Research proposal posted by Jessica Thomulka. Part One Healthcare costs are skyrocketing in the United States. Even prior to the passing of President Obama’s Affordable Care Act, the burden on American corporations to provide healthcare to their employees was placing stress on businesses. Lifestyle control is the term given to an employer’s influence on an employee’s actions …
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Killing the Foundation of America
Posted by Joe Zichelli. The entrepreneurial spirit that was once a driving force in America is under attack due to egregious government overreach and licensing requirements that are putting hard-working and dynamic Americans out of work – even in some cases costing them their livelihood as well as thousands of dollars in fines. Occupational licensing …
How I Fought a Cell Phone Ticket and Won!
Posted by Chris Widuta. Did you ever stop to notice how busy life can be? Either you’re on your way to your parents, maybe going to class that meets twice a week during rush hour, or off to the gym to see your friends. Life got busy really quickly for me and I am still …
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The Chairman’s Flight
Posted by Mario Damasceno. In mid-February of 2015, federal prosecutors investigated United Airlines and its close relation with then chairman of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, David Samson. The investigation arose shortly after Samson’s resignation, resulting from emails released that showed aids to Governor Chris Christie had intentionally organized lane closures on …
The Summary of “Uber Investor Sues Travis Kalanick for Fraud” Article
Posted by Nora Shelbi. In the article, Isaac (2017), discussed the issue of the Uber investor and claimed that Travis got involved in the material misstatement and fraudulent trading. As per the investors, it has been declared that such fraudulent activity has been done with the intention to get the outside control of the board; …
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Prevalence of Health Care Fraud
Posted by Sabrina Gilliam Formey. Health care fraud may be more extensive than fraud in other industries because deception branches from an assorted group of players; those players being insurance companies, pharmacists, providers, suppliers, health care vendors, health care provider employees, physicians, specialists, and patients. To compound the problem, some of those players are not only …
Bad “Yelp” Reviews Should be Protected by the First Amendment
Posted by Jen Suarez. To what extent is defamation? From my last blog article, I defined defamation as “malicious and damaging misrepresentation,” where an organization was falsely accused of rape. However, can anyone play to the “defamation card” if they don’t like what other’s have to say? For example, Yelp.com is a website where consumers …
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Toshiba’s Accounting Scandal
Posted by Bridget Uribe. During the summer of 2015, one of the world’s most known Japanese companies broke headlines as a top accounting scandal. Investigators found the company was overstating operating profits by at least 151.8 billion yen ($1.2 billion in U.S. dollars) between the years of 2008 and 2014. Their accounting problems primarily began …
The Fall of a Coal “Kingpin”
Posted by Dan Udvari. On December 3, 2015 Donald L. Blankenship – the CEO of Massey Energy, Co. – was convicted of a single misdemeanor for conducting a conspiracy to violate safety rules in his coal mines just before the Upper Big Branch Mine disaster that occurred on April 5, 2010. Massey Energy was the fourth …
Martin Shkreli Arrested on Fraud Charges
Posted by Katie Kim. On Thursday, Martin Shkreli, a 32 year-old pharmaceutical executive, was arrested by the federal authorities on securities and wire-fraud charges stemming from an alleged Ponzi scheme he ran as a hedge-fund manager. What the young executive was doing was taking out loans from investors to start a new pharmaceutical company and using …