A form of economic opportunism occurring when assets and investments have a value specific to an exchange, e.g. an employee with SPECIFIC TRAINING can use that HUMAN CAPITAL investment as the basis for demanding higher remuneration. Goldberg V.P....

Even a robber fastens his door. (Japanese) It is easy robbing when the dog is quieted. (Italian) Robbers are plundered by thieves. (Chinese) To rob a robber is not robbing....

Theft of property. The traditional penalty for robbery was full restitution either of the object itself or of its full...

Robbery is the crime of seizing property through violence or intimidation. More precisely, at common law, robbery was defined as taking the property of another, with the intent to permanently deprive the person of that property, by means of force or...

Three men accused of a string of bank robberies were indicted Friday, but authorities said they will not face federal charges in the death of an FBI agent who was shot, apparently by a colleague, while some of the suspects were being arrested.But if the...

Just like when he killed a little girl eight years ago when he was 12 years old, Lionel Tate wants a trial _ even though his lawyers have told him it's a bad idea.A conviction could add significant time to the 30-year sentence he is...

A former gang member could face life in prison for a jewelry heist that resembled robberies he described in a memoir about gang life.Jurors on Monday found Colton Simpson, 41, guilty of robbery, burglary and grand theft for his role in the March 17, 2003,...

A contract mail carrier in central Georgia told authorities he was robbed, but a neighbor's surveillance video told a different story. The worker, Thomas Ross Scarborough, 35, of Jeffersonville, was charged with theft by taking and false report of a crime after the video showed...

Describes a traumatic personal event of a family robbed by armed men. Discusses the feeling of insecurity after the robbery.