Professor Kopel one coauthor a law review article with Professor Moody, and presented an empirical study by Moody in an amicus brief in McDonald v. [read post]

In 1998—not that long ago—Douglas McDonald and his coauthors identified two exceptional cases of performance-based compensation: the “Bureau of Prisons’ contract with Wackenhut for the operation of the Taft Correctional Institution in California,” which allowed for “an award-fee incentive worth up to 5 percent of paid invoices,” and a District of Columbia contract with CCA for the Correctional Treatment Facility, “which permit[ted] financial… [read post]