This was the heaviest fall in 4 months as investors reacted to the Obama administration filing of a lawsuit.
Well nothing really, except for possible violations of some federal criminal statutes (wire fraud? even perhaps racketeering?) and collusion in filing of a frivolous lawsuit.
The House resolution gave lawmakers the option of filing a lawsuit if the Justice Department declined to file criminal charges against Holder.
Instead of filing a lawsuit, Richard Rathvon and 20 other former employees formed a committee to participate in Enron's bankruptcy proceedings alongside banks and other bigger creditors.
These issues and others led to the filing of a class action lawsuit against the USGBC by Henry Gifford, a long time critic of the LEED rating system.
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The judicial order follows the filing in February of a lawsuit by Fairfield against KPMG, the auditor of Tremont Partners, which allegedly acted as a consultant to and hedge fund manager for the Connecticut town.
Eventually, Carreon cried uncle, filing a notice of dismissal in the lawsuit (note: Popehat also has a link to the filing).
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Michael Jackson's family has "floated" the possibility of filing a wrongful-death lawsuit against AEG Live because of its "very, very active role in Michael's life during the last six months, " Levitch said Monday.
The incident will likely encourage the deepending backlash against smart meters in California, which resulted in the filing of a class-action lawsuit in 2009 alleging bills up to 300% higher than normal in Bakersfield.
And filing of a proposed federal class-action lawsuit has ensued quickly.
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Rather than test their theory by filing a civil lawsuit on behalf of the minority shareholders, the feds brought an indictment running 75 pages, with 15 complex counts.
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Instead, they are seeking to blame Nokia Siemens Networks for the acts of the Iranian authorities by filing a lawsuit in the U.S., a country that has absolutely no connection to the issues they are raising.
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The unheeded accusations emerged in June 2001 with the filing in U.S. court of a shareholder lawsuit against WorldCom on its home turf, Jackson, Mississippi.
Regardless, President Obama responded by highlighting the first bill he signed in 2009, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, which removed the previous 180-day statute of limitations for filing an equal-pay lawsuit when a worker found out later that they had been unfairly discriminated against.
Tuesday's filing follows a similar lawsuit filed two months ago by the family of slain Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry.
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Lawyers for Mr. Wilpon and his associates acknowledged in a court filing late Monday that the December lawsuit by Mr. Picard had accused them of overlooking signs that Mr. Madoff was running a Ponzi scheme.
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This prompted a flurry of letters between the DTCC and Global Links, culminating in Global Links' filing of the federal lawsuit late last month.
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