Topic: Government

In this week's Legal Issues in the News, commentator Sean Anderson looks at Employee Stock Ownership Plans, or ESOPs, and how they keep getting privileged status under federal law.

In this week's Legal Issues in the News, commentator Richard Kaplan looks into the different kinds of advance medical directives and how a change in Medicare is bringing them to the forefront.

In this week's Legal Issues in the News, commentator Sean Anderson looks at the history of executive clemency and whether it's still needed today.

In this week's Legal Issues in the News commentary, Sean Anderson looks into Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner's desire to change the state constitution in order fix the pension system.

In this week's Legal Issues in the News, commentator Ricahrd Kaplan explains how partisan lawmakers actually worked together to help create a new savings mechanism to help disabled children.

In this week's Legal Issues in the News, commentator Sean Anderson looks at the case King v. Burwell and how it could drastically alter the Affordable Care Act.

Legal Issues commentator Verity Winship looks into two case in front of the US Supreme Court to figure out what counts as a constitutional case.

Legal Issues in the News commentator, Verity Winship looks at what we take away from the recent global bank fraud.

In this week's Legal Issues in the News, commentator Richard Kaplan looks at the political and practical reasons tax reform is so difficult.

In this week's Legal Issue in the News, commentator Verity Winship introduces us to the "Diva of Distressed."