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Recent Supreme Court Arbitration Rulings Affect Employment And Class Action Arbitrations, Kristen M. Blankley
Recent Supreme Court Arbitration Rulings Affect Employment And Class Action Arbitrations, Kristen M. Blankley
Nebraska College of Law: Faculty Publications
The United States Supreme Court remains active in the area of arbitration law, deciding between one and three arbitration cases per term over the course of the last five or so years. Despite their recentness, many of these arbitration decisions are already considered “landmark” cases, drastically affecting the way attorneys, arbitrators, and judges approach arbitration cases. This short article recounts some of the most important arbitration decisions of the last decade, focusing on cases relating to labor and employment issues and class action issues.
The first section of this article considers cases dealing with labor and employment issues, as well …
Why I Am A Libertarian In Secular America, Richard F. Duncan
Why I Am A Libertarian In Secular America, Richard F. Duncan
Nebraska College of Law: Faculty Publications
Argues that the selective funding of education in secular government schools guarantees religious inequality in America.
Using The Public Natural Resource Management Laws To Improve Water Pollution Anti-Degradation Policies, Sandra Zellmer, Robert Glicksman
Using The Public Natural Resource Management Laws To Improve Water Pollution Anti-Degradation Policies, Sandra Zellmer, Robert Glicksman
Nebraska College of Law: Faculty Publications
The Clean Water Act’s principal goal is to “restore and maintain” the integrity of the nation's surface water bodies. The Act’s adoption was spurred largely by the perception that unchecked pollution had caused the degradation of those waters, making them unsuitable for uses such as fishing and swimming. At the time Congress passed the statute, however, some lakes, rivers, and streams had water quality that was better than what was needed to support these uses. An important question was whether the statute would limit discharges with the potential to impair these high quality waters. EPA’s anti-degradation policy sought to ensure …
Crowdfunding And The Federal Securities Laws, C. Steven Bradford
Crowdfunding And The Federal Securities Laws, C. Steven Bradford
Nebraska College of Law: Faculty Publications
Crowdfunding-the use of the Internet to raise money through small contributions from a large number of investors-could cause a revolution in small-business financing. Through crowdfunding, smaller entrepreneurs, who traditionally have had great difficulty obtaining capital, have access to anyone in the world with a computer, Internet access, and spare cash to invest. Crowdfunding sites such as Kiva, Kickstarter, and IndieGoGo have proliferated, and the amount of money raised through crowdfunding has grown to billions of dollars in just a few years.
Crowdfunding poses two issues under federal securities law. First, crowdfunding sometimes involves the sale of securities, triggering the registration …
Dirty Harry Meets Dirty Diapers: Masculinities, At-Home Fathers & Making The Law Work For Families, Methodology, Beth A. Burkstrand-Reid
Dirty Harry Meets Dirty Diapers: Masculinities, At-Home Fathers & Making The Law Work For Families, Methodology, Beth A. Burkstrand-Reid
Nebraska College of Law: Faculty Publications
Dirty Harry Meets Dirty Diapers: Masculinities, At-Home Fathers, And Making the Law Work for Families, Methodology, Texas Journal of Women & the Law.
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