In recent years securities markets have become increasingly interconnected, and securities fraud frequently crosses borders. The United States' well-developed private enforcement mechanism for securities fraud is very attractive to investors around the world who are harmed by transnational...

With globalization, securities markets have become increasingly interconnected, and securities fraud frequently crosses borders, creating problems for national regulators seeking to deter and punish fraud. The United States' well-developed private enforcement mechanism for securities fraud is...

This essay discusses recent development of the Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) on lawfulness of the use of the gender factor in calculation of insurance premiums and benefits. After summarizing effective regulation of the United States and the European Union, the essay provides not...

The Introduction posted here is from the author's book on "Tax Free Trade Zones of the World and in the United States" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2012), posted on SSRN by permission of the author and publisher.Within the last few years small and large international companies in all corners of the...

The incidence of counterfeiting and trademark infringement has surged with the widespread use of online marketplaces, such as eBay, the Internet auction platform. As a result, such sites have faced a steady stream of lawsuits brought by prominent trademark owners in United States and European...

In this Essay, I discuss the relationship between religion and government in the contemporary United States, addressing the period from the 1940s to the present. In so doing, I explore questions of religious liberty, including the protection of religious “free exercise” as well as the...

The Supreme Court's recent decision in United States v. Windsor striking down a crucial section of the Defense of Marriage Act means that validly married same-sex couples are now entitled to the federal benefits associated with marriage. Subsequent decisions by various administrative agencies...

Brief of Tri Valley Law as Amicus Curiae in support of the Hobby Lobby parties in their challenge to the contraception mandate in the Affordable Care Act. This brief was the basis for a subsequent paper on the case, specifically, and the First Amendment Free Exercise Clause implications of the...

Using Indiana Supreme Court data and focusing on tightly split opinions, we develop a method for producing a graphical display of all possible majorities of a five-member supreme court in a circle showing all opinions by ideological slant (liberal and conservative). We apply a similar method to...