The European Union was has been bult over more than six decades, during which each and very one of us has continued to build our founding fathers’ European dream, so beautifully summarized by R. Schuman: “Europe will not be made all at once, or according to a single plan. It will be built...

Sometimes the possibility of being publicly identified as a complainant will be enough to discourage a person from complaining. That is especially true when being identified as a complainant exposes her to a greater likelihood of reprisal. This paper addresses the circumstances when such...

This Article advances the retirement reform debate by looking more closely at the fiduciary relationship that exists between trustees and beneficiaries involving public sector employee pension funds. It offers a singular view from historic equity. The Article aims to see how equity in the...

This article, the author's longstanding annual review of the Supreme Court's work in the employment area, examines in detail every decision of the 2015-2016 term relating to employment and labor law, with commentary on each case and additional observations about the Court's work in this term and...

Emerged in the UK and the US in the 1960s, the method of situation testing is considered by many researchers as one of the most efficient means to highlight and measure discrimination. First in the US, then in other countries, situation testing have also been used as a means to identify...

Attorneys representing business clients with 401(k) plans or colleges and universities with 403(b) plans should pay close attention to the growing number of successful lawsuits involving plan sponsors and trustees, particularly two U.S. Supreme Court cases that unanimously ruled in favor of plan...

Although federally- and state- chartered corporations function similarly, federal law privileges the former in at least one significant respect: their access to this nation’s federal courts. Pursuant to the language now codified in Section 1332 of the twenty-eighth title of the United States...

A central thesis of "An Economist's Perspective of Fiduciary Monitoring of Investments" by Dr. Susan Mangiero is that "ongoing oversight is an exercise in risk management" and that "[r]isk management is a never ending process." The article emphasizes the importance of (a) examining multiple risk...

Scholars have long sought to resolve whether and to what degree political actor diversity influences the outputs of political institutions like legislatures, administrative agencies, and courts. When it comes to the judiciary, diverse judges may greatly affect outcomes. Despite this potential,...

Romanian Abstract: Articolul prezintă opiniile jurisprudenţiale diferite, ilustrate cu extrase din hotărâri judecătoreşti, referitoare la modul de stabilire a cuantumului veniturilor obţinute din activităţi remunerate de beneficiarii anumitor categorii de pensii în scopul verificării...