All Posts Tagged With: "white-collar crime"
The Obstruction of Justice Department
During the last five years, U.S. government prosecutors have developed methods for stripping white-collar defendants—both corporate and individual—of their ability and willingness to mount a courtroom defense. One such method was pioneered during the case of Arthur Andersen, which formerly numbered among America’s Big Five accounting firms. In March 2002 that firm was indicted on [...]
1Nov2007 | Roger Donway | 0 comments | ContinuedPunishing the Innocent: The Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Barbara Hunter is a freelance writer. She recently retired after more than 25 years in the field of information technology, primarily at high-technology companies and law firms. If any person or any group had set itself the task of creating a law whose purpose was to destroy the American free-enterprise system, it could not have [...]
1Mar2007 | Barbara R. Hunter | 5 comments | ContinuedLosing the Law: From Shield to Weapon
William Anderson is an assistant professor of economics at Frostburg State University, Frostburg, Maryland. Candice Jackson is litigation counsel for Judicial Watch. In recent years lawmakers and enforcers have increasingly criminalized business behavior. From the prosecution of Michael Milken and other Wall Street figures in the 1980s to the indictment of Martha Stewart in 2003, [...]
1May2004 | and William L. Anderson | 0 comments | Continued-
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