Can the Law Deal With Deception in Business? — with Judge Jed Rakoff and Journalist Bethany McLean
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February 22, 2022 — From Enron to Theranos, what is the line between hype, aggressive salesmanship, and outright fraud? Can markets deal with deception or must the law help — and if the latter, how well does the law work? Insights from the brilliant and outspoken Honorable Jed Rakoff, Senior U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of New York, engaged in a conversation with Bethany McLean, journalist and co-author of The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron. Rakoff, in addition to writing many powerful essays and briefs on important decisions, is also the author of the 2021 book Why the Innocent Plead Guilty and the Guilty Go Free: And Other Paradoxes of Our Broken Legal System.
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