Oil-financed Congress members target public-interest group

By Richard Prince and Esther Cassidy

WASHINGTON, June 14, 2000 — A saga involving Big Oil, millions of unrealized tax dollars, whistle-blowers, members of Congress and campaign

Gitmo prisoner matched to Pearl murder video faces military trial

By Julie Vorman

Gitmo prisoner matched to Pearl murder video faces military trial

Bailout watchdog probes suspected TARP fraud at 64 banks

The government watchdog charged with overseeing the $700 billion bank bailout fund is claiming broad success in cracking down on individual
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Billing clients interest fees on lawyer loans legal, but uncommon

In 2002, the New York state bar association said attorneys financing a lawsuit with borrowed money may pass the interest costs onto their cl

Lawyer group to examine ethical pitfalls raised in Center’s “Betting on Justice”

The American Bar Association says it is studying whether third-party investment in lawsuits, in the form of loans to lawyers or financing ar

Betting on Justice: Borrowing to sue

By Binyamin Appelbaum

Large banks, hedge funds and private investors hungry for new and lucrative opportunities are bankrolling other people’s lawsuits, pumping h
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Massachusetts foreclosure law firm latest in investigator crosshairs

A law firm with connections to the attorney at the center of a Florida foreclosure scandal is under investigation by the Massachusetts attor

Retiring CFTC judge levels unfairness accusations at colleague

Here’s a cautionary tale about the lack of oversight of administrative law judges and the limitations of accountability journalism. ...

Supreme Court leaves most of auditing regulator intact

The U.S. Supreme Court today struck down as unconstitutional some provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act that created an auditing oversight re

Investigative armada unleashed on sub-prime mortgage mess

By Andrew Green

The news may spell economic doom and gloom, but seems there’s hardly been a better time to be a civil or criminal investigator. PaperTrail’s

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