Legal Writing

My New Year's resolutions
I???ve never made New Year???s resolutions before. Now is a good time to start, because there are some good books that I want to read???or finish reading. So for 2009, I resolve to do the following: Finish Thinking Like a...

New Years Resolutionsnot again!
The web is loaded with sites on new year’s resolutions. There are websites and articles that describe how anywhere from 70 to 90% of people who make resolutions break their resolve within a few weeks of January 1st! The fed has come up with some help...

Exxon Shareholder Meeting: Resolutions Lose
Everyone is claiming victory after three notable shareholder resolutions failed at the spring Exxon annual shareholder meeting. The shareholder's, supported by Rockefeller heirs, attracted close to 40 percent of the votes cast...

FY 2009 Budget and Tax Documents
FY 2009 Budget General Explanations of the FY 2009 Budget ("Bluebook") Treasury Department Press Release FY 2009 Budget Tax Proposals FY 2009 Budget-in-Brief FY 2009 IRS Budget FY 2009 Tax Expenditure Budget FY 2009 Tax Receipts FY 2009 White House...

Say on Pay: A Bust
The Wall Street Journal todays has a nice piece by Tom McGinty on shareholders resolutions that ratify executive pay. Investors in struggling banks do not seem to want to vote for the resolutions...

UNGA Adopts Climate Change-Related Resolutions
Last week, among 34 development-related actions put forward by its Second Committee (Economic and Financial), the UN General Assembly (UNGA) adopted a number of resolutions including consideration of the economic ramifications of climate change...