Private shareholders own 20 percent of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, but collect none of the profits. Is it legal?
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Sweating Out A Ruling On Fannie And Freddie
Tag Archives: Law
The Usual Punishment For Extreme Carelessness
A naval officer discovers that cavalier handling of national secrets gets you sent to prison – usually.
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Career Prosecutors And The Weasels Who Invoke Them
When politicians want to evade accountability they call on career prosecutors, whose hallmark isn’t Solomonic wisdom.
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Fighting Unclaimed Property Audits
Delaware is on the defensive after courts question the state’s efforts to grab “unclaimed property” for itself.
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Protecting Family Assets From A Child’s Ex-Spouse
Don’t assume funds placed in trust for an adult child are automatically safe from claims of a divorcing spouse.
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ISPs Looking Over Our Shoulders
A cable company’s 13-strike policy before cutting off music bootleggers hit a sour note in federal court.
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More Financial Fraud That Wasn’t
The Justice Department’s attempts to prove malfeasance in the mortgage finance crisis once again come up empty.
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China Takes, Others Settle
China has no reason to curb its aggression or temper its ambitions as long as the rest of us refuse to see it for what it is.
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How Prosecutors Win Even When They Lose
A former governor’s conviction is overturned, but the Obama Justice Department probably achieved its key objectives anyway.
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A Perplexing Slant On Free Speech
The First Amendment’s wording is clear, but the government gives it an odd slant in the case of a band called The Slants.
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