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It’s Time the Bad Guys Pay for the Financial Meltdown: Bring On the Class Actions!
by Abigail Field on Jan.29, 2011, under Towing
The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission’s report concludes that ineffective regulators and big banks were the primary causes of the financial meltdown. Next stop: Government and class action lawsuits to recoup some of what we all lost, and (please please please) criminal charges against the worst offenders too.
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It’s Time the Bad Guys Pay for the Financial Meltdown: Bring On the Class Actions! originally appeared on DailyFinance on Sat, 29 Jan 2011 09:00:00.
Filed Under: Columns, Economy, Investing, Real Estate, Credit
Government Recovers $4 Billion from Health Care Fraud Cases
by Melly Alazraki on Jan.25, 2011, under Towing
The government recouped a staggering $4 billion in fiscal 2010 that was stolen from federal health care programs, the departments of Justice and Health and Human Services announced Monday — the highest annual amount ever. More than half of the fraud money recovered came from drug companies.
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Government Recovers $4 Billion from Health Care Fraud Cases originally appeared on DailyFinance on Tue, 25 Jan 2011 12:27:00.
Filed Under: Health Care, Novartis, Astrazeneca
Fraud Files: FCPA Enforcement Will Continue to Be Costly … and Unpredictable
by Tracy Coenen on Nov.26, 2010, under Towing
For decades, U.S. companies doing business overseas have had to avoid falling afoul of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, which prohibits the bribing of foreign officials. But in the past few years, such corporate misbehavior is receiving more attention and increased enforcement, which is making executives nervous.
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Fraud Files: FCPA Enforcement Will Continue to Be Costly … and Unpredictable originally appeared on DailyFinance on Fri, 26 Nov 2010 12:00:00.
Filed Under: Columns
The U.S. Stops Silicon Valley’s ‘No Poaching’ Deals. . . a Few Years Too Late
by Alex Salkever on Sep.26, 2010, under Towing
On Friday, the Justice Department announced it had settled with six tech giants that had made anticompetitive agreements not to poach top employees from each other. That may have been an issue two years ago, but not now as a major talent war rages in Silicon Valley.
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The U.S. Stops Silicon Valley’s ‘No Poaching’ Deals. . . a Few Years Too Late originally appeared on DailyFinance on Sun, 26 Sep 2010 12:00:00.
Filed Under: Company News, Technology, Hewlett-Packard, Google , Intel, Oracle, Apple, Facebook, Careers, Adobe Systems, Stocks in the News






