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Ftc Enforcement Authority In The Modern Era: A Commission In Crisis?, Brandon Mantilla
Ftc Enforcement Authority In The Modern Era: A Commission In Crisis?, Brandon Mantilla
University of Miami Business Law Review
This note provides a brief history of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)’s enforcement authority before analyzing the U.S. Court of Appeals for the seventh Circuit’s circuit-splitting decision in FTC v. Credit Bureau Center, LLC. As the Supreme Court prepares to tackle questions surrounding authority to seek monetary relief, I contextualize how enforcement authority has historically been derived before analyzing how the issue may be resolved. Doing so involves engaging several cases that may prove consequential in determining the outcome and outlines potential legislative solutions to the battle over restitution. Before arriving at the most likely scenarios, a view of the …
Good Corporate Governance Policies And Disclosure Mechanisms In Startup Companies, Yahel Kaplan
Good Corporate Governance Policies And Disclosure Mechanisms In Startup Companies, Yahel Kaplan
University of Miami Business Law Review
In the past decades, particularly following the collapse of huge corporation such as WorldCom and Enron due to dubious or illegal financial management, countries began gradually increasing the oversight of publicly traded companies with few jurisdictions conjuring recommended corporate governance codes (RCGC) to ensure sufficient oversight, reduce manager’s ability to loot their companies, and ensure that shareholders’ and stakeholders’ interests are monitored effectively by companies. While RCGC was intended namely for public company, several organizations called for the adoption of RCGC in startup companies. Startup companies suffer from various failures which the classic corporate laws are not equipped to address …
Publicly Traded Justice, Samuel Ludington
Publicly Traded Justice, Samuel Ludington
University of Miami Business Law Review
Private prisons, like hotels, are most profitable when they are at maximum occupancy and their guests stay for longer periods of time. Because the business-model for private prisons is predicated on incarceration rates dictated by public policy, one would presume that private prison corporations expend great resources to advocating for stricter criminal laws and sentencing. This note explores the role of political lobbying and campaign contributions of private prison corporations to see if a correlative relationship exists between their advocacy and stricter crime laws. Part I of the note provides a history of private prisons in America and explores the …
Lessons For Today By The Deregulation Of Yesteryear: Analyzing Modern Capital Market Deregulation With Historical Examples, Jordan J. Saddoris
Lessons For Today By The Deregulation Of Yesteryear: Analyzing Modern Capital Market Deregulation With Historical Examples, Jordan J. Saddoris
University of Miami Business Law Review
Financial market regulators in the US have proposed cutting down their own rulebooks in recent years. However, when it comes to deregulating modern capital markets, the outcomes of historical alterations of similar natures should serve as lessons in what works and what doesn’t. This comment analyzes three modern-day proposals to deregulate US financial markets, using historical actions to argue for the likely efficacy of each.
Regulation Best Interest: Is The Sec Finally Choosing Main Street Over Wall Street?, Ana Marcos
Regulation Best Interest: Is The Sec Finally Choosing Main Street Over Wall Street?, Ana Marcos
University of Miami Business Law Review
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The Occ Fintech Charter And The Bank Holding Company Act, Lauren Bomberger
The Occ Fintech Charter And The Bank Holding Company Act, Lauren Bomberger
University of Miami Business Law Review
The definition of a bank under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (“BHCA”) has changed several times since the statute was first enacted. Congress has identified a number of underlying rationales for applying the BHCA to certain entities thus necessitating a change in the definition. Recent innovations in technology, however, have made it challenging to adapt the U.S. financial regulatory regime to these advances, particularly for the financial technology (“FinTech”) industry. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s (“OCC”) FinTech charter is one example of an attempt by a U.S. financial regulator to grapple with emerging technologies in …
Analysis Of Section 230 Under A Theory Of Premises Liability: A Focus On Herrick V.Grindr And Daniel V. Armslist, Kassandra C. Cabrera
Analysis Of Section 230 Under A Theory Of Premises Liability: A Focus On Herrick V.Grindr And Daniel V. Armslist, Kassandra C. Cabrera
University of Miami Business Law Review
Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (“CDA”) has been held to give online service providers acting as interactive computer services sweeping immunity for content posted on their platforms. The intention behind the creation of Section 230 was not to immunize online service providers from all liability. Rather, Section 230 was enacted to protect online intermediaries acting as “Good Samaritans” – those who made “good faith” efforts to restrict unlawful or harmful content, but due to the breadth of the internet and advancements in technology over or under-filtered content on their platforms. This note outlines an approach for courts to …
Proving Economic Loss For In-And-Out Traders In Light Of First Solar, Daniel Roy Settana Iii
Proving Economic Loss For In-And-Out Traders In Light Of First Solar, Daniel Roy Settana Iii
University of Miami Business Law Review
Federal courts have grappled with the issue of whether or not to include in-and-out traders in federal securities class action lawsuits. One set of courts has excluded in-and-out traders on the grounds that they could not prove loss causation, while another set of courts has included in-and-out traders because of the possibility that they could prove that they had suffered a loss. In Mineworker’s Pension Scheme versus First Solar, Inc., the Ninth Circuit recently addressed what should be the correct standard for loss causation. While the Ninth Circuit’s decision resolved its own intra-circuit split, the Court’s decision widened an already …
