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Quacks Or Bootleggers: Who’S Really Regulating Hedge Funds?, Jeremy Kidd

Washington and Lee Law Review

Influential scholars of corporate law have questioned previous federal interventions into corporate governance, calling it quackery. Invoking images of medical malpractice, these critiques have argued persuasively that Congress, in responding to crises, makes policy that disrupts efficient private rules and established state laws. This Article applies the Bootleggers and Baptists theory to show that Dodd–Frank’s hedge fund rules are more than just negligent or reckless, but designed to benefit special interests that compete with the hedge fund model. Those rules offer no solutions to any real or perceived risks arising from hedge fund investing, but might offer an advantage to …

"Development" Versus" Sustainable Development"?: (Re-) Constructing The International Bank For Sustainable Development, Johanna A.P. Lorenzo

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

This Article scrutinizes the potential contribution of the World Bank, as an international economic organization, to the sustainable development agenda. Analyzing the reforms in policies, procedures, and organizational structure that accompanied the Bank's involvement in ostensibly political,non-economic matters such as human rights, environmental protection, and good governance--all of which are critical components of sustainable development--this Article contends that, contrary to the so-called mission creep argument, the evolution of the Bank's mandate is legally defensible and normatively desirable. Instead of amending its constituent instrument, the Bank has optimized the teleological-evolutionary approach to treaty interpretation to expand and reconstruct its mandate in …

Sustaining The Growth Of Mobile Money Services In Developing Nations: Lessons From Overregulation In The United States, Amanda B. Kernan

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

Billions of people around the world are excluded from the formal financial system and forced to store, transfer, and borrow money by using inefficient and unsafe methods. The recent introduction of mobile money programs in developing countries is revolutionizing financial inclusion by allowing users to store and transfer money on their mobile phones, thereby eliminating the need to access a bank or an internet connection. Unfortunately, fears that these programs will be used to launder money and finance terrorism have led the international community to develop and implement restrictive anti-money laundering policies that will likely impede the growth and accessibility …

Proposing A Federal Post-Natural Disaster Mediation Program, Michelle Shaykevich

Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution

Section II explores the history of state and federal natural disaster mediation programs. Currently, there are three primary disaster mediation processes used by states. First, and most common, are ad-hoc programs. These programs are developed after a natural disaster has occured. Second is a program utilized exclusively by North Carolina, whereby an institutional organization maintains a "state of readiness" in the event of a declared disaster. The third type is a mediation program that is run by the state but specifically excludes the mediation of flood insurance claims. Regarding federal post-natural disaster mediation programs, Section II discusses current legislative and …

Postal Banking's Public Benefits, Mehrsa Baradaran

Scholarly Works

The basic idea of postal banking is to have a public bank that would offer a wide range of transaction services, including deposit-taking and small lending. Post offices could offer these services at a much lower cost than banks and the fringe banking industry because (1) they can use natural economies of scale and scope to lower the costs of the products; (2) their existing infrastructure significantly reduces overhead costs, and (3) they do not have profit-demanding shareholders and would be able to offer products at cost.

Between Economic Planning And Market Competition: Institutional Law And Economics In The Us, Laura Phillips Sawyer

Scholarly Works

In 1926 John Maurice Clark published a seminal text in institutionalist economics, Social Control of Business, surveying the ways in which business was subject to control by a variety of formal and informal constraints. 1 The text rejected mainstream ideas in neoclassical political economy by explaining how individual self-interest and competition could be manipulated not only through legal rules but also by custom, habit, codes of ethics, and morals. Representative of the institutionalist movement, Clark discarded presumptions of an individualistic economy based on market competition. Instead, he posited that long-term public goals of prosperity and equity could be achieved through …

Contested Visions: The Value Of Systems Theory For Corporate Law, Tamara Belinfanti, Lynn A. Stout

