21+ hour, 4+ min ago  (1773+ words) There is a battle within the Democratic Party." The dominant faction is controlled by powerful corporate interests." The insurgent faction is one that wants to put corporate power and corporate crime front and center in the upcoming 2028 election." Douglas Farrar…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (1405+ words) Ask young activists today what they think of nuclear power, and odds are they will say " we need it to solve the climate crisis. Not so, says Linda Pentz Gunter, the founder of Beyond Nuclear. Pentz Gunter is out this…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (1263+ words) In 2020, facing hundreds of sexual abuse claims, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. To pay for the projected bankruptcy settlement, the diocese decided to start closing and selling off churches." This did not sit well with…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1657+ words) Two decades ago, behavioral economists began pushing the idea that nudging individuals to do the right thing could help transform society." The hope was that governments could deploy a new approach to addressing society's deepest challenges " gently, but cleverly, nudging…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1067+ words) There is a double standard of justice in America " one for corporate criminals and one for individual criminals. Take the case of the federal sentencing guidelines." Under the guidelines, recidivists are treated more harshly than non recidivists." But for corporations,…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (11+ words) Sarah Anderson on the Twenty Largest Low Wage Employers'Corporate Crime Reporter...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1003+ words) What if the federal government settles a major corporate crime case with a lenient deferred prosecution agreement but doesn't alert the press and the public about it? In the case of Phillips 66, the Justice Department put out a press release…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (853+ words) For the past three decades, the United States has been the dominant enforcer of laws governing corporations that bribe foreign government officials. But in recent years, that dominance has been challenged by a new enforcement model " global Foreign Corrupt Practices…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago  (1071+ words) Corporate lawyers now know that under the Trump administration it is likely that their major corporate clients will not be criminally charged for such serious crimes such violating laws governing foreign bribery, pollution and consumer protection." So what's a corporate…...

2+ mon, 6+ day ago  (1342+ words) With corporate criminal prosecutions on the decline, how are we as a society going to deter corporate wrongdoing? Sean Simpson, a trial lawyer based in San Diego, California, says we should try punitive damages. And he's written a book titled…...