Corporate & Securities Law

NOT CLEAR ON THE ROLE OF INCENTIVES: Italian Seismologists Charged With Manslaughter for Not Predic
NOT CLEAR ON THE ROLE OF INCENTIVES: Italian Seismologists Charged With Manslaughter for Not Predicting 2009 Quake. “Italian government officials have accused the country’s top seismologist of manslaughter, after failing to predict a natural disaster that struck Italy in 2009, a massive devastating earthquake that killed 308 people...

CCH Tax Briefing on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
As tax cuts remain a large part of the overall stimulus package, CCH has issued a Tax Briefing regarding the agreement. Highlights include: Individual Incentives Business Incentives Energy Incentives Help for State/Local Governments [RJ]

Do Politicians Have Good Incentives to Promote Airport Security
In a response to my post arguing that politicians have strong incentives to not enact good security measures before terrorist attacks and engage in ?security theater? afterwards, Orin argues that politicians actually do have good incentives: In my experience, politicians have the right incentives in this area...

Incentives have their benefits . . . we think
Ahhh to be in school again. BoardBuzz would have loved to receive gifts for being a good student. There were no such rewards back in BoardBuzz's day, but many of today's students are much luckier...

Legal Incentives for Organ Donation
Senator Arlen Specter (R-Pennsylvania) is circulating draft legislation called the Organ Donor Clarification Act. The bill would make clear that federal law does not forbid states from sponsoring non-cash incentives for organ donation...

More on Markets and the Impact of Energy Subsidies
A little while back I discussed energy incentives (see here) and noted that people often forget that the incentives for traditional, non-renewable fuel energy ?far outweigh renewable industry incentives...

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