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Donoghue on Magistrates' Courts & Anti-Social Behavior in England & Wales
Jane Donoghue (University of Oxford - Centre for Criminology) has posted Anti-Social Behaviour, Community Expectations and the Judicial Role in England and Wales on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This paper presents interim findings from an Economic and Social Research...

Police will harass yobs in new plan to tackle antisocial behaviour
Police will harass yobs in new plan to tackle antisocial behaviour"Thousands of yobs are to be photographed and videoed in big-brother style police operations to tackle persistent antisocial behaviour, the Home Secretary announced today...

UK: Birmingham council seizes home after homophobic abuse
Inside Housing: "Birmingham City Council has been awarded possession of a tenant?s home, following a ?reign of homophobic abuse and anti-social behaviour?. Birmingham County Court has given the tenant, Richard Leonard, a two-year anti-social behaviour injunction, which bars him from harassing or intimidating local residents and causing damage to their homes and vehicles, after a series of incidents since May 2009...

New America white paper on the CFPB: "Tools, Transitions, and Choices"
The New America Foundation has put out a handy white paper by Tim Fernholz that gives a very clear overview of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's authorities under the Dodd-Frank Act and its choices and opportunities over the near term...

Criminalisation of Cartel Behaviour
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol David King (Ministry of Economic Development, New Zealand) explores Criminalisation of Cartel Behaviour. ABSTRACT: This paper considers the case for criminalisation of hard-core cartel behaviour...

Expanding EU Role in Financial Regulation
(Editor’s Note: This post comes to us from James R. Modrall and Christophe Wauters of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP.) The economic crisis has produced a bewildering array of regulatory and economic responses at all levels of government...

The Paulson Toxic Mortgage Debt Security Act: The Biggest Government Bailout of All Time
Legislative Proprosal for Treasury Authority to Purchase Mortgage-related Assets

Department of Homeland Security, FBI, and Social Security Administration
allegedly denied social security insurance to disabled and elderly immigrants.

Qui Tam Whistleblower - Government Fraud - Qui Tam Lawsuit
Qui Tam Whistleblower alleging fraud against the government reported by an individual acting as a government whistleblower.

Technician Whistleblower
Jury orders DuPont Chambers Works to pay $1.224 million settlement to employee.

NCAA Sued for Conspiracy and Anti-competitive Practices Related to Athletic Scholarships
NCAA Sued for Conspiracy and Anti-competitive Practices Related to Athletic Scholarships

Rock Band Great White
Settles Over 2003 Station NightClub Fire

Social Security Loses Class Action, Will Pay $500 Million in Benefits
Social Security Loses Class Action, Will Pay $500 Million in Benefits