Criminal Law

Chutzpah: McCain Advisor Made Millions Lobbying For Fannie And Freddie
The one thing John McCain is not in short supply of is chutzpah. Last week McCain was lying about former Freddie Mac CEO Franklin Raines advising Obama, both in his ads and on the stump...

The Fannie Freddie Fable
At last night's debate, Senator McCain trotted out the discredited fiction that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were the root cause of the foreclosure crisis, and that they started the practice of making reckless loans to homeowners who couldn't repay...

Trouble for Freddie, Fannie
From the Associated Press via Yahoo! News: "Stocks fall sharply on Fannie, Freddie worries," by Tim Paradis-- Wall Street sank further into a bear market Friday, as investors dumped stocks on troubles at mortgage companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac...

SNSFE Investigating Funds And Other Investment Vehicles That Heavily Invested In Beaten-Down Fannie, Freddie, Lehman, AIG And Merrill
Investors owning shares in mutual funds ought to know what their exposure is to Fannie and Freddie. According to MorningstarAdvisor report published recently, the top firms holding Fannie and Freddie are Fidelity Select Home, Touchstone, Morgan Stanley Financial Services and...

McCain and the Fannie and Freddie Lobbyists
I somehow missed this last week, an op-ed written by John McCain and Sarah Palin in the Wall Street Journal about the government takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Wait till you see the chutzpah here: Enduring reform of Fannie and Freddie is a key first step...

NY Attorney General Enters Agreements with Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae
New York Attorney General Cuomo announced agreements with Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and OFHEO that require Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to buy loans only from banks that meet new standards designed to ensure independent and reliable appraisals....

Texas, USA
alleging the Medical Malpractice and Tort Reform Act of 2003 violates several provisions of the Constitution.

John Vermillion and Associates LLC et al.
allegedly misrepresented themselves as qualified financial advisers to sell living trusts and exploit senior citizens.

St. John Health
Agrees a $13.5 Million Settlement in Antitrust Class Action

John Hancock
$24 Million Settlement in Racial Discriminaton Class Action

Celebrity Chef
John Burton Race ordered to pay wife $7.2 million divorce settlement.

John Wirta
$2.5 million settlement for a hit and run DWI accident.