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    How have U.S. presidents found ways to expand their powers to achieve their goals?

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Topic: Fiduciary Law

Digital Treasury accounts would expand banking access for financially vulnerable

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In recent paper, Howell Jackson and Timothy Massad propose that the U.S. Treasury Department implement a new mechanism to improve financial services for financially vulnerable households and expedite delivery of government benefits.

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Free Britney?

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Lecturer on Law James Toomey ’19, on how conservatorships work and what rights are afforded to those who — like Britney Spears — wish to extricate themselves from their constraints.

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Subramanian, Barzuza, other Harvard Law affiliates recognized by Corporate Practice Commentator

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Articles by Harvard Law Professor Guhan Subramanian, Visiting Professor Michal Barzuza and several HLS alumni were named the Top  Corporate and Securities Articles of 2020.

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Bebchuk’s study of index fund stewardship wins prizes from ECGI and IRRC

HLS faculty maintain top position in SSRN citation rankings

The European Corporate Governance Institute awarded its 2019 prize for best working paper in law to a paper by Harvard Law School Professor Lucian Bebchuk LL.M. ’80 S.J.D. ’84.

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Sitkoff, HLS authors contribute to the study of fiduciary law

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Harvard Law School Professor Robert H. Sitkoff has co-edited The Oxford Handbook of Fiduciary Law, a handbook, slated for release today, that features important contributions from Sitkoff and from several other HLS scholars to the growing field of fiduciary law throughout its 48 chapters.

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