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Fitness Tax Credits: Costs, Benefits, And Viability, Daniel M. Reach
Fitness Tax Credits: Costs, Benefits, And Viability, Daniel M. Reach
Northwestern Journal of Law & Social Policy
As the number of overweight and obese Americans rises, it becomes increasingly clear that Americans need further incentives to stimulate lasting lifestyle changes. Tax incentives focused on exercise, which have been largely unexplored to this point, are an effective response to the growing obesity problem in the United States that would largely avoid the political opposition that tax policies focused on diet have encountered. In addition, they would also provide a more palatable solution for the taxpayer beneficiaries with a relatively low impact on government revenues. Viable tax incentives to encourage greater fitness include tax credits and sales tax breaks, …
Is Canada The New Shangri-La Of Global Securities Class Actions?, Tanya J. Monestier
Is Canada The New Shangri-La Of Global Securities Class Actions?, Tanya J. Monestier
Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business
There has been significant academic buzz about Silver v. Imax, an Ontario case certifying a global class of shareholders alleging statutory and common law misrepresentation in connection with a secondary market distribution of shares. Although global class actions on a more limited scale have been certified in Canada prior to Imax, it can now be said that global classes have “officially” arrived in Canada. Many predict that the Imax decision means that Ontario will become the new center for the resolution of global securities disputes. This is particularly so after the United States largely relinquished this role in Morrison v. …
Recent Decisions Under The Investment Canada Act: Is Canada Changing Its Stance On Foreign Direct Investment?, Simone Collins
Recent Decisions Under The Investment Canada Act: Is Canada Changing Its Stance On Foreign Direct Investment?, Simone Collins
Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business
With the globalization of the world’s economy, countries have relied heavily on foreign direct investment within their borders to spur domestic economic growth and compete in the global marketplace. Canada, historically a leading destination for foreign investors, has seen its share of global foreign direct investment decline steadily over the past several decades. Most recently, Canada has made waves in the global community by taking positive actions to interfere with foreign acquisitions of Canadian entities, despite the Canadian government’s declarations to global competitors advocating free market principles and denouncing protectionist policies. This article discusses Canada’s procedures governing foreign direct investment …
Medical Waste Regulation In The United States: A Dire Need For Recognition And Reform, Christina Louise Martini
Medical Waste Regulation In The United States: A Dire Need For Recognition And Reform, Christina Louise Martini
Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business
This Comment will discuss the current methods by which medical waste is regulated in the United States and how the scientific data regarding medical waste demonstrates a misplaced emphasis on its regulation. Part II of this Comment discusses what constitutes medical waste and current methods for its disposal. Part III discusses the reasons why the medical waste problem began and the real versus perceived risks of medical waste and its disposal. In addition, the current federal and state medical waste regulation in the United States is discussed, and its effects on the states and the health-care industry are examined in …
Red Raspberries: Effective Dispute Settlement In The Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement, Thomas M. Boddez, Alan M. Rugman
Red Raspberries: Effective Dispute Settlement In The Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement, Thomas M. Boddez, Alan M. Rugman
Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business
By negotiating the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the United States, the Canadian government sought to ensure its exporters more secure and predictable access to the huge United States market, where a majority of Canadian foreign trade is conducted. Canadian exporters were especially concerned with the increased imposition of antidumping (AD) and countervailing duties (CVD) by the United States. Trade laws in the United States are effected through the International Trade Commission (ITC) and the International Trade Administration of the Department of Commerce (ITA). These bodies are central to the bifurcated, quasi-judicial administrative system used in the United States to …
Extraterritorial Application Of Canadian Foreign Investment Review, Kathleen M. O'Laughlin
Extraterritorial Application Of Canadian Foreign Investment Review, Kathleen M. O'Laughlin
Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business
The ICA, which purportedly liberalized review of foreign investment, in fact reaffirmed the Foreign Investment Review Agency's role in reviewing extraterritorial transactions indirectly affecting control of Canadian business.' This Comment examines the policy implications of FIRA's and ICA's extraterritorial application, and concludes that it is unnecessary and counterproductive when direct control of Canadian business is unchanged, or when contractual liability follows a direct change of control.
Extraterritoriality: A Candian Perspective, Allan E. Gotlieb
Extraterritoriality: A Candian Perspective, Allan E. Gotlieb
Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business
Extraterritoriality, or "ET" as it is known in the trade, has long been a controversial subject in international law. In recent years, several dramatic examples of its application have raised its profile considerably. Perhaps the most glamorous treatment of extraterritoriality is E.T., the recent fil abou the dilemmas an unusual creature faces when he finds himself trapped in a foreign jurisdiction.