In fact the Employee Polygraph Protection Act, 1998 was designed to restrict their use for employee screening. [read post]

[2] See, e.g., Letter from Council for Investor Rights and Corporate Accountability at 16, (Apr. 11, 2022), https://www.sec.gov/comments/s7-06-22/s70622-20123223-279501.pdf (“A fundamental structural aspect of highly regulated U.S. capital markets is that uncoerced, willing sellers and willing buyers are permitted to trade at the time and price of their own choosing and without revealing their identity, actions, plans, proposals or transactions to their counterparties in advance. [read post]

In the U.S., at the University of Chicago, 10% of the first year class in 2015 either majored in Philosophy or had an advanced degree in the discipline.[3] Law professors across the U.S. have discussed the idea of making the subject a mandatory course.[4] Also, a number of legal journals [5] are devoted exclusively to publishing scholarly articles on the subject of law and philosophy. [read post]

If a state must offer a “holiday” from its tax system, it is an implicit recognition that the tax system is uncompetitive. [read post]