Dirt Diggers Digest
Subscribe
Sign in
Home
Archive
About
Latest
Top
Discussions
Antitrust in the Workplace
Seeking to end one of the last remaining forms of indentured servitude in the United States, the Federal Trade Commission has issued a final rule that…
15 hrs ago
•
Philip Mattera
1
Share this post
Antitrust in the Workplace
dirtdiggersdigest.substack.com
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Note
Other
Declining Prosecution
Three attorneys at Covington & Burling recently received a letter that could be seen as the ultimate achievement of a corporate lawyer. The U.S. Justice…
Apr 18
•
Philip Mattera
1
Share this post
Declining Prosecution
dirtdiggersdigest.substack.com
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Note
Other
The $1 Trillion Cost of Corporate Misconduct
When you hear a reference to $1 trillion, it usually is in connection to the stock market capitalization of a handful of the largest tech companies. Yet…
Apr 10
•
Philip Mattera
4
Share this post
The $1 Trillion Cost of Corporate Misconduct
dirtdiggersdigest.substack.com
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Note
Other
1
The Second Trump Administration is Open for Business
Much of the concern about a possible second Trump term has focused on what seem to be his increasingly authoritarian impulses. Yet we should also worry…
Apr 4
•
Philip Mattera
1
Share this post
The Second Trump Administration is Open for Business
dirtdiggersdigest.substack.com
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Note
Other
1
March 2024
Swiping Fees
For the past two decades, groups of merchants have been suing Mastercard and Visa for charging excessive credit card processing fees, also known as…
Mar 28
•
Philip Mattera
1
Share this post
Swiping Fees
dirtdiggersdigest.substack.com
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Note
Other
Mega-Scandals
Over the past quarter century, large corporations have paid hundreds of billions of dollars in fines and settlements for a wide range of misconduct. In…
Mar 21
•
Philip Mattera
Share this post
Mega-Scandals
dirtdiggersdigest.substack.com
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Note
Other
Will Big Pharma Continue to Fleece Taxpayers?
Tensions are mounting between the Biden Administration, which wants to implement legislation passed in 2022 allowing Medicare to negotiate drug prices…
Mar 14
•
Philip Mattera
2
Share this post
Will Big Pharma Continue to Fleece Taxpayers?
dirtdiggersdigest.substack.com
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Note
Other
Eliminating the Late Fee Bonanza
A substantial number of working-class Americans have decided that the Biden Administration is not acting in their interest and is instead serving the…
Mar 7
•
Philip Mattera
1
Share this post
Eliminating the Late Fee Bonanza
dirtdiggersdigest.substack.com
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Note
Other
1
February 2024
Biometric Battles
The Alabama IVF court ruling and the move for a national abortion ban highlight the rising threat to reproductive freedom. Another battle over bodily…
Feb 29
•
Philip Mattera
1
Share this post
Biometric Battles
dirtdiggersdigest.substack.com
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Note
Other
PFAS Payouts
BP and its drilling partners were hit with out over $60 billion in fines and settlements in connection with the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster in the…
Feb 22
•
Philip Mattera
2
Share this post
PFAS Payouts
dirtdiggersdigest.substack.com
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Note
Other
Blowing the Whistle on Procurement Fraud
A federal judge recently ordered Gen Digital Inc. to pay $53 million in damages for cheating the federal government. The case against the…
Feb 15
•
Philip Mattera
1
Share this post
Blowing the Whistle on Procurement Fraud
dirtdiggersdigest.substack.com
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Note
Other
1
Tax Credits and Fraud
The relentless corporate pursuit of special tax breaks is bad for the fiscal health of cities and states, but it is usually completely legal. An…
Feb 8
•
Philip Mattera
1
Share this post
Tax Credits and Fraud
dirtdiggersdigest.substack.com
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Note
Other
Share
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Note
Other
This site requires JavaScript to run correctly. Please
turn on JavaScript
or unblock scripts