Articles & Chapters

Despite the dominant role corporations play in our economy, culture, and politics, the nature and purpose of corporations remains hotly contested. This conflict was brought to the fore in the recent Supreme Court opinions in Citizens United and Hobby Lobby. Although the prevailing narrative for the past quarter-century has been that corporations “belong” to shareholders and should pursue “shareholder value,” support for this approach, which has been justified as essential for managerial accountability, is eroding. It persists today primarily in the form of the argument that corporations should seek “long-term” shareholder value. Yet, as this Article shows, when shareholder value …

The Money Problem: A Rejoinder, Morgan Ricks

Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications

Let me begin by thanking Yuri Biondi and Accounting, Economics and Law: A Convivium for hosting this book review symposium. It is a privilege to have my book reviewed by this distinguished roster of experts. Since the book's publication I have had some time to reflect on its strengths and weaknesses. Unsurprisingly, the reviewers in this issue have identified a number of the book's more glaring shortcomings. But it relieves me to say that I don't think the book's key arguments have (yet) sustained any mortal wounds, even if solid blows have been landed.

The basic thesis of The Money …

The Evolution Of Entrepreneurial Finance: A New Typology, J. Brad Bernthal

Publications

There has been an explosion in new types of startup finance instruments. Whereas twenty years ago preferred stock dominated the field, startup companies and investors now use at least eight different instruments—six of which have only become widely used in the last decade. Legal scholars have yet to reflect upon the proliferation of instrument types in the aggregate. Notably missing is a way to organize instruments into a common framework that highlights their similarities and differences.

This Article makes four contributions. First, it catalogues the variety of startup investment forms. I describe novel instruments, such as revenue-based financing, which remain …

The Commodification Of Cryptocurrency, Neil Tiwari

Michigan Law Review

Cryptocurrencies are digital tokens built on blockchain technology. This allows for a product that is fully decentralized, with no need for a third-party intermediary like a government or financial institution. Cryptocurrency creators use initial coin offerings (ICOs) to raise capital to build their tokens. Cryptocurrency ICOs are problematic because they do not fit neatly within either of two traditional categories—securities or commodities. Each of these categories has their own regulatory agency: the SEC for securities and the CFTC for commodities. At first blush, ICOs seem to be a sale of securities subject to regulation by the SEC, but this is …

Dorothy Moser Medlin Papers - Accession 1049, Dorothy Moser Medlin

Manuscript Collection

(The Dorothy Moser Medlin Papers are currently in processing.)

This collection contains most of the records of Dorothy Medlin’s work and correspondence and also includes reference materials, notes, microfilm, photographic negatives related both to her professional and personal life. Additions include a FLES Handbook, co-authored by Dorothy Medlin and a decorative mirror belonging to Dorothy Medlin.

Major series in this collection include: some original 18th century writings and ephemera and primary source material of André Morellet, extensive collection of secondary material on André Morellet's writings and translations, Winthrop related files, literary manuscripts and notes by Dorothy Medlin (1966-2011), copies …

The Wealth Gap And The Racial Disparities In The Startup Ecosystem, Lynnise E. Pantin

Faculty Scholarship

Although much attention has been given to structural inequality as it manifests in the criminal justice context, little has been said about economic inequality as it relates to the startup ecosystem. This Article details how the historic creation of the wealth gap affects entrepreneurship, highlighting how the wealth gap adversely impacts entrepreneurs of color. Entrepreneurship is a compelling solution to wealth inequality, but wealth inequality can be an impediment to success in entrepreneurship. This Article explains how the United States’ history of bolstering wealth creation for some, while inhibiting wealth creation for people of color, matters for understanding the startup …

Regulation And Deregulation: The Baseline Challenge, Kathryn Judge

Faculty Scholarship

What does it mean to deregulate? Is deregulation just about the repeal of existing rules? In a closed and static system, this definition seems apt. But what if the bounds are porous? Or the internal workings of the system are dynamic? Once a system is structured to allow the option set to change, do the proscriptions embedded in law at Time A remain the appropriate baseline? Or should the baseline evolve, recreating the balance struck at Time A given the option set that exists at Time B? What if the reasons for the balance struck at Time A are myriad, …

