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Do corporations have souls? A look at a pivotal case recently decided in Delaware.

5 minute read April 01, 2015 at 12:38 PM
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Business Crimes Hotline

DELAWARE

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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