When I was a boy we used to visit my great-grandmother's house on a narrow ridgeline deep in Central Appalachia. The house was surrounded by cornfields and forrest. It had a nice fireplace, a wood…
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In October of 2008 Alan Greenspan conceded that an unregulated free market would not regulate itself as a matter of self-interest on its own part…“Those of us who have l…
The conceptual dust and confusion that surrounds the issue of health care reform at the moment is exceeded only by the emotion the issue generates. So it seems like a good time to examine the issue – …
The US Treasury Department proposed a bill earlier this month that would regulate venture capital, private equity firms and hedge funds that had more than $30 million in assets.Registration with the S…
VentureBeat had a report recently on state efforts to collect sales taxes on e-commerce. Laws have been proposed, passed, signed, vetoed and in some cases abandoned in New York, North Carolina, Rho…
A vast number of news sources have been covering President Obama's proposal to close tax loopholes and shut down corporate tax havens. Some examples of the coverage include:
The NY Times, Agence…
Back in January we reported on how changes to FAS 157 were putting a hurt on financial institutions and many businesses. Now those rules are being softened, according to BusinessWeek.After intense pre…
On November 15th a new accounting rule went into effect. It's called FAS 157. It regulates how investments are valued by mandating that they be valued "fairly." And the whining and compl…
As far as I'm concerned, progress peaked with frozen pizza. – John McClane, Die Hard 2
The International Technology Law Association is holding an ITECHLAW Media Webinar on June 26, 2008 at 11:00 …
Even when laws have been written down, they ought not always to remain unaltered. – Aristotle
Alltop.com has added a law category to its growing list of blogs on various subjects.
Law blogs, affectio…
