Temple’s Tax & Bankruptcy Law Society hosted a panel of four prior Temple Law students who currently work in different capacities in tax law, who discussed their experiences working as tax practitioners in the field.
Temple Law sent two teams of students to Villanova Law’s first-ever baseball arbitration negotiation competition. Both teams made it to the second day of negotiations, and Temple Law won the entire competition.
Despite the narrowing of the gender pay gap since the signing of the Equal Pay Act of 1963, women, and particularly women of color, continue to be paid less than their male counterparts. Temple law alumnus Janice Sued Agresti (LAW ’17), along with her colleagues, highlights several jurisdictions that have passed pay equity and pay transparency laws in an effort to reduce or eliminate this gap.
Professor Donnella of the Temple Law Center for Compliance and Ethics explores why repeat offenders of anti-bribery laws continually find themselves on the wrong side of the law—hint, they are not just confused.
Legal administrative staff are often left behind in the DE&I conversation, but Temple Law alumnus Melissa Pang (LAW ’13) has plans to change that as Manager of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Ballard Spahr LLP.
James Mangiaracina (’20) of Ballard Spahr describes the new amendment to the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (“NDAA”) which includes a version of the “Establishing New Authorities for Business Laundering and Enabling Risks to Security Act.”
On October 11, 2022, Caroline D. Ciraolo, former Acting Assistant Attorney General of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Tax Division and current Partner at Kostelanetz & Fink, delivered this year’s Fogel Lecture at Temple Law School, titled “Enforcing the Nation’s Tax Laws Fully, Fairly, and Consistently: The Role of DOJ in Tax Enforcement.” Ms. Ciraolo’s presentation centered around the history of the Department of Justice, in addition to the history, structure, and operations of its Tax Division.
To the casual observer facial recognition technology (FRT) can seem like a gimmick, but FRT is a powerful instrument that presents both unique advantages and sobering drawbacks, raising questions that go to the foundation of privacy and freedom of expression. The facial recognition market is expected to reach $11.62B by 2026, and as the technology outpaces the law and catapults society into unexplored terrain, its benefits must be balanced against its impact on privacy, data protection, and other consumer concerns.
Professor Jonathan Lipson and Charlotte Bismuth, author of Bad Medicine, discuss the Purdue Pharma bankruptcy and the challenges it presents for both the legal system and people who were harmed by OxyContin. Interviewer: Professor Jonathan Lipson, Harold E. Kohn Chair Guest: Charlotte Bismuth, author of Bad Medicine and former prosecutor for the New York County
Professor Harwell Wells, discusses his new paper, Shareholder Meetings and Freedom Rides, a story about the history of corporate and securities laws that begins in an unlikely place.