Tag Archives: Incentive

Allegedly defamatory claims in e-recycling report weren't commercial speech despite some economic incentive

Electronic Recycling Ass’n v. Basel Action Network, 2019 WL 1453575, No. C18-1601-MJP (W.D. Wash. Apr. 2, 2019)Plaintiff ERA is a Canadian non-profit corporation that specializes in recovering, refurbishing, and reusing discarded electronic equipment or “e-waste.” When it determines that equipment … Continue reading

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HUD Delays Effective Date Of Builder Incentive Ban

Since 1992, HUD has allowed all companies – including homebuilders, real estate brokers and mortgage lenders – to offer incentives to consumers as an inducement to the consumers to use the companys affiliated settlement service provider as long as the … Continue reading

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Decoupling Intellectual Property’s Incentive and Allocation Functions

Daniel J. Hemel & Lisa Larrimore Ouellette, Innovation Policy Pluralism, 128 Yale L. J. __ (forthcoming 2018), available at SSRN. Ted Sichelman It’s rare for two JOTWELL editors to choose the same article to review. When that happens, it’s surely a … Continue reading

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HUD Audits Claim First Magnus Marketing And Volume-Based Incentive Arrangements Violated RESPA

HUDs Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently completed audit reports with respect to marketing, noncompetition and volume-based incentive arrangements entered into by First Magnus Financial Corporation, and concluded that these arrangements violated the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act ("RESPA"). According … Continue reading

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Delaware Supreme Court Imposes New Limits on Stockholder Ratification Defense In Connection With Equity Incentive Plans

In In re Investors Bancorp, Inc. Stockholder Litigation, No. 169, 2017, 2017 WL 6374741 (Del. Dec. 13, 2017), the Delaware Supreme Court limited the ability of directors to assert the stockholder ratification defense when facing a challenge to their implementation … Continue reading

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