Criminal Law

New "Best Practices" Guidelines for Hedge Funds
A group of hedge fund managers, backed by treasury Secretary Hank Paulson, have just published a "Best Practices Guide" of hedge funds. The Guide contains the expected -- more transparency and better internal valuation of assets...

Hedge Funds to the Rescue: National City
In what has to be galling to the many hedge fund critics, the nation's hedge funds are rescuing the country's ailing financial system. After the overblown hysteria directed at hedge funds in the past two years we have discovered that...

Top Ten Hedge Funds
The Trader Monthly has data out on the top pay for hedge fund managers for last year. The top manager, John Paulson in New York, made $3 billion, more than the GDP of Rwanda. If he made $3 billion, his...

Hedge Funds and Tough Times
Some are celebrating the troubles of some hedge funds in the current investment market. Their celebrations are false, however, as hedge funds, even though going through a difficult period, still seem on pace to beat common market indexes, which show...

Recovering Assets From Bankrupt Cayman Island Hedge Funds:
More than 8,500 hedge funds are registered in the Cayman Islands. Some estimate that three out of every four hedge funds are incorporated in the Western Caribbean Islands. As the following two articles indicate, Bear Stearns' decision to file for...

From the Pages of The Pomerantz Monitor: Hedge Funds Secretly Engage in Total Return Equity Swaps to Gain Seats on CSX Board
The August issue of The Pomerantz Monitor reports on the questionable tactics successfully used by hedge funds to gain seats on the CSX board. For years, two offshore hedge fund groups, The Children's Investment Funds and the 3G Funds, have...

Bail and Bail Bonds
How you get out of jail

Hedge Funds
alleging companies involved in mortgage fraud.

HIV Funds
Dallas Independent School District pays $336,000 settlement for misappropriated program funds.

Oppenheimer Funds, Inc
RMUNX

Oppenheimer Funds, Inc
401(k) / ERISA Stock Fraud

AIG Agrees $725 Million Settlement in Pension Funds Class Action
AIG Agrees $725 Million Settlement in Pension Funds Class Action

Mutual Funds
alleging financial companies breached ERISA act with employee 401k plan holders.