The Impact Of Regulatory Measures Imposed On Initial Coin Offerings In The United States Market Economy, Joseph D. Moran

Catholic University Journal of Law and Technology

With the surge of technological advances across the financial market landscape, companies have implemented new ways of raising money that have sparked controversy among investors, legal practitioners, banks, and government regulators. This comment examines the technology behind Initial Coin Offerings (ICO), and discusses the impact they have had on financial markets in the United States and across the globe. This comment also addresses the legal ramifications for companies issuing ICOs, and delves into the benefits of using blockchain technology as a means for transferring digital currencies and making business transactions. This comment further gives examples of current and potential regulations …

Bank Of America V. City Of Miami: Standing And Causation Under The Fair Housing Act, Alan M. White

Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review

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Disruptive Lending For Innovations: Signaling Model And Banks Selection Of Startups Innovations, Xuan-Thao Nguyen, Erik Hille

Articles

Startups desperately need funding. But lending to startups is too risky for banks. How can banks lend to startups whose cash flow is negative, tangible assets are nonexistent, and most valuable assets are patents? In light of the uncertainties, what can banks do in lending for innovations? In this Article, we turn to economic theory to demonstrate how banks can make their selections of startups, ensuring their returns and encouraging innovations. Specifically, we create a signaling model with partial separating equilibria to demonstrate how banks can address the information asymmetry problem by relying on a truth-telling signal in assessing the …

The Puzzle In Financing With Trademark Collateral, Xuan-Thao Nguyen, Erik Hille

Articles

If trademarks are important corporate assets, do banks and nonbanks lend against trademarks? Or do lenders accept trademark collateral merely as part of a blanket lien? Do banks and nonbanks treat trademarks differently than patents in lending, including venture lending? This first empirical study will attempt to answer these questions. We extract and analyze security interest filings in trademarks and patents against the backdrop of secured transactions law and banking regulations. Based on the data, it seems banks and nonbanks have an aversion for trademark collateral and, by practice, treat most trademarks as idle assets. We also argue that the …

Regulating Complacency: Human Limitations And Legal Efficacy, Steven L. Schwarcz

Faculty Scholarship

This Article examines how insights into limited human rationality can improve financial regulation. The Article identifies four categories of limitations—herd behavior, cognitive biases, overreliance on heuristics, and a proclivity to panic—that undermine the perfect-market regulatory assumptions that parties have full information and will act in their rational self-interest. The Article then analyzes how insights into these limitations can be used to correct resulting market failures. Requiring more robust disclosure and due diligence, for example, can help to reduce reliance on misleading information cascades that motivate herd behavior. Debiasing through law, such as requiring more specific, poignant, and concrete disclosure of …

ปัญหาการตัดรายจ่ายทางธุรกิจกับรายจ่ายส่วนตัวที่มีลักษณะผสมของผู้เสียภาษีที่เป็นบุคคลธรรมดา, จักรพันธ์ ตันทะรา

