This outline covers significant developments in federal income taxation along with a few other related topics that the author finds interesting, curious, or worthy of comment. It is not intended to provide exhaustive coverage, but it offers a selective treatment of items likely to interest...

This paper, which has been prepared for the conference on Economic Governance and Competition at Tilburg University, examines private ordering within the payment card industry to define appropriate security practices and to monitor compliance by network participants. This private ordering regime...

A private ordering regime has developed within the payment card industry to define appropriate security practices and to monitor compliance by network participants. Market demands for trustworthy systems upon which consumers and merchants could rely provide incentives for security, which the...

This article provides an analysis and critique of tax penalties affecting employers and individuals in the Affordable Care Act. After an overview of the Act and its intended role in addressing problems in the health insurance system, the article turns to examine the employer and individual...

This outline covers significant development in federal income taxation along with a few other interesting or noteworthy tax topics. The outline also includes brief coverage of the ATRA 2012 and some significant developments under the ACA. It is not intended to provide exhaustive coverage, but it...

This outline covers significant developments in federal income taxation along with related topics that the author finds interesting, curious, or worthy of comment. It is not intended to provide exhaustive coverage, but it offers a selective treatment of items likely to interest practitioners and...

This outline covers significant developments in federal income taxation along with a few other interesting or noteworthy tax topics arising during the preceding calendar year. It offers a selective treatment focusing on items likely to interest practitioners and advisors within a broad range of...

This article addresses an important public issue ? retirement security ? for self-employed small business owners. Although some in this cohort enjoy conspicuous affluence, many self-employed people ? such as shopkeepers, farmers, restaurateurs, and building contractors ? have modest incomes....

This article examines the framework of the Agreement for Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS Agreement) and assesses its impacts on domestic autonomy and authority in matters of food and environmental safety. The direct impact of the SPS Agreement appears quite limited, as only a few cases...

In recent years, the payment card industry has dealt with the matter of consumer liability for unauthorized charges. However, risks to consumers from identity theft and related use of personal data present new challenges for cardholders and those who profit from their usage, including merchants,...