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As BP Trial Begins, Gulf Businesses and Communities Call for Ecosystem Restoration and Economic Opportunity

Jeffrey Buchanan | Posted 04.28.2013 | Impact
Jeffrey Buchanan

Monday marked the beginning of arguably the biggest trial of this century, as the U.S. Department of Justice went to court with global oil giant, BP. With money most likely on the way to states, and needs still so acute, the question is, how to invest it most effectively.

Woman Wins Huge Court Victory After Wrongful Conviction

AP | CAROLYN THOMPSON | Posted 01.13.2013 | Crime

BUFFALO, N.Y. — A New York woman who spent more than 13 years in prison after being wrongfully convicted of killing her teenage daughter has rea...

JPMorgan's Mystery Deal

Reuters | Posted 01.08.2013 | Business

Nov 8 (Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase & Co has reached an agreement in principle with the staff of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to resolve...

Retailers Try To Block Swipe Fee Settlement

AP | Posted 10.12.2012 | Home

NEW YORK -- A group of retailers and trade groups has launched a last-ditch effort to stop a proposed multibillion-dollar settlement that Visa Inc., M...

Ambitious Space Mission Gets Major Vote Of Confidence

Posted 09.03.2012 | Science

By: SPACE.com Staff Published: 09/02/2012 08:53 AM EDT on SPACE.com A Dutch company that aims to land humans on Mars in 2023 as the vanguard of a pe...

Janell Ross

Texas Settles Police 'Highway Robbery' Shakedown Lawsuit

HuffingtonPost.com | Janell Ross | Posted 08.09.2012 | Latino Voices

Dale Agostini steered his vehicle down Highway 59, cutting though seemingly endless acres of East Texas pine forest and red dirt on his way to make a ...

'Three Cups Of Tea' Charity Gets A Face-lift

AP | MATT VOLZ | Posted 09.18.2012 | Impact

HELENA, Mont. — The charity co-founded by Greg Mortenson said Thursday it has added seven new board members, an expansion that is part of a lega...

Cafeteria Workers Win Right To Eat Expired Food For Free

AP | Posted 08.11.2012 | Business

SHARPSVILLE, Pa. — Unionized cafeteria workers in one western Pennsylvania school district have won the right to eat expired food for free &ndas...

Zach Carter

Eric Schneiderman's Office Spars With Foreclosure Activist, Blogger

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 06.08.2012 | Politics

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Relations have soured between some foreclosure activists and New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who earned praise for hi...

Zach Carter

Obama Foreclosure Program Criticized By Expert Panel

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 06.08.2012 | Politics

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Former Wall Street bailout watchdog Neil Barofsky blasted the banking industry on Friday for inflicting a litany of abuses on Amer...

WATCH: Ambitious Plan To Colonize Mars

The Huffington Post | Jacqueline Howard | Posted 07.12.2012 | Science

Bored with talk about building a lunar colony? A Dutch startup that goes by the name Mars One says it will establish a colony on Mars by 2023, accordi...

Ex-Olympus CEO Wins Multi-Million Dollar Settlement

Reuters | Posted 07.29.2012 | Business

* Hearing for unfair dismissal ends in secret deal * Subject to Olympus board approval June 8 * Woodford had been expect...

Why Is My Ex Sabotaging Our Divorce?

Katie Amatruda | Posted 07.16.2012 | Divorce
Katie Amatruda

Is he trying to wear me down? Run up my legal fees so high that I have no choice except to capitulate? Or does he love the power he's holding over me?

America's Largest Life Insurer Settles 'Death Master' Probe

Reuters | Posted 06.23.2012 | Business

April 23 (Reuters) - MetLife Inc, the largest life insurer in the United States, will pay $500 million to settle a multi-state investigation into cl...

Why Divorce Court Should Be A Last Resort

Henry Gornbein | Posted 06.12.2012 | Divorce
Henry Gornbein

In my many years of practicing family law, I have always advocated to my clients that court should be the last resort.

Big Banks To Pay Millions In Settlement With NY Over Mortgage Practices

Reuters | Posted 05.13.2012 | Business

* JPM, BofA and Wells Fargo partially settle NY lawsuit * Citi, Ally Financial also part of $25 mln deal * Banks did not...

What BP Owes Americans

Jackie Savitz | Posted 05.06.2012 | Politics
Jackie Savitz

Given the extreme carelessness of BP and the vast scope of the resulting damage done, a low-end settlement would send the wrong message to BP and the other companies that are drilling in our oceans, telling them that they may not have to pay for future damages they cause.

Ben Hallman

Banks Winning On Government Handouts, Guess Who's Losing?

HuffingtonPost.com | Ben Hallman | Posted 03.16.2012 | Business

If there was any doubt about whether it is better financially to be a big bank or a small housing counseling nonprofit, consider how both are faring i...

Catherine New

Overdraft Settlements Cost Banks A Small Fraction Of What's Netted In Fees

HuffingtonPost.com | Catherine New | Posted 02.07.2012 | Business

When compared with the billions of dollars big banks have rung up in overdraft fees over the last decade, recent settlements with customers over unfai...

The Big Secret Divorce Lawyers Know (And You Should Too)

J. Richard Kulerski | Posted 04.07.2012 | Divorce
J. Richard Kulerski

What do divorce lawyers do in their own divorces? They try to stay out of court.

Federal Judge Rudolph Randa Rules SEC Agreement Too Soft

The Huffington Post | Catherine New | Posted 12.23.2011 | Business

A federal judge in Milwaukee has criticized the Securities and Exchange Commission for being too soft with corporate enforcement, marking the second t...

Are the SEC and Citigroup Deceiving A Federal Judge?

Dennis M. Kelleher | Posted 01.17.2012 | Business
Dennis M. Kelleher

In light of the financial meltdown, many thought that, finally, the Wall Street cop -- the SEC -- was back on the beat. Sadly, the agency's recent settlement with Citigroup makes it look like they are still more interested in appearing tough than being tough.

California Deserves a Better Deal

Rep. Maxine Waters | Posted 01.17.2012 | Politics
Rep. Maxine Waters

The banks hope that we'll see all the zeros and think that they've actually given us something. But California Attorney General Kamala Harris is not buying it. Instead of pressuring Harris to go with the flow, the rest of the attorneys general should follow her lead.

Landmark Settlement Reached In Sexual and LGBT Harassment Reports

Posted 08.31.2011 | Home

The Departments of Justice and Education reached a settlement today with the Tehachapi Unified School District in Tehachapi, Calif. that emphasizes po...

BofA Close To Record Settlement Over Mortgage-Securities

Posted 08.28.2011 | Business

UPDATE: Bank of America Corp settled nearly all of the claims related to the legacy Countrywide-issued first-lien residential mortgage-backed sec...