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Energy Re-Investment, Hari M. Osofsky, Jacqueline Peel, Brett H. Mcdonnell, Anita Foerster

Indiana Law Journal

Despite worsening climate change threats, investment in energy—in the United States and globally—is dominated by fossil fuels. This Article provides a novel analysis of two pathways in corporate and securities law that together have the potential to shift patterns of energy investment.

The first pathway targets current investments and corporate decision-making. It includes efforts to influence investors to divest from owning shares in fossil fuel companies and to influence companies to address climate change risks in their internal decision-making processes. This pathway has received increasing attention, especially in light of the Paris Agreement and the Trump Administration’s decision to withdraw …

Promises To Keep: Ensuring The Payment Of Americans' Pension Benefits In The Wake Of The Great Recession, Kenneth G. Dau-Schmidt

Articles by Maurer Faculty

In this essay, I examine the problem of designing a pension plan within the context of our larger public policy of encouraging workers to save for retirement. I discuss the various problems and risks inherent in encouraging workers to adequately save for retirement, invest those assets efficiently, and ensure the planned level of retirement consumption for the remainder of their lives. I also discuss the three major types of pension plans in the American retirement system, defined benefit, defined contribution, and hybrid, and assess how well each of these types of plans deals with the problems encountered in designing a …

Pension Systems And Inflation-Indexed Bonds: A Study Of Strengthening Retirement Income Security Through Comparative Analysis Of The United States And Korean Systems, Joon Suk Bae

Maurer Theses and Dissertations

As most of the countries in the world approach an aging society, security for the aged emerges as one of the most important goals for a government to pursue. There are two primary areas related to retirement income security: pension systems and inflation-indexed bonds. Pension systems fall into three categories: public, corporate, and individual pensions. Public pensions, such as Social Security in the United States, are showing their limitation in securing retirement income because it is no longer easy to maintain their solvency as the ratio of workers-to-retirees goes down. Because of this limitation of public pensions, private pensions are …

Hidden In Plain View: The Pension Shield Against Creditors, Patricia E. Dilley

Indiana Law Journal

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Economically Targeted Investments: Can Public Pension Plans Do Good And Do Well?, Patrick S. Cross

Indiana Law Journal

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Multiple Legal Representation Of Erisa Plans And Employers Following Allegations Of Fraud And Malfeasance, Elwyn C. Lee

Indiana Law Journal

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Effectiveness Of The Social Security Review System In Disability Cases, William D. Popkin

Articles by Maurer Faculty

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Qualification Of Pension And Profit Sharing Plans Under Section 165 (A) I.R.C.: The Lincoln Electric Case

Indiana Law Journal

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Some Aspects Of Coverage Of The Social Security Act: What Is "Employment"?, Peter Seitz

Indiana Law Journal

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Proof Of Beneficial Interest

Indiana Law Journal

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The Problem Of Coverage, Charles J. Barnhill, William M. Bloom, W. Daniel Bretz Jr., John R. Danch

Indiana Law Journal

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