Corporate & Securities Law

How Much Should a CD Cost
Well, of course, a CD should cost whatever the market says it should cost. It's a matter of supply and demand, as anybody familiar with the most basic economic principles will tell you...

China's New Anti Monopoly Law. A Post About Nothing Cause Nothing From Nothing Means Nothing.
We must not make a scarecrow of the law, Setting it up to fear the birds of prey, And let it keep one shape, till custom make it Their perch and not their terror. William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure My friend Stan Abrams over at China Hearsay posts on why he has not posted on China's new Anti-Monopoly law...

Government Begets More Government
Actions by which the government arbitrarily alters the terms of contracts create what economic historian Robert Higgs terms "regime uncertainty."... Regime uncertainty discourages private investment and impedes economic recovery because investors must take into account, not only the increased uncertainty due to the recession, but also uncertainty about what the government will do next...

Monopoly -- Income Tax Edition
Check out Monopoly: Income Tax Edition: This is a fairly easy Monopoly game expansion to teach youngsters the principles of filing and paying income tax. It includes an income tax form on which players keep track of income and deductions, figure and pay their income tax at the end of...

Oligarchy + Monopoly Oligopoly
I've long been aware of the words oligarchy and monopoly, but I've only just discovered the word oligopoly Oligarchy + Monopoly ? Oligopoly

Monopoly Shuffle: A Remix Contest
On May 28-30, The Center for Intellectual Property at the University of Maryland University College will be hosting a symposium focused on U.S. copyright monopoly, technological innovation and higher education institutions titled “Monopoly: Playing the Innovation Game”...

Apple Inc.
allegedly maintained an illegal monopoly on the digital music market.

Albertsons et al.
allegedly injected dye into farm raised salmon to make it appear more palatable.

Holiday Inn Express
Complimentary simplySmartâ„¢ "Remove" Make Up Remover Recalled

Medical Errors
Annual Cost to Insurers Nearly $1.5 Billion

NCAA and Ticketmaster
alleging they have a monopoly on college sports events and charge non-refundable fees to enter a lottery for the rights to purchase tickets to the sporting events.

Antitrust
Price Fixing Could Cost Consumers up to $300 Billion Annually