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Corrupt city officials face pension freeze

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2010
... pension accounts of city officials, one of whom allegedly earned a 'secret' annual salary of US$800,000. Last week, Attorney General Edmund Brown subpoenaed hundreds of employment, salary, and contract records in the city in California called Bell. The ...

US pension funds get $800m from class action

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2010
... violations and stock price manipulation, in the tenth-largest securities class action settlement in U.S. history. Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray last week announced the $800 million-plus securities class action settlement against American International ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2010
... Mexico oil spill. The Dow Jones industrial average plunged shortly before the close of trade and minutes after Attorney General Eric Holder made the announcement. Stocks in energy companies and oil service providers tumbled on the news, and other stocks ...

America's Eyjafjallajokull

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 APR 2010
... and others like it -- that are now feeling the tremors. The Los Angeles Times reports that California's State Attorney General Jerry Brown is suing that other player in the subprime debacle - the ratings company Moody's Investor Services. According to ...

State Street settles suit for $340m

SEC RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2010
... action is the result of joint efforts by the SEC with the Massachusetts Securities Division and the Massachusetts Attorney General's office, which both announced related charges against State Street. David P. Bergers, director of the SEC's Boston Regional ...

CalPERS opens black book of placement agents...

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2010
... Certain external managers who were mentioned in news stories following various actions brought by the New York Attorney General and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission were asked to voluntarily provide retroactive placement agent information. ...

PE firm pays NY fund $20m in compensation

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2009
... firm Riverstone Holdings, has been ordered to pay US$20 million to the New York State Common Retirement Fund. US Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo announced an agreement with Leuschen to resolve Leuschen's role in Cuomo's investigation of corruption involving ...

MMC pays $428 million in compensation

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2009
... breaking securities law covering its contingent commission practices. According to a press statement from Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray, the lawsuit which was filed in 2004 sought compensation for investors who faced losses by Marsh's failure ...

Govt targets judge's super

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2008
... judges of the non-contributory arrangements paid to current sitting judges. The idea suggested by the Deferral Attorney General has drawn fire from legal groups saying that without the non-contributory super judges salaries will be too low and it will ...

Govt targets judge's super

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2008
... judges of the non-contributory arrangements paid to current sitting judges. The idea suggested by the Deferral Attorney General has drawn fire from legal groups saying that without the non-contributory super judges salaries will be too low and it will ...