From the South China Morning Post of August 12, 2016:
“In papers filed in Manhattan federal court, lawyers for real estate developer Ng Lap Seng said the case appeared intended to silence his advocacy for a […]
Officially, the 2016 budget for the European Union is approximately 155bn (EUR). The fraud risk was estimated and quantified at 3bn (p. 4), which would be approximately 2% of the 2016 annual budget. Other […]
From the Legislative Financial Statement (1.5.2) for the likely soon to be operational EPPO:
“The added value of establishing a European Public Prosecutor’s Office is mainly to be found in the increased number of […]
Immersed in instructing students how to learn, I forgot that machines learn. Next, I remembered that statistics may resemble GIGO (aka financial chicanery) and realized that remedial measures effectively used in […]
For a brief description of the problems, including assurance of protection of civil rights, see this missive from the Missouri State Public Defender’s Office on August 2, 2016. However, this is hardly a newly […]
Per the electronic NYT of August 1, 2016:
“The indictment (against Hi-Rise) does not address the long-held suspicion among many homeowners whose properties were battered by the storm that engineers, adjusters and […]
Hat tip to one of my students – Kimberly Chen – who alerted me to this July 25, 2016 article by Bloomberg. The article rests on an academic paper discoverable here. Essentially, the article contains arguments that […]
The Panama Papers investigation provides much (course) material, and its publishers are justifiably proud (e.g., see this TED talk). Using a grading rubric for some of my courses, I offer the following brief […]
From Working Paper #51 by Aren, DeLuca, Ni, and Bates (Nov. 2015):
“While most variation in district fiscal stress is explained by factors largely outside local decision-makers’ control, local decision-making d […]
The NYT and vertical prosecution from July 13, 2016:
“…many see vertical prosecutions as an efficient management tool because when a prosecutor is heavily invested in a case, it is less likely to get overlooked […]
Per the online NYT of July 13, 2016:
“In arbitration, the rules tilt toward businesses, employment experts say. Instead of judges, cases are decided by arbitrators who sometimes consider the companies that […]
Per the Executive Summary of the U,S, House of Representatives on July 11, 2016:
“Approximately three years after its initial inquiries, the Committee finally obtained copies of internal Treasury records showing […]
