Kevin Hassett asks why the Milberg Weiss indictments and silicosis scandal aren’t resulting in sensible liability reforms when the publicity over the Enron scandal created the rush to pass Sarbanes-Oxley.
Chronicling the high cost of our legal system
by Ted Frank on May 22, 2006
Kevin Hassett asks why the Milberg Weiss indictments and silicosis scandal aren’t resulting in sensible liability reforms when the publicity over the Enron scandal created the rush to pass Sarbanes-Oxley.
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