If prosecutors faced sanctions for bringing unfounded and silly cases, fewer would be brought.
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A Senseless Fraud Prosecution Victimized Doctor And Patients
Tag Archives: Law
Selling Unlimited Service, Within Limits
AT&T limits the data service it provides to customers on “unlimited” data plans. The FTC has a problem with this.
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Planning A Dignified Death
Oregon’s assisted suicide law is a model of compassionate legislation, and a sick young woman’s gentle exit demonstrates why.
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A Very Absentee Ballot
A long-dead New Yorker received an absentee ballot for next week’s election. Ask her about the need for voter ID law.
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The High Tax Cost Of Not Living In New York
New York’s tax collectors lose a big case in the state’s highest court, and then declare victory.
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A Sarbanes-Oxley Fish Story
Congress was not thinking of fish when it passed Sarbanes-Oxley. But if you give prosecutors a gun, they inevitably fire.
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Nothing Sacred In Bankruptcy
Only a fiscal miracle can save some underfunded public pensions. Bankruptcy judges are not in the miracle business.
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Guess What Happened To The Occupy Movement?
There is an irresistible irony in the seizure of an Occupy Wall Street Twitter account by one of the movement’s members.
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Scotus Takes Up ‘Disparate Impact’ Again
Twice before, the Supreme Court lost an opportunity to review ‘disparate impact’ discrimination claims. Now it tries again.
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Exterminating Patent Pests
The U.S. patent system is infested with trolls. Congress is preparing to clean things up.
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