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

ในปัจจุบันมีผู้เสียภาษีที่เป็นบุคคลธรรมดาจำนวนมากที่มีเงินได้พึงประเมินตามประมวลรัษฎากรมาตรา 40 (6) (7) และ (8) โดยในการหักค่าใช้จ่ายที่เกี่ยวข้องนั้น ผู้เสียภาษีสามารถเลือกที่จะหักค่าใช้จ่ายแบบเหมา กล่าวคือ หักเป็นค่าใช้จ่ายได้ตามอัตราที่กฎหมายกำหนดไว้หรือเลือกที่จะหักค่าใช้จ่ายตามความจำเป็นและสมควรก็ได้ ซึ่งถ้าผู้เสียภาษีเลือกที่จะหักค่าใช้จ่ายตามความจำเป็นและสมควร พระราชกฤษฎีกาออกตามความในประมวลรัษฎากรว่าด้วยการกำหนดค่าใช้จ่ายที่ยอมให้หักจากเงินได้พึงประเมิน (ฉบับที่ 11) พ.ศ. 2502 ได้กำหนดให้ผู้เสียภาษีนำมาตรา 65 ทวิแห่งประมวลรัษฎากร ซึ่งแก้ไขเพิ่มเติมโดยพระราชกำหนดแก้ไขเพิ่มเติมประมวลรัษฎากร (ฉบับที่ 16) พ.ศ. 2534 และมาตรา 65 ตรี แห่งประมวลรัษฎากร ซึ่งแก้ไขเพิ่มเติมโดยพระราชกำหนดแก้ไขเพิ่มเติมประมวลรัษฎากร (ฉบับที่ 17) พ.ศ. 2540 มาใช้บังคับโดยอนุโลม แต่อย่างไรก็ดี ในกรณีที่บุคคลธรรมดาประกอบการค้าหรือธุรกิจมักจะก่อให้เกิดค่าใช้จ่ายที่มีลักษณะผสมระหว่างค่าใช้จ่ายที่มีลักษณะส่วนตัวกับค่าใช้จ่ายทางธุรกิจขึ้น เช่น ค่าใช้จ่ายที่เกิดจากการใช้บ้านทำเป็นสำนักงาน ค่าใช้จ่ายที่เกิดจากการเดินทางไปประกอบการค้าหรือธุรกิจ ค่าใช้จ่ายที่เกิดจากการนำรถยนต์ส่วนตัวเข้ามาใช้ประกอบการค้าหรือธุรกิจ ค่าความบันเทิงทางธุรกิจ และค่าใช้จ่ายของเสื้อผ้าเครื่องแต่งกาย เป็นต้น แต่บทบัญญัติตามประมวลรัษฎากรมาตรา 65 ทวิและมาตรา 65 ตรี เป็นบทบัญญัติที่กำหนดวิธีการคำนวณกำไรสุทธิของผู้เสียภาษีที่เป็นนิติบุคคลและรายจ่ายต้องห้ามที่ผู้เสียภาษีไม่สามารถที่จะนำมารวมคำนวณภาษีเงินได้นิติบุคคลเท่านั้น ไม่มีบทบัญญัติที่รองรับการปันส่วนค่าใช้จ่ายที่มีลักษณะผสมระหว่างค่าใช้จ่ายที่มีลักษณะส่วนตัวกับค่าใช้จ่ายทางธุรกิจไว้แต่อย่างใด จึงก่อให้เกิดปัญหาการปันส่วนค่าใช้จ่ายที่มีลักษณะผสมดังกล่าวขึ้น ด้วยเหตุดังกล่าวจึงต้องวิเคราะห์หาแนวทางการแก้ไขปัญหาโดยการพิจารณาหลักเกณฑ์การปันส่วนค่าใช้จ่ายตามกฎหมายไทยที่เกี่ยวข้อง และหลักเกณฑ์การปันส่วนรายจ่ายที่มีลักษณะผสมระหว่างรายจ่ายส่วนตัวกับราจ่ายทางธุรกิจของต่างประเทศ เพื่อให้ได้มีการกำหนดบทบัญญัติที่รองรับการปันส่วนรายจ่ายที่มีลักษณะผสมดังกล่าว

Lessons From Case Study Of Secured Transactions With Bitcoin, Xuan-Thao Nguyen

Articles

There has been some discussion about the flaws in using secured transactions law, Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code (U.C.C.), to govern commercial transactions involving Bitcoins as collateral. Flaws necessitate the urgency of immediately fixing of the existing law. In the case of Bitcoins there is still much to learn about the marketplace for secured transactions with Bitcoins as collateral. The rapid change in technology, the speed of new ideas proposed, the constant announcements of adoption and adaptation of smart contracts in transactions, the volatility in cryptocurrency value, the endless reports of scams, and the rise of dark pools …