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FCC's Petition for Writ of Certiorari in AT&T v. FCC…more

Hewlett-Packard is suing its former CEO, Mark Hurd, alleging he violated a confidentiality provision of his severance agreement by accepting a position with rival Oracle. HP claims that Mark Hurd will not be able to "perform…more

Indictment of Roger Clemens, a former pitcher for the New York Yankees, Houston Astros, and Toronto Blue Jays, on charges that he obstructed Congress, gave false statements, and perjured himself about his use of steroids,…more

The Securities and Exchange Commission is suing Goldman, Sachs for defrauding investors by misstating and omitting key facts about a financial product tied to subprime mortgages as the U.S. housing market was beginning to…more

A federal grand jury in the District of Maryland has returned a 10-count indictment charging former National Security Agency (NSA) senior executive Thomas A. Drake with the willful retention of classified information,…more

Raising the sanction will always reduce the utility of the criminal. However, raising the sanction will not always lead to less crime, and may lead to more crime. If a criminal has the opportunity to commit multiple criminal…more

Society should give criminals incentives not to conceal their criminal activity. The concealment costs themselves are a social waste, as are other costs the concealment may impose on society, such as additional harm or increased…more