Do corporations have souls? A look at a pivotal case recently decided in Delaware.
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Soulless Corporations Can't Be Witnesses, Judge Rules
The U.S. Supreme Court may treat corporations like people when it comes to making political donations, but there's at least one place where only a human being will do: a Delaware witness stand.
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