Corporate Crime Blotter

Nov 23: gets 6-month ban for "factual misrepresentations" in investigation of $73 MILLION energy-market manipulation |
Nov 23: NY Attorney General sues bank for lying to investors who lost $11.2 BILLION on mortgage-backed securities |
Nov 23: Calif. court rejects tactic of dodging environmental and zoning laws by funding initiatives to get 15% of vote |
Nov 20: RT: Feds, Calif. sue for illegal anti-poaching deal with Intuit by former CEO — and current CEO — |
Nov 20: Former senior executives at indicted for bribing UK officials for information as recently as Jan. 2012 |
Nov 17: Feds & Calif. sue for illegal anti-poaching deal with Intuit by former CEO -- and current CEO -- |
Nov 15: BP to plead guilty to criminal charges & pay $4.5 BILLION for Gulf oil spill, execs face manslaughter & perjury charges |
Nov 14: 's pizza chain faces $250 million class-action lawsuit for sending messages to customers' cellphones |
Nov 14: Rights groups say provincial authorities in China used as clandestine "black jails" to detain dissidents |
Nov 13: After 20-month investigation of web search abuses, U.S. demands either alter its practices or face lawsuit |