Robinhood, the Fintech Discount Broker: Recent Developments and Concerns
Founded in 2013, Robinhood is an online and phone app-based discount broker-dealer for retail customers with an interest in trading stocks, stock options, exchange traded funds (ETFs), and cryptocurre...
Federal Efforts to Address the Mental Health of First Responders: Resources and Issues for Congress
Police officers, firefighters, and emergency medical service personnel are often the first to respond to a crisis or emergency. As such, these first responders may experience significant stress and/or...
COVID-19 Liability: Tort, Workplace Safety, and Securities Law
Although the COVID-19 pandemic is still unfolding, a number of plaintiffs have already filed lawsuits seeking compensation for COVID-19-related injuries. Some stakeholders have expressed concern that ...
“Organic” Certification: An Overview of the Legal Framework
In 1990, Congress passed the Organic Foods Production Act (OFPA), 7 U.S.C. §§ 6501–6522, “to establish national standards governing the marketing of certain agricultural products as organically produc...
Direct Listings, an Alternative to Stock-based Initial Public Offerings (IPOs)
Introduction
An initial public offering, or IPO, refers to the initial time that a private company offers its shares of stock to the general public to raise capital. After an IPO, the company’s shares...
2020 Country Brief: North Korea
Third Way is a center-left think tank that champions modern solutions to the most challenging problems in US public policy, including the economy, climate and energy, national security, social policy,...
Patent Law: A Handbook for Congress
A patent gives its owner the exclusive right to make, use, import, sell, or offer for sale the invention covered by the patent. The patent system has long been viewed as important to encouraging Ameri...
Do Veterans Have Choices in How They Access Health Care?
Introduction
On June 6, 2018, the President signed into law the VA MISSION Act of 2018 (P.L. 115-182, as amended). Among other things, the act established a new Veterans Community Care Program (VCCP)....
Expanding the Selective Service: Legal Issues Surrounding Women and the Draft
Should American women be required to register for the draft alongside their male counterparts? On March 25, 2020, the National Commission on Military, National, and Public Service (the Commission) rel...
Internships, Fellowships, and Other Work Experience Opportunities in the Federal Government
Although there are many opportunities in the federal government for internships, fellowships, and other work experience, there is no comprehensive source to assist in locating these opportunities. Thi...
Trade-Related Agencies: FY2021 Appropriations, Commerce, Science, Justice and Related Agencies (CJS)
This report provides an overview of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 budget request and appropriations for the International Trade Administration (ITA), the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC), and t...
Federal Conservation Corps Programs: Options for Congress in Response to COVID19
Due to the effects of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, unemployment across the United States has risen to levels unseen since the Great Depression. In response, some stakeholders, inc...