Tag: corporate crime
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Real estate tycoon’s death sentence is a turning point in Vietnam’s anti-corruption campaign
[ad_1] HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — The unusually harsh death sentence given to a real estate tycoon in Vietnam was a pivotal moment in the decadelong “Blazing Furnace” anti-corruption campaign as the Vietnamese business community wrestled with an uncertain future Friday. Real estate tycoon Truong My Lan, who was sentenced to death Thursday by a court…
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Opinion | Double Dipping in Opioid Lawsuits
[ad_1] The plaintiffs bar never met a business it wouldn’t sue, and now the lawyers are using government authority to pursue private interests. In their latest business model, trial lawyers are hired by state attorneys general to help prosecute public lawsuits then use it to the advantage of their private lawsuits. Kudos to one company…
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Opinion | The Supreme Court Considers the Right to Trial by Jury
[ad_1] The Supreme Court on Wednesday will hear the first of two landmark cases this term challenging the runaway administrative state. At stake in SEC v. Jarkesy is a bedrock constitutional principle that colonists fought to defend in the American revolution: the right to a trial by jury. Congress in recent decades has expanded the…
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Opinion | Sam Bankman-Fried and the SEC
[ad_1] Sam Bankman-Fried charmed investors and politicians, but he wasn’t so fortunate with a federal jury. On Thursday the former FTX crypto-exchange kingpin was convicted of seven counts of fraud and money-laundering. Note to Chairman Gary Gensler: The Securities and Exchange Commission doesn’t need to regulate crypto markets to police malfeasance. After FTX imploded last…