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Corruption
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Sentencing Law and Policy
Will (and should) former mayor Ray Nagin get a sentence making it likely he dies in federal prison after his corruption convictions?
Main February 12, 2014Will (and should) former mayor Ray Nagin get a sentence making it likely he dies in federal prison after his corruption convictions?The question in the title of…
San Antonio Employment Law Blog
Blogger Remains in Jail
I write a blog. For me, a blog is commentary, not a news source. I cannot imagine trying to cover news from a blog. But, Roger Shuler has been doing…
The Right Coast
Head Of China’s Railway Company Commits Suicide: First Graft Probe Casualty? | Zero Hedge
Bai Zhongren, the president of state-run China Railway Group - the state-owned engineering giant behind many of the country's largest railway projects - committed suicide over the weekend. As SCMP…
China Law Blog
Why China is Better Than Russia for International Business
By Dan Harris
My friend Kent Kedl co-wrote an article for the Moscow Times today, entitled, Why Russia Is Just as Good as China, claiming businesses should be just as interested in Russia as…
Subject to Inquiry
China “favours” investigation demonstrates other types of corruption
By Government Investigations Group
the very fact that the investigation is underway shows that the US government is looking at corruption much more broadly and in forms which include benefits other than a direct…
Subject to Inquiry
Victor Dahdaleh on Trial for “Large Scale” Corruption
By Government Investigations Group
What the case does show, however, whatever the outcome, is that the SFO has both the willingness and the means to prosecute very wealthy and powerful defendants, and in circumstances…
Education Law Prof Blog
A New Funding Method to Stem Virtual School Corruption
By Derek Black
In the past few months, we have posted on a series of funding scandals involving virtual charter schools. A new policy and research guide by Bruce Baker and Justin Bathon…
PropertyProf Blog
Resettlement in the New Chinese Cities
The New York Times offers a long look at the promise and peril of government efforts to resettle farmers into new model cities:As China pushes ahead with government-led urbanization, a…
Legal Profession Blog
In Rod He Trusted
The Illinois Review Board has recommended a three year suspension of a former aide to disgraced former Governor Rob Blagojevich:This matter arises out of Respondent's guilty plea and federal criminal…
SDNY Blog
Defendants Move to Strike Chevron’s Star Witness in RICO Trial Over Ecuadorian Judgment
In the RICO litigation Chevron has brought to challenge an allegedly fraudulent multibillion dollar judgment against it in Ecuador, the defendants today moved to strike the testimony of an Ecuadorian…