With Coronavirus Ravaging The Economy, Congress Shows Highest Tax Priorities: An Exploration Of The Provisions In The Cares Act And Beyond, Paul Nylen, Brian Huels, Shane Wheeler
With Coronavirus Ravaging The Economy, Congress Shows Highest Tax Priorities: An Exploration Of The Provisions In The Cares Act And Beyond, Paul Nylen, Brian Huels, Shane Wheeler
University of Miami Business Law Review
The virus known as SARS–CoV–21 (Coronavirus) swept over the United States in ways that no other crisis has affected modern society. While the Spanish Flu of 1918 has often been cited for its pandemic similarities to the Coronavirus, from an economic standpoint the attacks of September 11, 2001, and the Great Recession of 2008 are perhaps the Coronavirus’s best analogy for the modern economic carnage that has occurred. In those previous events, Congress responded with sweeping legislation like Dodd–Frank and the Patriot Act. With the Coronavirus, Congress responded with the CARES Act. Within the CARES Act are historical changes to …
Wells Fargo & Co. V. U.S.: A Potential Beginning Of The End Of The Objective Reasonable Basis Tax Penalty Defense, Beckett G. Cantley, Geoffrey C. Dietrich
Wells Fargo & Co. V. U.S.: A Potential Beginning Of The End Of The Objective Reasonable Basis Tax Penalty Defense, Beckett G. Cantley, Geoffrey C. Dietrich
University of Miami Business Law Review
The Internal Revenue Code (“IRC”) § 6662(a) permits the IRS to impose a twenty-percent (20%) accuracy-related penalty to an underpayment of tax, and there are several different defenses to this penalty depending on the facts of the case and the reason for the penalty.3 One of the most common accuracy-related penalties is the negligence penalty.4 Although there are multiple different reasons for the application of an accuracy-related penalty, only one penalty may be applied for each understatement.5 If a taxpayer faces the negligence penalty, one common defense is that the taxpayer’s return position has a reasonable basis under the relevant …
Bill Ab5 And The Gig Economy, Peter Buckley
Bill Ab5 And The Gig Economy, Peter Buckley
University of Miami Business Law Review
This paper explores California Assembly Bill No. 5 and its effect on the “gig economy.” Notably, this paper takes an in-depth look at companies providing cheap services to California residents and the detrimental effects on California business models by labeling independent contractors as employees. I will contrast the Bill with previous California court decisions on independent contracts and the joint ballot initiatives being jointly proposed by Uber, Lyft, DoorDash, and other gig companies. Within this paper I will refer to workers as “drivers” for the sake of simplicity; however, it should be noted that these companies refer to them as …
A Means To An End: How The Expansion Of The Federal Arbitration Act Of 1925 By The Supreme Court Created A Loophole For Corporations To Avoid Claims By Consumers And Workers Alike, Brittany L. Pushkin
A Means To An End: How The Expansion Of The Federal Arbitration Act Of 1925 By The Supreme Court Created A Loophole For Corporations To Avoid Claims By Consumers And Workers Alike, Brittany L. Pushkin
University of Miami Business Law Review
A Means to an End: How the Expansion of The Federal Arbitration Act of 1925 by the Supreme Court Created a Loophole for Corporations to Avoid Claims by Consumers and Workers Alike Arbitration is rarely thought of outside the legal and business world by the everyday lay person. Whether we know it or not—all of us, in some capacity, have agreed to a mandatory arbitration clause. A contract for cellular service, an employer-employee arrangement, or an agreement to open a bank account are just a few common examples that lock not only clients, but also employees, in contracts that contain …
The Hottest Employee Benefit Of 2020: Employers Offer To Repay Employees’ Student Loan Debt, Anne Kotlarz
The Hottest Employee Benefit Of 2020: Employers Offer To Repay Employees’ Student Loan Debt, Anne Kotlarz
University of Miami Business Law Review
The Student Loans Crisis has spread like wildfire reaching a whopping $1.56 trillion worth of debt. What started off as the Federal government’s initiative to encourage Americans to invest in their future through obtaining secondary education, has turned into a systemic crisis that burns just as hot as global warming. Lobbyists are currently petitioning Congress to enact meaningful legislation to extinguish the flames of the growing student loan debt. Most notably, the private sector is proposing congressional reform to amend the tax code to enable employers to offer employees student loan repayment assistance tax-free. This article delves into this proposal …
Rock The Cash-Bah! How Alston Presents A New Challenge To The Amateurism Justification And Ways The Ncaa Can Modernize To Remain Afloat, John Y. Doty
University of Miami Business Law Review
During the last decade, antitrust litigation involving Division I athletes and the NCAA has resulted in changes to the NCAA’s rules, presenting a threat to amateurism. As athletes have voiced concerns about their likeness being used without permission in video games, the difficulty of balancing sports and academics, and going to bed hungry when millions of dollars in profits are being made off of them, the NCAA has allowed conferences and schools to provide student-athletes with stipends for cost of attendance expenses. However, even though the NCAA has modified its rules, athletes continue to ask for more, and courts have …
A More Pixelated Union: A Look At The Path To Unionization In The Video Game Industry Under Trump’S National Labor Relations Board, William C. Selfridge
A More Pixelated Union: A Look At The Path To Unionization In The Video Game Industry Under Trump’S National Labor Relations Board, William C. Selfridge
University of Miami Business Law Review
In the past twenty years, the video game industry has become one of the largest entertainment industries not only in the United States but in the entire world. Yet as video game sales continue to increase at massive rates, it seems the conditions for those making the games have not improved with it, at least according to some in the know. While other entertainment industries have moved to unionize, those in the video game industry have yet to take that leap. To make matters worse, during the administration of President Donald J. Trump, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) shifted …