Faculty Impact
Our faculty is engaged in a constant quest for knowledge and wisdom it can share with our students as well as with the legal profession, scholars, policy makers, and others, consistent with Penn State’s role as a world-class research university.
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PROFESSOR PRINCE QUOTED IN 2024 WORK-FAMILY EMPLOYEE BENEFITS TRENDS FORBES ARTICLE November 2024 — Professor Samantha Prince was quoted in a Forbes article entitled “Key Trends in Work-Family Employee Benefits from 2024.” Full story |
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PROFESSOR SAMANTHA PRINCE TO PRESENT AT THE 2025 AALS ANNUAL MEETING October 2024 — Professor Samantha Prince has been invited by the Section on Transactional Law & Skills to present at the Association of American Law Schools’ (AALS) 2025 Annual Meeting. Full story |
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PROFESSOR SAMANTHA PRINCE AND RESEARCH ASSISTANTS LUKE GORMAN AND NICOLE CESANEK COMMENT ON THE EFFECTS OF VESTING SCHEDULES ON VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC ABUSE October 2024 — Professor Samantha J. Prince was joined by members of her research team, Luke Gorman ’25 and Nicole Cesanek ’26, in responding to the Internal Revenue Service’s request for comment with respect to Section 72(t) of the Internal Revenue Code. Full story |
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PROFESSOR PRINCE’S CO-AUTHORED ESSAY ON THE EFFECTS OF 401(k) VESTING SCHEDULES PUBLISHED BY YALE LAW JOURNAL September 2024 — Professor Prince’s co-authored essay, The Effects of 401(k) Vesting Schedules — in numbers, written with Timothy Azizkhan ’25, Luke Gorman ’25, and Cornell PhD candidate, Cassidy R. Prince, has been published by Yale Law Journal Forum as the lead article in Volume 134. Full story |
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PROFESSOR SAMANTHA PRINCE MODERATED PANEL “ERISA AT 50” CONFERENCE September 2024 — Professor Samantha Prince moderated one of five panels at the “ERISA At 50 Employee Benefits at a Crossroads” conference held at The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law. Full story |
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PROFESSOR PRINCE’S WORK ON BENEFITS TRANSPARENCY AND BENEFITS WASHING FEATURED IN TWO FORBES ARTICLES August 2024 — Professor Samantha Prince’s work on Benefits Transparency and Benefits Washing was spotlighted in two Forbes articles in July. As a “leading advocate for stronger benefits disclosure laws,” she was quoted throughout both articles. Full story |
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PROFESSOR PRINCE’S ESSAY ACCEPTED FOR PUBLICATION BY GEORGETOWN LAW JOURNAL ONLINE August 2024 — “Benefits Washing,” written by Professor Samantha Prince, was accepted for publication by Georgetown Law Journal Online. The article is slated for publication in December 2024/January 2025. Full story |
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PROFESSOR SAMANTHA PRINCE QUOTED IN BUSINESS POST ARTICLE June 2024 — Professor Samantha Prince was recently quoted in the Business Post (Korea) article titled [노후, K퇴직연금을 묻다 미국⑥] 미국 교수 2인 “401K도 접근성, 해고자 기여분 포함 제도 보완 필요” (loosely translated to [Retirement, ask about K-retirement pension, USA], Two American Professors say, “401(k) is also accessible and the system needs to be improved to include contributions for laid-off workers.)” Full story |
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PROFESSOR SAMANTHA PRINCE AND RESEARCH ASSISTANT TIM AZIZKHAN FILE RECOMMENDATION WITH THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY FOR TOPICS TO BE INCLUDED IN THE IRS’s 2024-2025 PRIORITY GUIDANCE PLAN May 2024 — Professor Samantha J. Prince, joined by a member of her research team, Tim Azizkhan ’25, authored a public comment responding to the Internal Revenue Service’s invitation for recommendations on items to be included in its 2024-2025 Priority Guidance Plan. Full story |
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PROFESSOR SAMANTHA PRINCE AND RESEARCH ASSISTANT ALYSSA BOOB FILE PUBLIC COMMENTS ON EFFECTIVENESS OF PUBLIC DISCLOSURES WITH THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY May 2024 — Professor Samantha J. Prince, joined by a member of her research team, Alyssa Boob ’25, authored a public comment responding to the Department of Treasury’s, Department of Labor’s and the PBGC’s request for information to improve the effectiveness of existing reporting and disclosure requirements for certain Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) governed and Internal Revenue Code qualified plans. Full story |