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New York jury convicts foreclosure swindling pair
NEW YORK AP - The owners of a foreclosure rescue company that promised to save struggling homeowners but swindled them out of their houses were convicted Thursday of bank fraud conspiracy charges.Andrea Moore and Michael Irving, who ran a Brooklyn-based company called Homes R Us USA, were part of a group of unscrupulous entrepreneurs who came up with a scheme to profit from the subprime mortgage crisis as it unfolded, prosecutors said.How Did Whole Foods Ever Manage to Pull It Off?
The Federal Trade Commission's recent unsuccessful challenge to Whole Foods Market Inc.'s acquisition of Wild Oats Markets Inc. provides merging parties with useful insights into how to navigate the regulatory review process. This case highlights how, in light of the agency's practice of narrowly defining relevant markets when analyzing transactions, merging parties can help themselves resolve deals raising antitrust issues through early development of helpful facts and evidence.The case of the contrite juror
After changing his vote for sake of expediency, a juror e-mails regrets to plaintiff's lawyers, leading to motion for new trial.View more book results for the query "*"
As Deals Dry Up, Antitrust Funding Wanes
Federal U.S. antitrust agencies are experiencing a severe shortfall in fee collections, though the budgetary mess is not expected to affect merger enforcement efforts for another 12 months. The drop in collections could make it tougher for antitrust authorities to persuade Congress to fully fund their enforcement agendas in the future.Will Increase in Number of Grand Juries Raise Conflicts?
Two major child sex-abuse scandals in Pennsylvania have highlighted the conflicts in attorney-client representation that can arise during grand jury proceedings between the interests of organizations under investigation by law enforcement and the interests of organizational employees, officers and agents also under investigation.Trending Stories
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