Taxation & Estate Planning

CEOs as outside directors
In our paper Why do firms appoint CEOs as outside directors? which was recently accepted for publication in the Journal of Financial Economics, my co-authors Rüdiger Fahlenbrach and Angie Low, and I investigate in detail the role of outside board members who are CEOs of U...

Researchers Study CEOs' Annual Shareholders' Letters for Tone
A press release from University of Nebraska: Study unlocks language of CEOs; provides 'heads-up' for auditors Honesty, attitude and behavior of CEOs, sometimes referred to as ?tone-at-the-top,? mean a lot to analysts and shareholders of any company, especially as firms...

The long and short of it on breaks
Breaks are an essential part of the learning process. One that is frequently overlooked by law students and law professors alike. We need both long breaks and short breaks to function at our best...

Lawyer CEOs
The firing of Prince at Citigroup and Cherkasky at Marsh & Mclennan has some wondering whether lawyers make good CEOs. Too much attentiont to process and not enough attention to results was common in both firings...

Corporate Democracy is a Myth
Recently, there has been a great deal of outrage concerning the huge pay and severance packages awarded to a number of CEOs. There has been much criticism of the fact that CEOs earn 520 times that of the average worker...

Piracy and Al Qaida.
We all knew that President Obama, like President Bush, would have to defend Americans from a ruthless foreign organization?actually, a cluster of similarly motivated foreign organizations?that takes advantage of the chaotic...

Dumb Foreign Laws
Stupid Laws of Other Countries

Foreign Investment and National Security Act of 2007
Strengthens examination requirements of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States

Merrill Lynch and Bank of America
CEOs Sued in Class Action

Medtronic CD Horizon
allegedly recalled as defective device for being prone to failure, shearing and cable breaks.

Schwan's Frozen Chicken
Recalled for Foreign Materials

Signal International
allegedly lured foreign workers to US shipyards with false promises of permanent resident status.