Biden cared more about the appearance of having an independent DOJ untainted by politics than he did about holding an unrepentant criminal ex-president accountable.
ERIC SCHNEIDERMAN
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22 States File Suit to "Stop the FFC's Illegal Rollback of Net Neutrality"
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is leading the effort to protect "an open internet—and the free exchange of ideas it allows," which he says "is critical to our democratic process."
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Exxon's Climate Accounting a "Sham" Under Rex Tillerson, New York’s AG Says
Eric Schneiderman says he has evidence that Exxon used one set of numbers in describing risks to investors but used a secret set internally.
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Rockefeller Family Charity To Withdraw All Investments In Fossil Fuel Companies
A fund of the multi-billion dollar Rockefeller family said it would divest from all fossil fuel holdings “as quickly as possible" – singling out ExxonMobil, the world’s largest oil company, which it called “morally reprehensible.”
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Criminal Charges Brought Against Payday Loan Firms In New York
Carey Vaughn Brown owned a dozen companies that enabled payday loans to flout the state’s limits on interest rates in loans to New Yorkers.
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$25 Million Bank of America Settlement Amounts to Wrist-Slap
Two settlements between Bank of America and state and federal regulators over actions during the financial crisis challenge conventional assumptions about Republicans, Democrats and Wall Street.
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Taibbi: 16 Major Finance Institutions Allegedly Received Early Data From Thomson Reuters
A whistleblower complaint has been filed to the SEC identifying some of the world's biggest banks and hedge funds as alleged early recipients of key economic data from the news/business wire.
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New York to Sue Bank of America, Wells Fargo Over Mortgage Abuse
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said on Monday he plans to sue Bank of America and Wells Fargo for violating the terms of a $25 billion settlement designed to end mortgage servicing abuses.
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Seven States to Sue the EPA
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and a seven-state coalition of seven states announced it will sue the EPA for violating the Clean Air Act by failing to address methane emissions from the oil and natural gas industry.
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Record Mortgage Fraud Litigation Hits Nation's Biggest Banks
Dozens of new claims have been filed dozens of new claims against Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo and Citigroup related to more than $1 trillion worth of mortgage-backed securities.
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Snakes and Laddering: The Bear Stearns Debacle
The New York Attorney General accused Bear Stearns of "fraudulent and deceptive acts" but made no mention of criminal charges and named no individuals. Like the dotcom crash that was really a Wall Street heist, it's time for us to follow the small print.
