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Backstory: Piling On: A Simple Matter of Injustice
Perhaps for some prosecutors, justice isn’t the primary motivation. The following statement is from Lisa A. Rickard, president of the U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform. She can be reached at 202.463.5724, www.instituteforlegalreform.com. All the great things are simple, and many can be...
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Updated - The FBI’s Battle with Apple over the San Bernardino iPhone: The agency’s request from the technology giant could have long-reaching implications
Updated on March 4, 2016 Since this interview there have been four new significant events. First, Apple filed it’s opposition brief to the FBI’s motion to compel and the Court’s issuance of the All Writs Act (“AWA”) order requiring Apple to assist in the...
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Pushing Back on Piling On: Heaping regulatory penalties on businesses that plead guilty may not be the answer
“A slap-on-the-wrist culture.” This is how Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), speaking publicly this spring, characterized recent decisions by the Department of Justice, the Securities and Exchange Commission and other regulators not to impose the most severe regulatory penalties...
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