Publications

In the past five years, the sale of naming rights to public school events and facilities has grown from fodder for humor columnists into a nationwide, multimillion-dollar enterprise. And although commercialism in schools is nothing new, granting naming rights to public school facili- ties in exchange for remuneration raises novel and difficult First Amendment problems that schools and their...

Part one of a two-part series examining constraints on the power of local government-owned utilities to classify their customers for the purposes of charging different rents, rates, fees, charges, and penalties for utility services. Part 1 explores the ability to discriminate among various types of customers whose properties lie within the local government's territorial boundaries....

Explains bankruptcy proceedings that will help tax officials determine appropriate actions to take within the bankruptcy case itself--and the best ways to position the unit for the debtor's eventual emergency from bankruptcy.

Discusses the federal and state laws that govern Medicaid "liens" on personal injury judgments and settlements payable to Medicaid recipients, the North Carolina Supreme Court's June 30, 2006 decision in Ezell v. Grace Hospital, and the U.S. Supreme Court's May 1, 2006 decision in Arkansas Department of Health and Human Services v. Ahlborn.