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OPINION: Why remediation fails after notice

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Structural persistence, compliance theater, and the limits of institutional correction.

Regulatory and compliance systems commonly assume that notice is corrective. Once an institution is made aware of a compliance failure through complaints, internal escalation, regulatory inquiry, or adjudication the expectation is that review and remediation will realign conduct with legal obligation. In practice, this assumption frequently fails.

This analysis examines