2022 Lane Reports
Thursday, December 1, 2022
While inflation rages, OPEC’s pricing decisions and supply chain bottlenecks are fair fodder for newscasts and social media commentary. But companies’ relationships with their suppliers will present daunting challenges along with irresistible opportunities long after interest rates and the cost of living stabilize.
Understandably, American...
Thursday, October 27, 2022
Social Enterprise Chicago to Host Discussion on Creating Impact for the Future
Pat Quinn, who served as Governor of Illinois from 2009 to 2015, will be discussing his career of social and political innovation and reform with Marc J. Lane, attorney and president of Social Enterprise Chicago, as well as opportunities to invest in change in the future.
The...
Monday, October 3, 2022
The “Social Justice Warrior” Takes Center Stage
By Marc J. Lane
Too many companies have historically limited their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives to philanthropy, social media statements and branding around charity events, often little more than expressions of vanity. More recently, progressive companies have supported social...
Thursday, September 1, 2022
Some Nonprofits Pursue Charitable Aims, Others Promote Public Policy – Why Not Join Forces?
By Jeremy Kritt
With the November 8 midterm elections approaching, and an increasingly polarized political climate, Americans are undoubtedly becoming familiar with the exhortation, “Donate now!”
What many Americans may not understand is that, in...
Monday, August 1, 2022
Don’t Fall Prey to the “Dirty Dozen”
By Marc J. Lane
Every year the Internal Revenue Service publishes its “Dirty Dozen,” twelve tax scams the public should avoid. Among the abusive transactions attracting the IRS’s attention this year are those involving charitable remainder annuity trusts, Maltese individual retirement...
Friday, July 1, 2022
How Irrevocable Trusts Can Help NFL Owners – and You!
By Jeremy Kritt
In a move that Daniel Kaplan of The Athletic, who broke the news, described as “a nod to skyrocketing franchise valuations and the difficulty that trend places on keeping teams in families." National Football League (NFL) owners voted to lower the minimum percentage of a team...
Wednesday, June 1, 2022
Biden Administration Delivers on its Promise to Advance Equity for All
By Marc J. Lane
On his first day in office, President Joseph R. Biden acknowledged that our country faced converging economic, health, and climate crises that have exposed and exacerbated inequities, while a historic movement for justice has highlighted the unbearable human costs of...
Monday, May 2, 2022
Civic Engagement Is Good for Business!
By Marc J. Lane
Democracy Works, the nonpartisan, nonprofit organization committed to helping Americans vote, has released a new study reporting that companies with a culture of civic engagement grow faster, enjoy financial performance and earn higher market returns while strengthening our nation. Its publicly traded...
Friday, April 1, 2022
Interest Rates, Inflation, and Growth Stocks?
By Kenneth N. Green, CPA, MBA
As I write today, the yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note is at a twelve-month high of 2.49%, up from 1.72% on March 1st. To the surprise of nobody, the Fed raised interest rates by 0.25% last Wednesday, March 16 and the median projection now expects the fed funds rate to...
Tuesday, March 1, 2022
Rewarding Corporate Sustainability: The Race to the Top
By Marc J. Lane
Savvy individual and institutional investors are increasingly incorporating ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) criteria into their investment decisions in order to enhance their risk-adjusted financial returns while backing only those companies that are doing the right things...
Tuesday, February 1, 2022
How Will the Metaverse Impact Society?
By Marc J. Lane
Neal Stephenson, in his 1992 novel Snow Crash, imagined a 3D virtual world in which people could interact not only with each other but also with artificially intelligent agents, a “metaverse” in Stephenson’s parlance.
Today the metaverse is realistically within reach. Bringing...
Monday, January 3, 2022
Women and Girls Rightly Take Center Stage
By Marc J. Lane
As the economic security, safety, health and well-being of women and girls here and around the globe are at risk, the Biden Administration has launched a first-ever national strategy of gender equity and equality. The whole-of-government effort promises to ensure that all people are treated fairly...
