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Lawsuits Renew Scrutiny of Big Banks’ Deceptive Practices on Cash Sweep Accounts

Intelligize Blog

The latest flurry of litigation follows a series of class-action cases against Ameriprise Financial, LPL Financial, Wells Fargo and Morgan Stanley regarding their cash sweep programs. Commentary from almost a decade ago suggests they won’t.

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‘Invisibility’ of Prosecutor Misconduct Erodes Trust: PA Report

The Crime Report

Researchers at the Quattrone Center, based at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, created what they said was a unique dataset of 4,644 opinions in which allegations of misconduct were raised in the more than 1.5 million judicial opinions published between 2000 and 2016 by federal and state courts in Pennsylvania.

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Making Crypto Available to Everyone

InHouseOps

27 years ago, I was working as a trial attorney for a law firm in Alabama when I was recruited by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Since that time, I’ve parlayed my early litigation and investigation experience into non-traditional legal jobs. Tom Davis: I’ve been a licensed attorney for over 27 years. That’s how I moved out west.

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Third-party arbitration funding – Comparative analysis and Indian Perspective

LexForti

Third-party funding is rather a new concept and was adapted by many legislations only recently due to the illegality of the doctrines of maintenance and champerty in common-law jurisdictions in the past. The concept of TPF, though accepted explicitly by the law of the land, has two sides to it similar to the way of a coin. Balaji [17].

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DOJ Signals New Strategy For ‘Environmental Justice’

The Crime Report

To the extent a corporate actor violates either civil or criminal law in a manner that implicates environmental justice or the climate crisis, corporations should be aware that my division is paying particular attention to these issues.”.

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Elite Litigation Boutique Doing Its Part To Protect Whistleblowers

Above The Law

Which elite litigation boutique law firm won a TRO keeping client Hampton Dellinger in his role as Special Counsel as the primary protector of whistleblowers? The post Elite Litigation Boutique Doing Its Part To Protect Whistleblowers appeared first on Above the Law. See the answer on the next page.

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State Hid Criminal Referrals of Other Chemists, Supervisors at Hinton Drug Lab for Years

The Crime Report

The reported conduct includes lying to police, misidentifying drug samples or certifying substances as illegal under state law—including a piece of a nut—when they were not drugs. there has been a violation of state criminal law by Ms. That citation refers to the state’s obstruction of justice law. history.