RAND Institute for Civil Justice

Featured Research

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  Politics and Government

  Operations, Compliance, and Accountability in Corporate Political Spending

  Jun 23, 2016

  Greenberg

  Relatively few companies have implemented compliance mechanisms and programs in support of their corporate political spending. A roundtable symposium considered key questions in operations, compliance, ethics, and transparency in political disclosure.

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  Information Security

  Cost of Cyber Incidents to American Companies Is Less Than Expected

  Sep 20, 2016

  Romanosky

  Why don't American companies invest more in computer security? One possible explanation: Relative to the other risks they face, cyber risks often aren't as significant as expected. Most breaches cost companies less than 0.4 percent of their annual revenues.

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  Natural Hazards

  Designing Compensation Funds After Man-Made and Natural Disasters

  Jul 6, 2016

  Garber

  Man-made and natural disasters in the United States frequently cause personal injury and property damage to dozens, and sometimes even thousands, of people. After such disasters, victim compensation programs are sometimes created to compensate those affected. The design of such programs requires balancing the objectives of various stakeholders.

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  Legal Case and Court Management

  Fixing Judicial Recusals

  Feb 10, 2016

  Kuznitsky, et al.

  If judges or justices own stock in the company of a litigant, they must recuse themselves from hearing the case. While these recusals help ensure impartiality at the level of the individual judge, what effect do they have on the pool of judges that hear cases involving publicly held corporations?