Re:Boeing to plead guilty to criminal fraud charge stemming ...
by tremon on Monday July 08, 2024 @08:00AM
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Prime counterexample: Sarbanes-Oxley. Yes, you can punish people for failing to comply with legal obligations, even if they had no specific knowledge of the obligation not being met.
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Re:Boeing to plead guilty to criminal fraud charge stemming ...
by bluGill on Monday July 08, 2024 @09:18AM
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Ignorance of the law has never been an excuse. You are expected to know all the laws that apply to you.
Re:Boeing to plead guilty to criminal fraud charge stemming ...
by zdw on Monday July 08, 2024 @10:26AM
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The law being so wide ranging, complicated, and subject to interpretation based on previous decisions (in may jurisdictions) it's practically impossible to know definitively every law that applies to you, even for an expert.
Now, knowing what the law is in specific, narrow areas that you're operating in, or with sufficient budget to hire experts, that's something different, and might be closer to knowable.