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Monday, June 30, 2014

No. 55: Watergate—The Reissue of a Superb Book on the Subject

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August 9, 2014 is the 40th anniversary of the resignation of President Richard Nixon in the wake of the Watergate affair. In those days I fo...
Monday, June 23, 2014

No. 54: Daniel Carpenter and a Host of Criminal Allegations

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Daniel E. Carpenter (Simsbury, CT), attorney and businessman, was scheduled to report to a federal prison on Friday, June 20. His saga invol...
Monday, June 16, 2014

No. 53: Florida's Pasco County School District Rejects a Proposed Life Insurance Plan

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In Nos. 43 and 48 posted April 21 and May 12, I discussed a life insurance plan promoted to the Pasco County School District (Land O'Lak...
Tuesday, June 10, 2014

No. 52: Massachusetts Mutual's Corporate Governance

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In June 2005, corporate governance at Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company came to public attention when the board of directors f...
Monday, June 2, 2014

No. 51: Swisspartners Companies' Non-Prosecution Agreement with the U.S. Government

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On May 8, 2014, four Swisspartners companies entered into a non-prosecution agreement (NPA) with the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District...
Tuesday, May 27, 2014

No. 50: Credit Suisse Pleads Guilty to a Federal Criminal Charge

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Credit Suisse and the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia (U.S. Attorney) recently reached a Plea Agreement under which Credi...
Monday, May 19, 2014

No. 49: Imperial Holdings and a Recent Note Offering

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Imperial Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:IFT), based in Boca Raton, Florida, was founded in 2006. It became a major source of premium financing for str...