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The Michigan Business & Entrepreneurial Law Review is a practitioner-focused publication. Our content includes articles, comments, notes, and blog posts addressing regulatory, securities, corporate, tax, intellectual property, and other legal issues involving emerging companies and institutional investors.
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Potential Consequences of Lowering Current Medicare Drug Prices
On October 25, 2018, President Trump unveiled a new plan that would completely change how Medicare pays for certain pricey drugs.1 It is an...
January 19, 20190California Consumer Privacy Act Highlights Need for Federal Data Privacy Regulations
The increasing scale of the digital economy has led to major concerns over consumers’ online privacy. As the quantity of personal data on the...
Crackdown on Airbnb Highlights Diverse Municipal Approaches to Regulation
Over the past few years, there has been a surge in the size and importance of the digital sharing economy. The short-term home rental...
Is the Patent System to Blame for the Rise and Fall of Theranos?
Elizabeth Holmes wrote her first patent application after her freshman year of college at Stanford University. Her invention was an arm patch that would...
Another Bankruptcy: Sears-ly
What is the store you go to for everything – your “everything store”?1 It used to be Sears. Sears Holdings Corporation’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy...
Corporate Social Media Policies: Elon Musk & The Risk of Failure
It should come as no great shock that platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram offer organizations low-cost avenues to reach customers. The advertising...
Confidential Compliance: Herbalife, the FTC, and the Freedom of Information Act
The Herbalife Saga On October 30th, Herbalife Nutrition Ltd., a global nutrition company,1 will release its third quarter financial results for 2018 with the...
Leave No Flag Undetected: The Impact of the Cyber-Security Failure of Voya Financial Advisors, Inc. upon the Cyber-Security Endeavors of the Securities and Exchange Commission
Section I. Introduction The importance of the preservation of sensitive personal information cannot be overstated. What used to be stored securely in safes, physical...
Banks and Trusted Contacts: Fighting Back Against Elder Financial Exploitation
Elder financial exploitation has been called “the crime of the 21st Century.”1 The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) defines elder financial exploitation as the...
Using the Federal Tax Code to Combat Money Laundering in Real Estate
Real estate transactions are an attractive vehicle for criminals looking to launder their money.1 Sanctioned foreign officials, organized crime syndicates, and even terror groups...