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Fights over tribal payday lenders show challenges of financial reform

By Michael Hudson and David Heath

High-interest payday lenders are teaming up with Native Americans to shield their online businesses from lawsuits and consumer-lending regul

In setback for corporate lobbyists, whistleblowers can take tips first to government investigators

By Michael Hudson

SEC rules also award generous bounties to tipsters

Financial reform this week: Will SEC's final whistleblower rule require first filing internal complaint?

By Julie Vorman

Your guide to Dodd-Frank law deadlines, hearing and events for the week of May 23
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A more likely nuclear nightmare

By Susan Q. Stranahan

A more probable nuclear power threat than quake or tsunami: recurring fires

Four years after oil company's criminal conviction for pollution, still no sentencing

By Jim Morris

Four years after oil company's criminal conviction for air pollution, still no sentencing

Excerpts from this story referencing "Judge":

"… the first half of 2008. It took almost three years for U.S. District Judge John D. Rainey to decide the matter. On April 5 of this year, the Judge ru …"

Judge says Fannie Mae whistleblower's lawsuit can go forward

By Michael Hudson

As Congress begins to tackle the future of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the government-chartered mortgage giants that have been kept alive wi

Excerpts from this story referencing "Judge":

"… was Herron’s important procedural victory on Thursday when U.S. District Judge Rosemary Collyer rejected Fannie’s request to dismiss the whistleblower …"

"… at only can be distilled and processed after all the facts come to light," Judge Collyer wrote in the Feb. 10 ruling. "The question of whether Fannie Mae i …"

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White House visitor logs riddled with holes

By Fred Schulte and Viveca Novak

Obama touts release of Secret Service logs but data has huge gaps

Excerpts from this story referencing "Chicago":

"… e records show, but no details are in the logs. The AFL-CIO had no comment.Chicago billionaire Penny Pritzker, Obama’s campaign finance chairman, met with …"

Donald Trump's lawsuits could turn off conservatives who embrace tort reform

By Peter H. Stone

Trump and his companies have sued, and been sued, hundreds of times

Excerpts from this story referencing "Judge":

"… prompted his $5 billion defamation suit.In 2009, New Jersey Superior Court Judge Michele Fox rejected the argument of Trump’s lawyers that he had been th …"

During Mitch Daniels’ decade at Eli Lilly, the drug giant paid billions in fines and settled thousands of lawsuits

By Joanne Kenen and Rochelle Sharpe

Eli Lilly paid billions in fines, settled thousands of lawsuits while Daniels was an executive at the drug giant

SEC extracts fines, but not confessions

Federal judge scolds SEC for routinely letting businesses and executives settle civil lawsuits without admitting any guilt....

Excerpts from this story referencing "Judge":

"… suit without admitting or denying charges.Earlier this week, U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff in New York slammed the SEC for not being more muscular with de …"

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