Enforcement-Failure

Mental Health Parity Act Signed into Law with No Enforcement Mechanism, Enabling Systematic Insurer Non-Compliance

| Importance: 8/10

On October 3, 2008, President George W. Bush signed the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) into law as part of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act (TARP legislation), requiring health insurers to provide mental health and substance use …

George W. Bush Paul Wellstone Pete Domenici Department of Labor Employee Benefits Security Administration +1 more healthcare mental-health insurance-fraud regulatory-capture enforcement-failure +2 more
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Microsoft Antitrust Settlement Establishes Weak Precedent for Tech Monopolies

| Importance: 9/10

The U.S. Department of Justice reaches a settlement with Microsoft on November 1, 2001, abandoning the structural breakup remedy ordered by Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson in favor of behavioral restrictions. The Bush administration DOJ, after taking office in January 2001, announces on September 6, …

U.S. Department of Justice Microsoft Corporation George W. Bush John Ashcroft Bill Gates +1 more antitrust tech-monopoly regulatory-capture enforcement-failure corporate-power +2 more
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Dot-Com Bubble Peaks, Exposes IPO Fraud and Analyst Conflicts

| Importance: 9/10

The NASDAQ Composite stock market index peaks at 5,048.62 on Friday, March 10, 2000, marking the height of the dot-com bubble before collapsing 78% to 1,114 by October 2002, erasing all gains made during the bubble. Between 1995 and the March 2000 peak, NASDAQ investments rise 600% in what becomes …

Investment Banks Securities Analysts Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) NASDAQ Venture Capitalists +1 more deregulation regulatory-capture securities-fraud analyst-conflicts irrational-exuberance +2 more
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DOJ Files Microsoft Antitrust Suit, Establishes Tech Monopoly Precedent

| Importance: 9/10

The U.S. Department of Justice, joined by Attorneys General from 20 states and the District of Columbia, files antitrust charges against Microsoft on May 18, 1998, alleging the company violated the Sherman Act by using its operating system dominance to thwart competition. The complaint charges four …

U.S. Department of Justice Microsoft Corporation Bill Gates Joel Klein Janet Reno +1 more antitrust tech-monopoly regulatory-capture corporate-power enforcement-failure +1 more
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