Legal, Economic & Regulatory Affairs News by GLG Council Members

Diran MajarianManaging DirectorAmalia Tankers Inc

Greece financial crisis: Panic, bad policies and conflicts of interest

February 8, 2010

Analysis of:Greece Economy Watch | greekeconomy.blogspot.com

In one of Prime Minister George Papandreou's recent brainstorming session, Joseph Stiglitz apparently told him that the IMF is the only way out for Greece. He does not think that the EU will do the job properly.

Martin AlpertVice President, Environmental ClaimsHINZ CLAIM MANAGEMENT INC

Medical Malpractice Caps: Illinois Thumbs up or Down?

February 6, 2010

Analysis of:Illinois Supreme Court Strikes Down Medical Malpractice Caps | www.chicagobusiness.com

Are Medical Malpractice Caps really Unconstitutional?

How to Rebalance the Economy and Create Jobs At Home

January 31, 2010

Analysis by: GLG Expert Contributor

Analysis of:No Jobs, No Recovery | www.nytimes.com

Since 1990 American has run a cumulative deficit on our traded goods account of $ 9 trillion dollars. Much of this money was re-circulated fueling the increasingly larger budget deficits and the over consumption of American consumers. American economists and politicians have been blinded by the promise of the advantages of free trade while ignoring the obvious costs to American security and prosperity of our increasing dependence on foreign suppliers for everything from food products to finished manufactures. Even our defense sector, below the level of our prime contractors, has been hollowed out by the outsourcing of production to distant sources of supply.

One Month In: 2010 It Is What It Is

January 30, 2010

Analysis by: GLG Expert Contributor

Analysis of:Health Care Reform Hopes "On Life Support" Democrats Increasingly Gloomy Over Prospects of Legislation Reaching Obama's Desk this Year | www.cbsnews.com

So here we are yet again, it is a new year, “Joe the Plumber” has been forgotten, unemployment hovers at 10%, Toyota has rocked the world with an unprecedented massive safety recall, industry has stalled adding jobs or unfreezing wages and the rippling affect has wary consumers still afraid to spend.

Mark MariottiChief Executive OfficerFuture Management Holdings Inc

OK - so why not?

January 28, 2010

Analysis of:Senate Confirms Bernanke for Second Term as Fed Chief | www.foxnews.com

I cannot think of anything that would have deterred the Senate from confirming Mr. Bernanke.Fortunately for everyone interested in financial stability, residing on this spinning rock called Earth, we have not gone off our axis.

Fed Policy Attitudes Tilt Just a Little, Maybe

January 28, 2010

Analysis by: GLG Expert Contributor

Analysis of:FOMC Statement, January 27, 2010 | www.federalreserve.gov

In its policy announcement of 1/27/10, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) may have tilted ever so slightly toward recognizing the need to back away from its rigid, long-held policy of extreme monetary ease. The policy kept the recession from being worse, but now an economic recovery seems at hand, though how self-sustaining and adequate remains open to doubt. So a very easy current policy remains needed. Any hints of less rigidity are welcome, but they should be more forthright.

Martin AlpertVice President, Environmental ClaimsHINZ CLAIM MANAGEMENT INC

Tobacco Companies:The Biggest Challenge of All!

January 28, 2010

Analysis of:Cigarette Makers Ask to Block Ruling in 4,000 Cases (update1) | www.bloomberg.com

Will the adverse effects of smoking be universally allowed into evidence?

Deutsche Bank's "Trillion Dollar Mean Reversion"

January 26, 2010

Analysis by: GLG Expert Contributor

Analysis of:The bank problem in a single chart | ftalphaville.ft.com

Many thanks to Jim Reid of Deutsche Bank for updating and reissuing his graphical illustration of bank profits over the last 40 years. As well as putting the bank bust/boom of 2008-9 into context, it also helps to explain the political challenges bank reform poses within democratic societies.

Martin AlpertVice President, Environmental ClaimsHINZ CLAIM MANAGEMENT INC

Chrysler: Another Uphill Battle!

January 26, 2010

Analysis of:Chrysler Dealerships Fight Closings | online.wsj.com

Will Chrysler's closing of dealerships be the straw that broke the camels back?

Obama's bank reforms: the Ryder Cup of banking?

January 25, 2010

Analysis by: GLG Expert Contributor

Analysis of:Bankers to lobby for softer reforms | www.ft.com

President Obama's proposed reform of US banks has not received universal acclaim. In particular, the UK government's response has been rather lukewarm. What I think we are seeing are different responses to the same short term political challenge, ie bank bonuses that laugh in the face of suffering tax payers who have made the continued payment thereof possible. US and European (well, British) responses to this challenge are very different. They risk damaging consensus on global banking reform.

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