Taxation & Estate Planning

Heriot on Law School Affirmative Action
Gail L. Heriot (University of San Diego - School of Law) has posted Affirmative Action in American Law Schools (Journal of Contemporary Legal issues, Vol. 17, 2008) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: The United States Commission on Civil Rights...

Affirmative Action by Law Schools
Gail Heriot has posted to SSRN her paper, Affirmative Action in American Law Schools: The United States Commission on Civil Rights recently held a briefing entitled, “Affirmative Action in American Law Schools” at which witnesses with differing perspectives discussed troubling evidence that race-based affirmative action policies may have harmed rather than helped minority students...

The ABA and Law School Affirmative Action:
In yesterday's Wall Street Journal, Gail Heriot had an interesting essay on the role of the American Bar Association in requiring affirmative action programs at law schools as a condition...

How Mismatches Devastate Minority Students
Gail Heriot, a law professor at the University of San Diego, is a new member of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. Her Statement accompanying the Commission?s report on affirmative action in law schools is a very good summary of UCLA law professor Richard Sander?s ?mismatch? research, and its implications, on which the report is largely based.

Academic Freedom and Law School Accreditation
A number of interesting academic freedom issues are in the news and I hope to post on a number of them in the next few days. To begin, I have finally had an opportunity to read what Dan calls "USD Prawf Gail Heriot's sparky op-ed in the WSJ ...

Stigma
The Chronicle of Higher Education reports on a new survey of students at seven law schools that purports to show that beneficiaries of affirmative action preferences do not feel stigmatized...

Paxil Lawsuit
Paxil Claims, Lawsuits, and Injuries

KeyBank USA
alleging the bank offered loans for fraudulent vocational schools.

American Airlines Settles Price Fixing Class Action
American Airlines Settles Price Fixing Class Action

American Corrective Counseling Services to Pay $2.55 Million In Pennsylvania Class Action
American Corrective Counseling Services to Pay $2.55 Million In Pennsylvania Class Action

Kamehameha Schools
$7 million non-native Hawaiian racial discrimination settlement.

American Equity Investment Life
Settles Class Action

Nine Figure Settlement Approved in American Investors Life Insurance Class Action
Nine Figure Settlement Approved in American Investors Life Insurance Class Action