Hans Bader discusses the seemingly incoherent approach of the Department of Justice to prosecuting financial abuses, though I suspect it's a little early to criticize the lack of prosecutions in the MF Global case. If there aren't indictments closer to the statute of limitations deadline, then we can raise an eyebrow.
Bader on the Theodore Urban case
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