Category Archives: News and Events

The sentencing for the five aides to Bernie Madoff have been sentenced by a federal judge. In addition to their prison sentences, which range from 2.5 years to 10 years, the five defendants have been held jointly liable for $155.2 … Continue reading →

Candice Anderson, who was at the wheel of her fiancé, Gene Erickson’s, car, a Saturn Ion, when the car crashed. Mr. Erickson was killed. And with no skid marks and a trace amount of anti-anxiety medication in her bloodstream, Ms. … Continue reading →

Facebook published a study that indicated it was fooling around with newsfeeds to its users (unbeknownst to those users) to determine whether its scientists could affect users’ emotions with positive and negative news. The problem is that the 700,000 users … Continue reading →

The IRS has given schoolchildren everywhere new insights for homework excuses.

That’s the label the GM engineer who designed the faulty ignition switch that was first used in 2003 gave to his own baby. Oh, and when engineers learned that the ignitions were going into the off position, thereby shutting off … Continue reading →

Worried that their sports’ demographic consists of the 55 and above crowd, the movers and shakers of golf are trying to determine why those under 35 are not taking up the sport. According to the New York Times, the answer … Continue reading →

Add to this headline that a Scout leader was also arrested and you wonder if it’s all made up to see if we are really reading the newspaper. That’s the front-page story from USA Today, May 22, 2014. We are … Continue reading →

Disbanded by Governor Andrew Cuomo on March 29, 2014, the governor-created anticorruption panel (aka the Moreland Commission), has had its records subpoenaed. The U.S. Attorney’s office has collected computers, Blackberries, documents, and PIN messages. What more need be said?

A Wall Street Journalarticle on MBAs that was published last week has some disturbing quotes from newly-minted MBAs. Melissa Korn, “M.B.A.s Sour on Strings-Attached Tuition,” Wall Street Journal, March 6, 2014, p. B6. The disturbing thoughts come from MBAs whose … Continue reading →

Oh, and one thing that came out during the trial — he was the co-founder of the Society of Law and Ethics at Harvard Law School. One hopes the society still carries on because Mr. Martoma was expelled from the … Continue reading →

Takashi Niigaki, the ghostwriter for Japan’s celebrated composer, Mamoru Samuragochi. Mr. Niigaki came forward after he learned that one of his compositions (although claimed by Samuragochi) was to be used by a Japanese skater in the Olympics. Mr. Niigaki also … Continue reading →

So wrote the New York Times on January 26, 2013. Michael Wines, “It Only Seems That Political Corruption Is Rampant.” The piece that followed reported, through an expert, that there was “zero” evidence that there was more political corruption. The … Continue reading →

The 43-page indictment of former Virginia governor, Robert McDonnell, and his wife, Maureen, is a heck of a good read. In July, 2011, Jonnie R. Williams, a business man who was trying to gain influence with the McDonnells, allegedly allowed … Continue reading →

Mathew Martoma, the former SAC Capital portfolio manager, who is on trial for insider trading, participated in SAC’s annual ethics training. He signed the attendance sheet and was trained by the company compliance officer who used PowerPoint slides to explain … Continue reading →