Triangulating Law, Data & Ethics
Yesterday, the SEC charged former Kellogg, Brown & Root, Inc. (KBR) executive Albert Jackson Stanley with participating in a “scheme” to win more than $6 billion in construction contracts by bribing Nigerian government officials. According to the SEC, “The contracts were awarded to a four-company joint venture of which The M.W. Kellogg Company, and later […]
Before he died, in 1960, Earl Long managed to serve three times as Governor of Louisiana and — despite widely acknowledged corruption — not a day in prison. In the context of today’s plague of litigation and over-zealous white collar prosecution, some might find helpful this advice of Governor Long: Don’t write anything you can […]
The Wall Street Journal reports today that a Florida medical-imaging center operator will pay $7 million to settle accusations that it billed CT scans not performed and offered doctors kickbacks for patient referrals. The radiologist whistleblower in the case, David Clayman, will receive $1.75 million for his efforts in the case.
