Human Rights Law

Mitt Romney's Tax Plan: 'Timid and Tactical'
Believe in America: Mitt Romney's Plan for Jobs and Economic Growth (160 pages; tax policy at 36-51): The best course in the near term is to overhaul and to dramatically simplify the current tax code, eliminate taxes on savings for the middle class, and recognize that because we tax investment...

More on Mitt Romney's Tax Returns
Following up on this morning's post, Caron: Romney Is Surprisingly Ill-Prepared on Tax Issue: Bloomberg, Harvard MBA Degree Earns Romney ?C-? on Tax Plan, by Caroline Baum Forbes, Mitt Romney's Teachable Moment on Capital Gains, by Len Burman The Hill, Romney Says He Won?t Release His Tax Returns Just Because...

NPR Reviews Mitt Romney's Record on Abortion
NPR: Mitt Romney's Evolution On Abortion, by Julie Rovner: Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has been labeled a flip-flopper. And when it comes to abortion, the former governor of Massachusetts appears to have changed his position from being in favor...

WSJ: Mitt Romney Needs a Bold Tax Plan to Counter His Tax Return Missteps
Wall Street Journal editorial, Mitt Romney's 15%: After His Tax Rate News, He Needs a Big Reform Proposal: Mitt Romney hasn't yet made the case for lower, flatter tax rates as a boon to economic growth, but perhaps he'll be inspired by the power of his own example...

Linda Beale on Mitt Romney
Tax Prof Linda Beale (Wayne State) offers some thoughts on Mitt Romney: More on Romney's Privileged Roots (Dec. 26, 2011) Romney's Wall St. J. Interview with Gigot--Protecting the Rich (Dec...

Kleinbard: Mitt Romney's Marvelously Unburdened Income
Edward Kleinbard (USC), Mitt Romney's Marvelously Unburdened Income: Presentations like Romney and the Burden of Double Taxation, by John Berlau and Trey Kovacs in the op-ed page of the Wall Street Journal on January 24th, have suggested that it is wrong to conclude that Governor Romney's effective tax rate in...

Women and the Law
Women in the Justice System (judges, attorneys)

Dumb Foreign Laws
Stupid Laws of Other Countries

Traditional and Roth 401Ks
Selecting the right Retirement Plan

H&R Block Retirement Plan Fraud
How to Join Class Action Suit

Dumb California Laws
Stupid Laws in the Sunshine State

Pre-paid Leagal Services
What are Prepaid Legal Benefit Plans

Lipitor
Review of Studies Show No Significant Benefit in Women

Female Employees Sue Goldman Sachs for Sex Discrimination
Female Employees Sue Goldman Sachs for Sex Discrimination

Female Sales Reps Win Gender Case Against Novartis
Female Sales Reps Win Gender Case Against Novartis

Michigan
Settles Female Prisoner Sexual Abuse Lawsuit for $100 Million

Nortel
faces class action over changes to employee pension plan

Yellow Freight Pension Plan
alleging ERISA violations