Randall Lane probably didn’t break the law by accepting $6 million while working at Forbes. He may still pay a price under a 140-year-old doctrine | Fortune0

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• August 14, 2026

Forbes fired its longtime chief content officer, Randall Lane, in July after discovering he had received an undisclosed payment of about $6 million from RJ Shook, the founder of Shook Research, a firm that has partnered with Forbes since 2016 to publish its rankings of top wealth advisers. Lane, 58, worked at Forbes for 15