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Black Gets Bail. Conrad Black has been granted bail. The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago, over the protests of the U.S. government, has granted Conrad Black bail while his appeal is heard by the circuit court, following the Supreme Court's decision in the "honest services" case of Jeffrey Skilling.

The invaluable Larry Ribstein (who left his personal "Ideoblog" for the excellent group effort "Truth on the Market") offers the definitive first-take on the Goldman case from the perspective of a busiiness-law professor.  His key conclusion is that this suit was, in effect, the governmental version of a "strike suit," the term used when priv

Goldman's Consent Decreee.

Capital is a coward