Estate Planning

Yermack on Charitable Stock Gifts by Executives of Publicly Traded Companies
David Yermack (NYU, Stern School of Business) has posted Deduction ad absurdum: CEOs Donating Their Own Stock to Their Own Family Foundations on SSRN. Here is the abstract: ïEFFI study large charitable stock gifts by Chairmen and CEOs of public...

More on Why Stock Gifts Precede Large Value Declines
Yesterday, I blogged the new paper by David Yermack (NYU, Stern School of Business), Deduction ad absurdum: CEOs Donating Their Own Stock to Their Own Family Foundations. The New York Times and Wall Street Journal picked up the story today:...

Top 5 Tax Paper Downloads
There is a bit of movement on this week's list of the Top 5 Recent Tax Paper Downloads, with a new paper debuting on the list at #5: 1. [367 Downloads] Deduction Ad Absurdum: CEOs Donating Their Own Stock to...

Economic Foundations of Competition Laws: The Benefits of Monopoly vs. the Benefits of Competition
Posted D. Daniel Sokol A paper by Alfonso Londoño and Juan Gutierrez of Pontificia Universidad Javeriana's Law School provide an analysis of the Economic Foundations of Competition Laws: The Benefits of Monopoly vs...

Another Back-Dating Scandal on the Horizon
I just stumbled upon this article today. (I literally stumbled upon it, and if you haven't tried stumbleupon, you are missing out on great web sites, and one of the best time-wasters invented by modern man)...

Insider Trading and Gifts
The law of insider trading is a dismal mess, a result of the Supreme Court's decision in cases like Dirks and Chiarella.  In those two cases, the Court essentially limited insider trading to the violation of a fiduciary duty...

Military Veterans Benefits
How to obtain full range of benefits for veterans and dependnets

Military Veterans Benefits, Part 3
Other Benefits

Military Veterans Benefits, Part 4
Where to get help

Stock Splits and Reverse Stock Splits
How splits can affect stock value

Immigration Related Employment Discrimination & Unfair Labor Practices
What to do about employers who discriminate because of national origin

Military Veterans Benefits, Part 2
Training, Healthcare, and Death Benefits

Merrill Lynch and Bank of America
CEOs Sued in Class Action

Inmate Possessions
Washington Department of Corrections agrees to pay current and former inmates $75 each for donating or destroying personal property.

Social Security Loses Class Action, Will Pay $500 Million in Benefits
Social Security Loses Class Action, Will Pay $500 Million in Benefits

Retired Steel Workers Win Pension Benefits Class Action for $51 Million
Retired Steel Workers Win Pension Benefits Class Action for $51 Million

Spa Factor
Aromatherapy Fountain & Bath Benefits Kits Recalled

Georgette Klinger Spa
alleging unpaid wages and benefits and violation of the WARN Act.