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• Understanding the Federal Preemption Debate and a Potential Uniformity Solution
• Tax Penalties on Executive Compensation: Is the Cure Worse than the Disease?
• United States v. Skilling, 554 F.3d 529 (5th Cir. 2009)
• Where the Rubber Meets the Road: What Chinese Tires Mean for Obama's Trade Policy
• Keynote Remarks for Symposium on The Changing Business Landscape Sponsored by the Business Law Brief American University Washington College of Law, March 15, 2010
• Essay: Do Lawyers and Law Professors Have Any Comparative Advantages In Opining on Financial Regulation Reform?
• Greetings from the Editor
• Guiding Foreign Governments Through the Complex Intersection of Business, Law, and Foreign Policy: The Rising Importance of Washington Counsel
• Pressure Rising: Health Care Businesses Face Tougher Fraud Enforcement Amid Increased Criminal Presence in the Industry
• Red Flags in the Morning, Directors Take Warning...

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• Guiding Foreign Governments Through the Complex Intersection of Business, Law, and Foreign Policy: The Rising Importance of Washington Counsel
• Understanding the Federal Preemption Debate and a Potential Uniformity Solution
• Red Flags in the Morning, Directors Take Warning...
• Tax Penalties on Executive Compensation: Is the Cure Worse than the Disease?
• Eastern Market: The Interaction Between the Basel Committee on International Banking Regulation and the Opening of the Chinese Banking Market

  I. Introduction. II. Background. A. Capitalization of Assets and Deposit Insurance in International Banking. B. The Basel Committee. 1. Banking Post-World War II: The Rise and Fall of the Bretton-Woods System and the Creation of the Basel Committee. 2. Basel II: The Post-Modern International System ...

• What the World Can Teach America

  Traditional Model. Emerging Solutions. Solution. American Social Business. Legal Remedies. Social Business Model Defined. Regulatory Fixes. Conclusion....

• Massachusetts v. Fremont: Predatory Lending and the Creation of an Extraordinary Ex Post Facto Suitability Standard

  I. Introduction. II. Background. A. Current Legislative Suitability Standards Have Grown Out of Response to the Subprime Crisis. B. Judicially Created Suitability Standards are Becoming More Common as a Result of the Subprime Crisis. III. Analysis. A. The Court Decided Massachusetts v. Fremont...

• Follow The Global Silk Road to Security and Prosperity

  Introduction - The power of trade agreements - The negative effect of long standing sanctions - China: Revolution for globalization - UAE: Importing the world's talent - Singapore: Promoting meritocracy (...)...

• Clean Tech Opportunities in Green Building Legislation

  Introduction. I. Why Buildings Matter. Building Impacts. Building Turnover and New Construction. Gains from Building Efficiency. Spillover Effects of Land Use Policy. II. A Review of Recent Green Building Legislation. A. LEED-Based Zoning Ordinances. Boston. Chicago. Dallas. Los Angeles. San Diego. ...

• Citizens United v. Fed. Election Comm'n., No. 08-205, slip op. (U.S. Jan. 21, 2010)