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 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 |
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PROFESSOR SAMANTHA PRINCE INTERVIEWED ON KCBS ABOUT FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION’S BAN ON NON-COMPETES May 2024 — Professor Samantha Prince was recently interviewed live on KCBS News Radio, San Francisco about the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC’s) recent ban on non-competition agreements. Prince fielded questions varying from which industries are impacted to what legal challenges will surface. Full story |
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PROFESSOR SAMANTHA PRINCE QUOTED IN MARKETWATCH ARTICLES DISCUSSING 401(k) PLANS WITH VESTING SCHEDULES April 2024 — Professor Samantha Prince was recently quoted in two MarketWatch articles this month. Full story |
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PROFESSOR PRINCE’S CO-AUTHORED PAPER ON THE EFFECTS OF 401(k) VESTING SCHEDULES ACCEPTED FOR PUBLICATION BY YALE LAW JOURNAL April 2024 — Professor Samantha Prince’s co-authored article, The Effects of 401(k) Vesting Schedules — in numbers, written with Timothy Azizkhan ’25, Luke Gorman ’25, and Cornell Ph.D. candidate Cassidy R. Prince, has been accepted for publication by Yale Law Journal’s online Forum. Full story |
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PROFESSOR PRINCE CO-AUTHORS PAPER ON THE EFFECTS OF 401(k) VESTING SCHEDULES April 2024 — Professor Samantha Prince together with two members of her research team, Timothy Azizkhan ’25 and Luke Gorman ’25, and Cornell Ph.D. candidate, Cassidy R. Prince, wrote a paper entitled, The Effects of 401(k) Vesting Schedules — in numbers. Full story |
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PROFESSOR PRINCE’S ARTICLE ACCEPTED FOR PUBLICATION BY MARQUETTE LAW REVIEW April 2024 — “Benefits Transparency,” written by Professor Samantha Prince, was accepted for publication by Marquette Law Review. The article is slated for publication in October 2024. Full story |
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PROFESSOR SAMANTHA PRINCE AND RESEARCH ASSISTANT ANA MARIA MATOVIC FILE PUBLIC COMMENTS ON FINANCIAL INCLUSION WITH THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY February 2024 — Professor Samantha J. Prince joined a member of her research team, Ana Maria Matovic ’25, in a public comment responding to the Department of Treasury’s request for information to aid its development of a national strategy to advance financial inclusion. Full story |
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PROFESSOR SAMANTHA PRINCE’S ESSAY LISTED AS ONE OF TOP CONTRIBUTOR ESSAYS IN 2023 February 2023 — Professor Samantha Prince’s essay, “ERISA Plan Fiduciaries and ESG Factors,” published in Penn Law’s The Regulatory Review, was listed as one of the “Top Contributor Essays in 2023.” Full story |