This research was designed to examine the growth in popularity of Special Purpose Acquisition Companies, particularly the U.S. Federal Government’s responsibility for such growth and their concerns and proposed solutions. I will attempt to answer the following questions: (1) What...

This paper poses the question whether insider trading should be legalized. The paper proceeds to introduce the work of the academic father of insider trading, Henry G. Manne, and proceeds to introduce his critics arguments before ending with a surprising conclusion. There is no right or wrong...

The United States Department of Justice recently announced an antitrust lawsuit against the search and search advertising giant, Google. Referencing anticompetitive practices that restrict competition and harm consumers, the DOJ, by attempting to break up Google’s control of the search market...

Litigation finance is a relatively new financial product that has the potential to unlock the justice system for an unmeasurable number of people in the United States who have suffered injustices that would represent meritorious claims if the victims could afford to bring a civil case....

In November 2005, United States Department of Defense Directive 3000.05 conveyed a new core mission upon the United States armed forces – stability operations – which are now viewed as equally important to combat operations. In October 2006, the United States Army and the United States...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was created in the wake of the Global Financial Crisis of 2008 to protect consumers from the predatory practices of businesses involved in the provision of consumer finance, whether that be a retail bank making housing loans to individual debtors, or...

We examine two recent cases of relative Left success—the Battle of Seattle and Occupy Wall Street—and argue that in each case an effective dynamism between radical and reform wings drove gains. This analysis is not meant to deny political difference and hawk false unity. Instead we...