Using data from the 2009 American Housing Survey and Hazard Model, this paper provides empirical evidence that the homeownership experience during the recent housing boom and housing bust was not homogenous across all groups in the U.S. The recent deterioration of underwriting practices and a...

This paper analyzes the U.K. Supreme Courts' decision on how customers of Lehman Brothers (International) Europe, the U.K. affiliate of Lehman Brothers Inc., ruled on Part 7 of the U.K. Client Money Fund regulations. The paper also compares the differences between the U.S. Customer Segregation...

In March 2003, the Supreme Court of Argentina declared unconstitutional the controversial Presidential "Pesification" Decree, which forcibly converted billions in U.S. dollar-denominated bank deposits into pesos. This issue has subjected an already controversial Court to heightened scrutiny and...

The paper aims to describe the impact of the current financial crisis on the law and the legal profession. The financial crisis has unfolded and become publicly visible in the second half of 2007 with the issues around subprime, has then developed further into a global financial crisis in 2008...

Should transactional lawyers bear responsibility when their competent actions facilitate unlawful activity by their client? Or is a lawyer's only concern to act in the client's interest by providing her with the advice and support she seeks? The high profile failure of Lehman Brothers provides a...

The United States faces three simultaneous crises: a pandemic, a civil-rights reckoning, and a crisis of democracy. The first of these crises has sparked dramatic—though potentially temporary—changes to the practice of law: moving much legal work to remote settings almost overnight, after...

Commentary about the Supreme Court’s 2021 decision in United States v. Arthrex, Inc., has focused on the nexus of patent and administrative law. But this overlooks a seismic and as-yet unappreciated copyright implication of the decision: it renders the Copyright Royalty Board (CRB)...