Professor Bainbridge explains the current law on insider trading here , and argues that the staffers could be found in violation of insider
The oral arguments in the prosecutorial misconduct case Connick v. Thompson , which I referred to here , apparently went well. Louisiana
Objectivism holds that the basis of all law should be individual rights to life, liberty, and property. These rights are commonly called...
The Business Rights Watch covers a number of different issues: Overcriminalzation is one, obviously, the process of making illegal that whic
Please see our Q&A " What is the Objectivist View of Law and Government ?" which describes the general Objectivist approach to politics. Thi
Rights are fundamental political principles. As such, they are based in morality. They summarize how human beings ought to be treated in a
In my last blog post, “ When Only Ayn Rand Says It All ,” I promised to say more about the continuing prosecution of James Brown as part....
In my investigation of the Jamie Olis case, I wrote: Following the collapse of Enron in December 2001, the city of Houston became the
Todd Henderson, of the group blog “Truth on the Market,” had a suggestion last Thursday : Subject politicians to the same good-governance
Part of the frustration we feel at these shortages is caused by the very price-gouging laws that our elected officials assure us are for...
libel laws pro and conFrom Libertarianism.org: "In this video from a 1986 Free Press Association event, Nat Hentoff and David Kelley engage
Cara Ellison is one of the very few bloggers who defends fallen businessmen. She is particularly passionate about Enron, where she worked...
"Better the US government should violate the rule of law in 87 ways than that one kosher butcher should violate securities law in 87 ways"?
It seems that SMARTS Software , developed in part by Professor Mike Aitken , has now been sold to 150 brokers worldwide who use “its...
I am always surprised to find a report more sympathetic than I am to businessmen facing legal persecution--and when the report comes from
It seems that Stanley Kurtz has an interesting book coming out this fall: Radical-in-Chief . Even before publication, it is provoking some
The Department of Justice (sic) has admitted that, as part of a 2007 “deferred prosecution agreement” it entered into with Amex, former
Tom Kirkendall, of the always illuminating “Houston’s Clear Thinkers” blog, writes about the legal troubles at Dell and founder Michael Dell
Solomon L. Wisenberg, guest-blogging at White Collar Crime Pof Blog, writes about the SEC’s total defeat in the insider-trading case of SEC
April 16, 1967. A wet, icy wind blew off the Charles River and howled down the wide channel of Massachusetts Avenue, gusting into narrow ...
