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Mark Tapscott
Past was Spitzer’s prologue
- Former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer’s blindingly fast fall from grace was portrayed by many of his media sympathizers as a temporary slip in judgment, an unfortunate exception to the high ethical standards he exemplified himself and demanded of others.
Some ‘little guys’ treated better than others
- When the New York Common Fund and CalSTRS won a record-setting $3.2 billion settlement in 1999 from the Cendant Corp. it included $262 million for the lawyers, including those from two lead plaintiff counsel firms, Bernstein Litowitz & Grossman, and Barrack, Rodos and Bacine.
Terayon silence shielded donors
- It was a case that epitomized the worst of the securities class-action lawsuit abuses of the 1990s.
Mark Tapscott: ‘Leave Us Alone’ reminds that demographics favor the Right
- Grover Norquist is a formidable political strategist in part because he listens closely to smart people like Arthur C. Brooks. That’s one of many reasons why Norquist’s new book, “Leave Us Alone: Getting government’s hands off our money, our guns, our lives,” could be the most prescient political work of 2008.
Mark Tapscott: Bloomberg boomlet is old news in Internet age
- Nothing but old news will be made next week at the University of Oklahoma when remnants of the last century’s New Deal model politics gather to crown themselves with the mantle of an independent third force in the 2008 presidential campaign.
Mark Tapscott: Went to court and all they got was a lousy coupon
- Funny slogans come and go rather swiftly in popular culture, but it wasn’t that long ago when a familiar sight was somebody wearing a message along the lines of “I did such-and-such and all I got was this lousy T-shirt.”
- Funny slogans come and go rather swiftly in popular culture, but it wasn’t that long ago when a familiar sight was somebody wearing a message along the lines of “I did such-and-such and all I got was this lousy T-shirt.”
Bush should use the 'mother of all vetoes'
- Democrats in Congress appear determined to force a showdown with President Bush this week on the budget, daring him to veto their $520 billion omnibus spending bill with funding for all major federal departments and agencies, plus token funding for U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Mark Tapscott: Bush should use the ‘mother of all vetoes’
- Democrats in Congress appear determined to force a showdown with President Bush this week on the budget, daring him to veto their $520 billion omnibus spending bill with funding for all major federal departments and agencies, plus token funding for U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Mark Tapscott: Right Mitt speech, wrong place
- Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney has often said he thinks he should give the JFK speech — explaining why people should not vote against him because of his Mormon religion — but his aides advised against it.
Mark Tapscott: Congress IS the train wreck
- Google “train wreck in Congress,” and the first links appearing are two journalists discussing Capitol Hill’s inability to resolve debates about President Bush’s federal budget proposal, FISA, Pentagon spending, energy legislation and even digital TV.
Power Profile: Charles G. Koch
- Rich Fink has worked for Charles G. Koch for nearly two decades and is often sought by Washington insiders seeking to know what’s on the mind of the modest man from Wichita, Kan., who also happens to head the world’s largest private corporation.
- Rich Fink has worked for Charles G. Koch for nearly two decades and is often sought by Washington insiders seeking to know what’s on the mind of the modest man from Wichita, Kan., who also happens to head the world’s largest private corporation.
Liability lawyers offer corporate America a deal it can’t refuse
- They just don’t get any more important than Stoneridge Investment Partners v Scientific Atlanta, the potential landmark case argued earlier this week before eight justices of the U.S. Supreme Court.
- They just don’t get any more important than Stoneridge Investment Partners v Scientific Atlanta, the potential landmark case argued earlier this week before eight justices of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Just the threat of a lawsuit can be worth millions
- When Sprint agreed last month to a $57.5 million settlement, it escaped a multi-billion dollar class action securities suit by paying only a tiny percentage of the damages claimed by plaintiffs.
- When Sprint agreed last month to a $57.5 million settlement, it escaped a multi-billion dollar class action securities suit by paying only a tiny percentage of the damages claimed by plaintiffs.