Congratulations Graduates
The Temple 10-Q applauds all of this year’s graduates. Congratulations, Class of 2016!
How Technological Disruption is Only Strengthening Financial Intermediation
Intermediation is a fundamental fact of finance. Intermediaries like commercial banks, investment banks, stockbrokers, mutual funds, and stock exchanges form the fabric of modern finance. Despite all these financial links, entrepreneurs and innovators continue to endeavor towards the possibilities of fundamentally disrupting and disintermediating these existential financial ties with new financial technology. In a new
In Facebook Compensation Row, Delaware Corporate Formalities Held Indispensable
Adhering to corporate formalities is often cited as a disadvantage of organizing a business using the corporate form, but those formalities play a crucial role in protecting the corporation’s shareholders. This fact was made clear in the Delaware Court of Chancery’s October ruling in the case of Zuckerberg v. Espinoza, 124 A.3d 47 (Del. Ch. 2015). The case, which
How Law Firms Purchase Malpractice Insurance and What it Means for the Future of Legal Practice
Insurers have a number of tools at their disposal to change the behavior of their policyholders. This should be relatively unsurprising. Once an insurer indemnifies a policyholder from loss, it is the insurer’s money at risk, not the policyholder’s—if the policyholder suffers a loss, the insurer must pay the cost of the loss. And insurers hate to lose money just like you and me. It is therefore in the insurer’s interest to either demand or encourage policyholders to take more precaution.
Foul Ball: Why Major League Baseball’s Current Labor Model is Flawed
This past fall, David Price, a 30-year-old free agent, signed a seven-year contract with the Boston Red Sox worth $217 million. Less than a week later, Zach Greinke, a 32-year old free agent, signed a six-year contract with the Arizona Diamondbacks worth $206 million. Despite these astronomical contracts, I argue in a forthcoming paper in
SEC Investigations: To Disclose or Not to Disclose-That is the Question
Among the many important decisions a company facing a SEC investigation must make is the decision whether to publicly disclose the existence of the investigation. The decision may depend on the stage of the investigation, what is being investigated, and what is the likelihood of a bad outcome. While the weight of authority suggests that
Employment Laws Slow to Catch Up to Society’s Perception of Fluid Identity
In the era of Tiger Woods’s racial self-identification as “Cablinasian” and Caitlyn Jenner’s transition from Olympian to transgender advocate, it may seem obvious that a growing number of Americans openly embrace fluid social identities, being multiracial, post-racial, transgender, or gender nonconforming, among others. Efforts to use new words and conceptions of race and sex appear
Why Temple Law School Launched a Center for Compliance and Ethics
Over the past few decades, the federal government has increased its focus on investigating and prosecuting fraud and corruption in a variety of industries. Businesses are required to develop comprehensive compliance programs to comply with a variety of federal, state, and, in some cases, foreign laws and regulations to minimize risk and avoid legal repercussions.
POETRY: “On Contracts”
The birth of “On Contracts” was a result of the confluence of a series of fortuitous circumstances. In another, earlier lifetime, I had tried my hand at writing poetry on a fairly regular basis. Several of my poems were included in my high school’s literary journal, and I continued my efforts as part of my
Throwback Thursday: A Look at Temple Law Through the Years
It was way back in 1895 when Temple Law was founded as Temple College’s Department of Law. The law school graduated its first class (of 16 students) in 1901. Here is a look at the full list of faculty from the 1908–1909 academic year. Elementary Law sounds like a Sherlock Holmes crash course worth