This afternoon the Wall Street Journal ran a short piece entitled: “Probe Into Usana Officials Ends With Settlement.” Lots of people apparently got excited at this headline, and interpreted it as complete vindication for Usana Health Sciences. Alas, nothing could […]

The Securities and Exchange Commission is being asked to take another look at the cost of complying with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. This section deals with internal controls in public companies, and a major criticism of SOX is […]

The Business Journal had a great feature on Kelly and Jeff Fitzsimmons. Kelly is a well-known Milwaukee entrepreneur, and this venture seems a bit of a change from computer security. Their idea is an “American Idol” type of website for […]

The Texas Attorney General doesn’t want to talk about why his office hasn’t taken legal action against multi-level marketing company Mannatech. His office was informed on October 5 by the Department of State Health Services that Mannatech is a threat […]

Sam Antar says the following about his crimes: “What I did was pure evil. I am going to probably fry in hell for many years before I get upstairs. We were nothing but cold hearted and soulless criminals. We were […]

The case of the pants lost by the drycleaners and the ensuing $54 million lawsuit has been decided. District of Columbia Superior Court Judge Judith Bartnoff ruled that Custom Cleaners did not violate the Consumer Protection Act with its “Satisfaction […]

Wow! A two-year-old with an IQ of 152 is being admitted to Mensa in Britain. Her recent IQ test results indicate she’s at the level of a five or six-year-old. Mensa is the “High IQ Society,” or the international society […]

A recent survey completed by William G. Ross, professor at the Cumberland School of Law at Samford University, is ruffling some feathers. Ross has a special interest in billing ethics, and has done two previous surveys of this sort. In […]

Did you know that I’m a graduate of the Criminal Investigator Training Program (CIT) at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) in Glynco, Georgia? This site gets lots of hits from people searching for information on FLETC, so I […]

Several people have questioned whether Usana Health Sciences must file a Form 8-K with the SEC to notify them of the recent distributor class action suit. It seems to be the common belief that the lawsuit is a “material event” […]