Mutual fund champion on short list for SEC investor advocate

By Jeremy Borden

As the Securities and Exchange Commission considers who will lead a new office giving Main Street investors a bigger megaphone within the ag

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"… reholders, and was an expert witness in a case that eventually went to the U.S. Supreme Court, which this year ruled in favor of mutual fund investors.Bullard also sat …"

Small donors vs. big money in 2012

By Alexis Simendinger

Donors who gave under $200 to Obama are disillusioned by the flood of large contributions that will swamp the 2012 elections.

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"… roups, Republicans will dominate in fundraising. This is partly due to the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, which rul …"

Shays-Meehan opens soft money loophole in the States

By John Dunbar

If the campaign finance reform bill that passed the House becomes law, it will eliminate a colossal loophole

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"… g that is strictly illegal under the hard money system.In addition, a 1976 U.S. Supreme Court opinion gave the parties a new way to spend that money— and it had nothi …"

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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

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"… everely the fair and efficient administration of the laws,” he wrote. …"

Retailers accuse AmEx of antitrust breach as battle over debit card cap heats up

Retailers in a long-running lawsuit against American Express Co. over charge card swipe fees are now accusing the card giant of violating an

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"… ts with the company individually. The next stop for the case is likely the U.S. Supreme Court.AmEx did not respond to a Center request for comment. …"

Army health building upgrade canceled after questions raised about cost estimates

By Julie Vorman

Tricare Management and the U.S. Army did not properly plan a project using $15.7 million in stimulus funds to modernize electrical, mechanic

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"… only for about 7 million of them. (Institute of Medicine)TRANSPARENCY* The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments tomorrow in the first of three cases on Freedom of Inf …"

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Recommended reading: No prosecutions, no extra budget, so why not start a hedge fund?

By Julie Vorman

A roundup of recent news articles to help consumers monitor the transparency and accountability of the Dodd-Frank financial reform law ...

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"… ae.The New York Times’ White Collar Watch suggests one reason why is the U.S. Supreme Court ruling earlier this year in the case of Jeff Skilling, the disgraced forme …"

Starr Struck: Part two

By Florence George Graves

BOSTON, April 1, 1998 — While the Hubbell Subpoena merited page one treatment in The Times, there was far less coverage, mostly brief mentio

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"… “arms of the prosecutor’s office.” That, he says, is precisely what U.S. Supreme Court Justice Lewis Powell feared would happen, referring to the high court’s …"

When criticism becomes a crime

By Joel Simon

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, August 1, 2001 — Imagine you’ve just broken a story about how the president’s cronies, including members of the Sup

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"… nto Argentinean law. (Under this standard first articulated in 1964 by the U.S. Supreme Court in The New York Times v. Sullivan case plaintiffs must prove not only that …"

High court ponders if companies can force customer to sign away right to class-action suits

By David Heath

A bogus $11.72 charge for a “free” cell phone could ultimately determine whether American businesses will be able to prevent consumers from

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"… will be able to prevent consumers from bringing class-action lawsuits.The U.S. Supreme Court today heard arguments as to whether siblings Vincent and Liza Concepcion o …"

"… sions cannot be appealed.Supreme Court already expanded arbitrationBut the U.S. Supreme Court has for more than a decade been the driving force in allowing businesses t …"

"… he architects of consumer arbitration.But Gupta said from the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court building on Capitol Hill, “If they want to ban class actions, they shoul …"

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