BY: Matthew Rosen, RBFL Student Editor In April of 2021, the Supreme Court laid down a ruling that severely diminished the Federal Trade Commission’s ability to obtain monetary relief in federal court. In AMG Capital Management, LLC v. Federal Trade Commission (AMG v. FTC) the court radically overhauled the dynamic within the court system. The […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
by Douglas Plume, RBFL Student Editor Since its founding in 1974, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission has had authority to regulate conduct in the markets for futures contracts of all sorts of commodities. Congress greatly expanded the CFTC’s authority and power in a number of ways with the passage of the Dodd-Frank Act in […]
by Zachary Zehner, RBFL Student Editor If I were a betting man, I would guess that the average reader has a bank account, a credit card, and maybe some even have an investment portfolio. With juggling all of these accounts and attempting to stick to one’s financial budget, many consumers opt for a third […]
by Steven Young, 2L Editor Microfinance gives low-income, seasonal-income, and otherwise indigent persons access to financial products that are typically reserved for wealthier customers. Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) specifically target these individuals who cannot participate in typical credit markets by providing atypical financial products and services. However, microloans are costly. Default risks are high, and the […]
by Lizbelle Taveras, 2L Editor The budding cannabis industry is a disruptive force that has crept—and is creeping—its way into a number of other industries. CB Insights has compiled a list of 23 wide-ranging industries that have begun incorporating cannabis products, or will begin to do so in the near future. Such industries include medicine, […]
by Kellen Safreed, 2L Editor As data collection, use, and analysis become increasingly central to the operations of many companies, users and governments are growing concerned about the risks this data harvesting may pose to individual privacy. Scandals over the past few years, such as Cambridge Analytica’s improper use of Facebook user data during the […]
by Kevin Brown, RBFL Student Editor The desirability and practicality of taxing net wealth has become a hot topic in the United States over the past few months due to support for such a tax by democratic presidential candidates such as Elizabeth Warren.[1]That being so, several European countries have already implemented (and some have […]