obtained from Administration Officials Before and During the 2008 Financial Meltdown?
Read this article about how members of Congress moved their personal financial assets on the eve of and during the 2008 financial crisis after talking to key Treasury Department officials. Here's an excerpt from the beginning of the article: On Jan. 23, [2008], [then-House Minority Leader, now Speaker of the... Continue reading
Posted Jun 24, 2012 at Bswolfman's blog
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Is there a repeat-player effect in litigation? In collection cases? In small-claims court?
New Empirical Studies on Arbitration
by Deepak Gupta Alexander J. S. Colvin of Cornell has just published an interesting and timely new article, An Empirical Study of Employment Arbitration: Case Outcomes and Processes, in the current issue of the Journal of Empirical Legal Studies. The study finds that employees fare worse in a...
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