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Miguel Mesquita da Cunha
Consultant
Miguel Mesquita da Cunha

Miguel Mesquita da Cunha is a Consultant in Belgium who specializes in EU policy and regulatory trends that affect business. Previously, Dr. Mesquita da Cunha worked in the Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) under Lord Carrington, before becoming a member of the 'Group...

Douglas Lichtman, Professor of Law, University of California, Los AngelesDouglas Lichtman
Professor of Law
University of California, Los Angeles

Doug Lichtman is Professor of Law at UCLA. His areas of specialty include patent, copyright, and trademark law; telecommunications regulation; and general legal issues pertaining to technology firms and the Internet. Previously, Mr. Lichtman was a tenured professor at the University of Chicago. His...

Richard Tarplin
Principal
Tarplin Strategies, LLC

Richard Tarplin is the founder of Tarplin Strategies in Washington, DC, where he provides strategic advice and lobbying services to clients in the financial services and health care sectors. He served for almost 20 years in the US House of Representatives and US Senate and as a senior Presidential Executive...

Raymond Natter, Partner, Barnett Sivon & Natter, P.C.Raymond Natter
Partner
Barnett Sivon & Natter, P.C.

Raymond Natter is Partner at Barnett Sivon & Natter in Washington, DC, where he specializes in representing financial institutions before the U.S. Congress and federal regulatory agencies. Previously, Mr. Natter served as Deputy Chief Counsel of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), where...

Paul Equale, President, EQUALE AND ASSOCIATESPaul Equale
President
EQUALE AND ASSOCIATES

Paul Equale is the President of Equale & Associates, where he consults on financial services issues, including credit cards, subprime mortgages, GSEs Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac, online gaming, state, federal legislative and regulatory insurance issues, as well as domestic and international political and...

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January 2, 2009
Recognizing Reality
Analysis of: Dr. Leavitt's Scary Diagnosis | www.washingtonpost.com

1. Evidence of what actually will control costs in health care is scarce. Most of the proposals for controlling such costs are based on intuition not fact. The record so far shows that the more care that is given, the greater the costs. Advances in care and technology have increased costs in health...

Analysis of: Dr. Leavitt's Scary Diagnosis | www.washingtonpost.com

George Will's first column of the New Year delivers a dire warning about Medicare's unfunded liabilities. He mentions in passing that Medicaid, especially the welfare program's long-term care component, could become a bigger problem than Medicare. But Will vastly underestimates the Medicaid long-term...

Washington politics aside, there is no clear solution to the problems plaguing the auto industry.  Each possible path forward, bailout or bankruptcy, has advantages and disadvantages.  

Analysis of: Financial Stress Likely at Charter | atlanta.bizjournals.com

Local franchise authorities want to know the impact that a bankruptcy will have on continued service in their areas.  LFAs will also want to know whether they will have a seat in the creditor's committee.

By I. Nelson Rose, Distinguished Senior Professor, WHITTIER COLLEGE
Analysis of: Horse Race Betting on Phones OK With Wire Act, Online Casinos No? | www.onlinecasinoadvisory.com

New Jersey's decision to allow mobile phone betting with N.J. racetracks will not have a major impact on Atlantic City casinos.  Twenty other states allow Advance Deposit Wagering on races.  Everyone agrees this is legal intra-state, and also agrees that it has to be limited to bets on races,...

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