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Houston Chronicle (December 2)

2021/ 12/ 04 by jd in Global News

Twenty years on, “Enron remains a cautionary tale of corporate hubris and fraud. It’s lessons still carry weight, especially as Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes stands trial, accused of defrauding investors and patients about the viability and accuracy of its medical testing technology.”

 

Washington Post (January 31)

2020/ 02/ 02 by jd in Global News

“As President Trump’s impeachment trial speeds to a close, perhaps as soon as Friday, likely without any witnesses, the result looks to be a worst-case scenario…. When they acquit, senators won’t just excuse Trump’s behavior. They will endorse the belief that a president can do as he pleases — the law be damned.”

 

NBC News (January 20)

2020/ 01/ 22 by jd in Global News

“On Tuesday, the impeachment trial of President Donald John Trump will begin in the United States Senate. It ought to be a moment of pride in our constitutional order, a testament to the framers’ vision that no one, not even a president, is above the law.” But instead of “patriotic duty,” this trial is being driven by fear. Ultimately, in years to come, “many Republican senators will wish they’d been driven not by fear of a bully, but by the courage of their convictions, and pride in carrying out their solemn duties.”

 

New York Times (January 9)

2020/ 01/ 11 by jd in Global News

“Given that the Japanese justice system is also on trial, it may be better for this saga to play out in the court of public opinion…. Japan needs to take a close look to see whether its justice system is due for a fundamental rethinking.”

 

Bloomberg (October 14)

2015/ 10/ 15 by jd in Global News

“Ernst & Young LLP took Bernie Madoff at his word when it signed off on audits of a fund that helped feed the biggest Ponzi scheme in U.S. history. The firm must now defend that decision at the first trial of an auditor over losses tied to Madoff, who’s serving a 150-year prison term for stealing billions of dollars from thousands of investors.” The case will be tried by jury in a state court in Seattle and comes just after “the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, the lead U.S. audit regulator, warns that one in three audit opinions in the U.S. lack appropriate supporting evidence.”

 

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