Why Do Retail Investors Make Costly Mistakes? An Experiment on Mutual Fund Choice
Congress has recently acknowledged the need for a better understanding of investor behavior. In the Dodd–Frank Act, Congress instructed the… Continue reading →
Volume 162 (2013-2014)
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The Divided States of America: Reinterpreting Title VII’s National Origin Provision to Account for Subnational Discrimination Within the United States
From the marginalization of Native Americans to the bitter rivalry between the North and the South, discrimination within the United… Continue reading →
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Putting Plea Bargaining on the Record
More than a decade ago, Rolando Stockton rejected a plea bargain that came with a ten-year prison sentence, opting instead… Continue reading →
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Collateral Compliance
As most of us are aware, noncompliance with the tax law can lead to tax penalties, which almost always take… Continue reading →
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Insider Trading via the Corporation
A U.S. firm buying and selling its own shares in the open market can trade on inside information more easily… Continue reading →
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Bureaucracy at the Boundary
The traditional view of the federal administrative state imagines a bureaucracy consisting entirely of executive agencies under the control of… Continue reading →
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The Future of Recess Appointments After the Decision of the D.C. Circuit in Noel Canning v. NLRB
President Obama outraged congressional Republicans in early 2012 when he used his recess appointment power to name the first Director… Continue reading →
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Retroactivity, Strickland, and Alien Criminal Defendants: How the Chaidez Decision Raised More Questions Than It Answered
When the United States Supreme Court decides to hear a case, it does not grant certiorari simply on the case… Continue reading →
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If All Investment Banks Are Conflicted, Why Blame Barclays? An Examination of Investment Bank Fee Structures and Del Monte Foods
In February 2011, Vice Chancellor Laster held in In re Del Monte Foods Co. Shareholders Litigation that the Del Monte… Continue reading →
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“I’ll Take Form Over Substance for $800, Trebek”: Why Blueford Was Too Rigid and How States Can Properly Provide Double Jeopardy Protection
In August 2009, Arkansas tried Alex Blueford for the murder of a one‐year‐old child. Blueford was charged with capital murder,… Continue reading →