The Post reports that J.P. Morgan will make a $722 million settlement to end a matter involving the firm’s efforts to seek bond business from Jefferson County, Alabama. The Securities and Exchange Commission said Wednesday that J.P. Morgan and former managing directors Charles E. LeCroy and Douglas W. MacFaddin paid $8 million to friends of […]
Month: November 2009
Rhode Island AG cleared
In a follow-up to this post, Rhode Island AG Patrick Lynch was cleared of improperly accepting a plane ticket. Commission Vice Chairman Ross Cheit said the gift limit did not apply to the plane ticket since the trade association was not regulated in Rhode Island and has no presence in the state.
Attorney General Facebook guy
A Facebook executive is pursuing office in California, according to this report. There are 7 million Democrats in California. About 5 million of them will be on Facebook by the time the state elects a new attorney general one year from now. That could be helpful for Facebookâs chief privacy officer, Chris Kelly, who is […]