Author: Dalton Battin

Regulatory Landscape in Wyoming and Wyoming’s Leadership in Cryptocurrency

BY: Melissa Pereira, RBFL Student Editor Cryptocurrency (“Crypto”) financial technology may be the future of transacting. However, there are regulatory obstacles to overcome before widespread adoption and usage can be achieved. My developmental article extensively discusses these regulatory obstacles, the need for a clear regulatory framework of crypto, Wyoming’s leadership in implementing crypto-friendly regulation, as […]

The United States’ Foreign Direct Investment Screening Regime in a Post-COVID World

BY: Margaux Arntson, RBFL Student Editor The COVID-19 pandemic (“pandemic”, “COVID-19”) and countries’ responsive containment measures brought shockwaves to the world, especially to worldwide supply and demand. The pandemic disrupted global production networks, leaving many countries’ economies in turmoil. This environment presented opportunistic buyers with the chance to acquire or invest in foreign sectors and […]

Pension Funds Investing in Private Equity

BY: Morgan Sciumbato Public pension funds issue retirement benefits to many of the public servants in the United States. Beneficiaries contribute money to the fund throughout their careers, and then once they retire, they are guaranteed steady retirement payments from the pension fund.  However, many of the public pension funds in the United States are […]

Can Executive Compensation Lead to More Corporate Diversity?

BY: Isha Kumar, RBFL Student Editor Firms often tie executive compensation to corporate social responsibility goals such as increased diversity, energy efficiency, employee wellbeing and product safety. [1] Recently, since 2020, large companies such as Nike, Starbucks and McDonald’s have begun to incentivize executives to achieve diversity hiring goals by increasing executive compensation if these […]

Evolving Taxation of Cryptocurrency Under the Biden Administration

BY: Kaden Killpack, RBFL Student Editor In the last decade, cryptocurrency investment and exchanges have skyrocketed. Popularity has surged because of the widespread use of the internet, transaction speed, and reliability. Cryptocurrency is bought, sold, mined, and traded over the internet through a network of thousands of computers. There is no centralized server that holds […]