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Convenient but susceptible to fraud: Why it makes sense to regulate charitable crowdfunding

  • Written by Lloyd Hitoshi Mayer, Professor of Law, University of Notre Dame
Convenient but susceptible to fraud: Why it makes sense to regulate charitable crowdfundingA woman searches through debris near where her Dawson Springs, Ky. home stood before a tornado flattened it in December 2021.Scott Olson/Getty Images

Within 24 hours of devastating tornadoes striking six states in December 2021, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear launched the Team Western Kentucky Tornado Relief Fund. That the leader of the state this...

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