Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
Articles 1 - 3 of 3
Full-Text Articles in Law
Free Trade, Immigrant Workers, And Employment Discrimination, Angela D. Morrison
Free Trade, Immigrant Workers, And Employment Discrimination, Angela D. Morrison
Faculty Scholarship
This article reframes the outward-looking perspective on workers’ rights provisions in free trade agreements. It argues that those provisions provide an opportunity to reinforce the workplace rights of noncitizen workers in the United States. Scholars and worker advocates have criticized recent free trade agreements for their lack of enforcement mechanisms and protections for workers in developing countries. They argue that this has encouraged a race to the bottom on the part of multi-national corporations who relocate to developing countries to take advantage of cheap labor costs, thereby costing U.S. workers’ jobs.
This article shifts the focus. Instead, it argues that …
Regulation A+: New And Improved After The Jobs Act Or A Failed Revival?, Neal Newman
Regulation A+: New And Improved After The Jobs Act Or A Failed Revival?, Neal Newman
Faculty Scholarship
This piece is a follow-up to a previous article that I wrote on Regulation A. In April of 2012, then President Barack Obama signed into law the Jumpstart our Business Start Ups (JOBS) Act. Under the JOBS Act’s Title IV, Congress made revisions to a private offering exemption referred to as Regulation A with the intention of reviving an exempt offering option that was close to dormant. The primary Regulation A criticism being that issuers were required to do too much in terms of providing business and financial disclosure where the most the issuer could raise though a Regulation A …
Developing Workplace Law Programming: A Labor Of Love, Michael Z. Green
Developing Workplace Law Programming: A Labor Of Love, Michael Z. Green
Faculty Scholarship
Professor Green reflects and comments on his work in developing workplace law programming as a key component of the annual SEALS program.