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Foreign Corrupt Practices Act under the Scanner

Foreign Corrupt Practices Act under the Scanner

It’s good news to many that the government is seriously considering overhaul of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. On Friday, a senior Justice Department official confirmed to the media that…

Vampire Fiction, Apple iPad, now Official Inflation Benchmarks in Britain

Vampire Fiction, Apple iPad, now Official Inflation Benchmarks in Britain

Early this week, the Office for National Statistics (ONS), U.K. confirmed that they have made the annual revision of the list of goods watched for tracking price changes due to…

New York Gets a Dose of Payroll Fraud – Fortune 500 Style

New York Gets a Dose of Payroll Fraud – Fortune 500 Style

Science Applications International Corp, a Fortune 500 company has recently agreed to pay a historic $500 million to the city to avoid prosecution following discovery of its system created to…

Facebook Account to Be User’s Digital Asset – Oklahoma Passed Law, Nebraska and Oregon to Follow

Facebook Account to Be User’s Digital Asset – Oklahoma Passed Law, Nebraska and Oregon to Follow

Oklahoma has already passed a law that allows friends or relatives to take control of social media accounts of a deceased person who dies as resident of the state.  …

Prison Labor in US – Unicor, the Hidden Face of Federal Commerce

Prison Labor in US – Unicor, the Hidden Face of Federal Commerce

The Federal Prison Industries have been around for decades without attracting much notice from the public, as all its work happens behind the federal government’s curtain. Production is made on…

Seattle Lawyer Defends U.S. Soldier on Afghan Civilian Shooting Incident

Seattle Lawyer Defends U.S. Soldier on Afghan Civilian Shooting Incident

While the actions of a lone man has upset international ties and the results of billions of dollars of national investment and thousands of lives lost in foreign soils, the…

Why Obama Needs the Seed Corn: The Real Story of Oil

Why Obama Needs the Seed Corn: The Real Story of Oil

As I am writing this piece, headlines are already in breaking news across the world – President Obama and David Cameron have had talks of possibly tapping the national petroleum…

TV Host Charlie Rose Sued for Not Paying Intern’s Wages

TV Host Charlie Rose Sued for Not Paying Intern’s Wages

On Wednesday, Lucy Bickerton, who was an editorial intern at the nightly talk show, “Charlie Rose,” between June and August, 2007, filed a suit against the popular show host claiming…

Prosecutors Say Ex-NY Senator and Son Bilked Health Clinic Network

Prosecutors Say Ex-NY Senator and Son Bilked Health Clinic Network

On Wednesday, referring to the acts of the former New York state Senate Majority Leader, a Democrat, and those of his son, U.S. attorney Carolyn Pokorny told a Brooklyn Jury:…

Whistleblowers Receive Little in Government’s Mortgage Settlement

Whistleblowers Receive Little in Government’s Mortgage Settlement

Whistleblowers are also receiving awards to the tune of millions of dollars from the U.S. government’s landmark mortgage settlement of $25 billion. The historic settlement helps to shift the burden…