Volkswagen and Global Forum Shopping
Professor Pamela Bookman highlights the global impact of the Volkswagen lawsuit on forum shopping
About Pamela Bookman and Beckie Schatschneider
Careers in Compliance
Compliance careers are here to say. Jon Smollen highlights its continued growth and opportunities available for Temple Law students.
Throwback Thursday: Oh Hamilton! My Hamilton!
Temple 10-Q uncovers former faculty with a familiar name: Prof. Wm. Alexander Hamilton
Antitrust Division Threatens Criminal Prosecution for Employment Practices: Antitrust Agencies Issue Joint Guidance on Employment Restrictions
Barbara T. Sicalides (LAW ‘89) highlights a DOJ and FTC report that details how to avoid antitrust lawsuits in job markets
The Brave New World of Assisted Reproductive Technology
Alan C. Milstein (LAW ’83) discusses “reproductive tourism” in the U.S. and the need for regulations.
The Inside Scoop on New York City’s Highline Park
How does a decrepit, abandoned elevated railroad viaduct in the middle of the meatpacking district of New York City transform itself and an entire neighborhood into the most visited site in Manhattan, with the most expensive zip code, and jump start a building construction boom to rival that of any time period in Gotham? Good
Taxation of Long-term Contracts: Little Pigs, the IRS, and the Completed-Contract Method
Summarizing recent case adverse to IRS, James R. Malone Jr. (LL.M. ’11) comments: “Little pigs get fed. Big pigs get slaughtered”
The Future Development of Gas and Oil Pipeline Projects
Alan Seltzer (LAW ’78) and John Povilaitis advocate for streamlining energy regulatory review for gas and oil pipelines
2016 HIPAA Settlements Demonstrate HIPAA Compliance Challenges in a Mobile Society
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) has been actively enforcing the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”) in 2016. As of August, covered entities and business associates (the organizations who are subject to HIPAA) have paid OCR more than $20 million to resolve allegations of
Cybersecurity Startups Poised for Growth
Cybersecurity solutions are in high demand and investors are betting on startups for high returns. In the past six years, high growth emerging companies in this space have received a total of $9 billion in venture capital funding, according to the National Venture Capital Association. But while the private sector has rapidly adopted the solutions