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National Securities and Exchange Commission

Government persecutes whistleblower, rewards corruption, ignores crimes

The federal government recently persecuted a company lawyer who dutifully uncovered and disclosed wrongdoing by a company employee, as I discuss...
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Former JEFFCO commissioner wanted for questioning

  • Jefferson County Finances
  • December 19, 2011
A federal judge is deciding if he will hold a former Jefferson County Commissioner in contempt of court. Lawyers say Shelia Smoot has been playing...
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Can Private Entities Claim Governmental Immunity When They Commit Fraud?

  • SROs
  • October 28, 2011
Can a private organization that has been delegated some government regulatory powers claim absolute government immunity against lawsuits when it...
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Over 100 "Occupy Dayton"

Ohio residents gathered over the weekend in the state's largest cities in solidarity with the New York group Occupy Wall Street to protest...
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Larry Langford given a pass by SEC

The Securities and Exchange Commission has decided to give up on it’s civil case against former Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford. The...
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Suburban man sentenced in investment fraud case

  • investment fraud scheme
  • July 21, 2011
Scott M. Ross, 42, of Woodstock, Illinois; owned and operated Harbor Wealth Management, LLP, and two subsidiaries that together purportedly engaged...
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Rupert Murdoch's media empire reveals unprecedented $8+ trillion SEC scandal

Several days ago, Steven Jones of Dow Jones Newswires – a News Corporation company – broke what may be the story of the Millennium,...
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DC Entry Level Job of the Day -- The Securities and Exchange Commission

Are you a law or MBA student looking for that perfect summer job?Do you follow the news about stock trades, mergers and acquistions, and IPOs the...
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Lawyers Behaving Badly

After the Madoff debacle, you would think that attorneys working for the Securities and Exchange Commission would have a long laundry list of items...
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