Our Atlas Summit was held Jun 28-July 1 in Washington, D.C., with an enthusiastic crowd--including a fair number of students--in attendance. If you missed the Summit, don't fret. We'll be publishing video of each presentation. Just sign up for our email updates (at left) to stay informed of releases.

Jul 9, 2012

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Over last week's holiday, New York businesses continued to advocate your right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of a very large Coke . It's good to see them fighting back, but a spokesman for Mayor Michael R.

Jul 9, 2012

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Here comes the government, like some red-white-and-blue monster, crushing people’s livelihoods and aspirations almost without noticing: a typical political horror story. That’s what the Las Vegas Review-Journal article about the amendment to the transportation bill that snuffed out the industry of selling people tobacco and paper, then letting them use roll-your-own-cigarette machines, sounds like at first. But if you notice three facts mentioned in the article, you might second-guess that judgment.

Jul 9, 2012

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A businessman was accused of "structuring" cash deposits of his income from farmers market sales, and now the federal prosecutor who took his money is accused of retaliating against the businessman for protesting to the press: In an e-mail to [Baltimore City Paper], Watt [the businessman's lawyer] paraphrases what he recalls [prosecutor] Cassella saying: “Well, Dave, now I have a problem. Your client spoke to the press and now I have to file charges. Otherwise it will appear that I was influenced by your client speaking to the press. Also, I don’t want the next person who I file against to think that he/she can gain leverage by talking to the press.”

Jul 6, 2012

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It's "hard to find another social group persecuted on such a large scale" as businessmen, says Boris Titov. Ayn Rand, of course, called big-business men "America's Persecuted Minority," but as bad as things were for American businessmen in her time, and as much worse as they are today, Titov is ombudsman for business rights in a country where things are even worse: Over the past decade, he tells the BBC, "Russia has imprisoned nearly three million entrepreneurs, many unjustly."

Jul 5, 2012

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Americans are again celebrating Independence Day in traditional fashion, enjoying themselves with family and friends, picnics and fireworks.

Jul 3, 2012

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If the notion of forcing Netflix to tailor movies for the deaf and blind or making banks replace their ATMs with audio-equipped versions ...

Jun 27, 2012

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Remember the Abacus case against Goldman Sachs that the BRC's Roger Donway said involved a "moral counter-revolution" ? Well, Goldman is still facing litigation over that deal: a judge recently refused to dismiss a lawsuit by people who'd bought Goldman stock .

Jun 27, 2012

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A deaf person and two deaf-advocacy organizations are suing Netflix for making movies available for instant online viewing without providing

Jun 26, 2012

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Along with Congress , the Federal Trade Commission, and the European Union , the state of Texas has been investigating Google for possible antitrust violations.

Jun 22, 2012

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Among the challenges businesses face as a result of President Obama's health-insurance reform law is uncertainty . But even if the Supreme Court puts an end to that law, the Wall Street Journal notes, it won't put an end to the regime uncertainty surrounding health reform .

Jun 22, 2012

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June 15, 2012 - This is my second Father’s Day as the daddy of Sophia and Allegra, my 17-month-old fraternal twin girls. I never thought I’d meet the right woman but—wow!—I did and thus, well into my fifth decade, we decided to become parents. The day the girls were born was the most wonderful and memorable of my life.Evolution programmed us with a sex drive that keeps the species going. But contraception now makes parenthood a choice. Evolution also has programmed int

Jun 22, 2012

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Edward Hudgins

Robert Jahoda, a blind man from Pennsylvania, is sole named plaintiff in a batch of lawsuits seeking to force banks to bring their ATMs.....

Jun 21, 2012

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Johnson & Johnson -- the company that helped you shampoo with "no more tears," fight acne , and heal pretty much every wound that didn't require stiches -- is close to a settlement with the federal government. It's going to pay a fine of more than $1.5 billion, sources say. For, essentially, speaking. The case comes out of J&J's prescription drug business. The Wall Street Journal explains :Under federal law, drug makers can market medicines only for uses approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, though doctors can prescribe drugs for unapproved, or off-label, uses. The largest illegal-drug-marketing settlement to date was in 2009, when Pfizer Inc. agreed to pay $2.3 billion to resolve an investigation into the promotion of now-withdrawn painkiller Bextra and other drugs.

Jun 21, 2012

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La semana pasada, el Presidente Obama anunció que su Gobierno no deportará a un millón de inmigrantes ilegales que llegaron a la UE en busca de asilo.

20 de junio de 2012

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2 minutos

"You may ... settle this matter by paying $90,643. "What matter? Selling rabbits without a license. There was no accusation of animal cruelty, let alone danger to humans.

Jun 18, 2012

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Spokeo, a six-year-old online business designed to help people find each other, is paying $800,000 to settle a case with the Federal Trade Commission. From the FTC's statement : Spokeo, Inc., a data broker that compiles and sells detailed information profiles on millions of consumers, will pay $800,000 to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it marketed the profiles to companies in the human resources, background screening, and recruiting industries without taking steps to protect consumers required under the Fair Credit Reporting Act. This is the first Commission case to address the sale of Internet and social media data in the employment screening context.The FTC alleged that Spokeo operated as a consumer reporting agency and violated the FCRA by failing to make sure that the information it sold would be used only for

Jun 15, 2012

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The federal government has succeeded in getting Rajat Gupta, under whose leadership McKinsey and Co. nearly tripled its revenues , convicted of "securities fraud" for acts that, even if he committed them, are not fraud . The verdict was guilty on three counts of "securities fraud" and one of conspiracy, not guilty on two counts of "securities fraud."

Jun 15, 2012

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Summarizing their cases before the question of Rajat Gupta's guilt or innocence goes to a jury, the former Goldman Sachs director's lawyer argued that the federal government had nothing but indirect evidence , but the prosecution argued that when it was added up, it was overwhelming evidence against Gupta.

Jun 14, 2012

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