Mihailis Diamantis on Branding Corporate Criminals
Corporate punishment has a branding problem. Criminal sanctions should call out wrongdoing and condemn wrongdoers. Unfortunately, corporate punishment falls far short of these communicative ambitions....
View ArticleAOC Leaves the Door Open to Dirty Nuclear Power
The nuclear power industry and its promoters are using Congresswoman Alexandria Ocacio-Cortez (D-New York) open door policy to push their agenda in the media and into the halls of Congress. Earlier...
View ArticleAfter Years of Citizen Pressure, Justice Department Launches Corporate Crime...
After years of citizen pressure to create a public corporate crime database, the Justice Department this week surprisingly and without public notice did just that. Ralph Nader The Department of...
View ArticleNader Calls on MLB to Ban In Game Ads During Baseball Radio Broadcasts
Consumer advocate Ralph Nader and Ken Reed, sports policy director of League of Fans, are calling on Major League Baseball Commissioner Robert Manfred to ban ads broadcast during baseball radio...
View ArticleCorporate Crime Enforcement Down Under Biden
Corporate crime enforcement is down under the Biden Justice Department, with fewer major corporate crime cases being brought in the first two years of the Biden administration than during the first...
View ArticleOSHA Enforcement Suspended
Full enforcement of the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) ceased as of April 28, 2023. On that day, a little known and tiny federal agency called the Occupational Safety and Health Review...
View ArticleMixed Signals from Illinois Governor on Whether He’ll Sign Punitive Damages Bill
After signaling that he would sign a newly passed bill that would allow for punitive damages in wrongful death cases, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker is now waffling on whether or not he will sign it....
View ArticleBoeing Criminal Case Epitomizes Biden Double Standard of Justice
Nothing better illustrates the double standard of justice under President Biden than the way the Justice Department is handling the criminal case against Boeing. Earlier this week, Justice Department...
View ArticleMatthew Johnson on Regulation by Shaming
Back in 2009, David Michaels, then director of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), decided that OSHA would begin to issue press releases announcing fines of $40,000 or more. He...
View ArticleCommon Cause Delaware Beats Back Corporation Voting Bill
Earlier this year, Claire Snyder-Hall was looking through the legislation being introduced in the Delaware General Assembly. Claire Snyder-Hall Common Cause Delaware And she came across a bill that...
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