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Tuesday January 25, 1:01 pm Eastern Time
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Pa. investment adviser pleads guilty to fraud
NEW YORK, Jan 25 (Reuters) - John Gardner Black, an adviser to local governments and school districts across western Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty to fraud in what prosecutors said was one of the largest investment scandals in state history.
The case, which resulted in losses of more than $61 million for Black's clients -- mostly small local school districts -- created a furor when the extent of the damage was discovered in 1997.
U.S. Attorney Harry Litman, in a statement released Monday night, said Black pleaded guilty to fraud by an investment adviser, mail fraud, and making a false (cont)
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Monday January 24, 8:15 pm Eastern Time
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The Law Offices of Steven E. Cauley, P.A. Files Fraud Lawsuit for the Purchasers of Skechers U.S.A. Inc. Common Stock
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 24, 2000--The Law Offices of Steven E. Cauley, P.A. announced today that a Class Action has been commenced in the United States District Court for the Central District of California on behalf of all purchasers of common stock of Skechers U.S.A., Inc. (``Skechers' or the ``Company') (NYSE:SKX - news) issued in or traceable to Skechers' initial public offering (the ``IPO') on June 9, 1999, or thereafter on the open market, prior to July 6, 1999 (the ``Class Period').
The complaint charges Skechers and certain of its officers and directors with (cont)
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Monday January 24, 7:18 pm Eastern Time
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SOURCE: Southwest Gas Corp.
Southwest Gas Sues ONEOK for Breach of Contract and Fraud Following Unjustified Attempt to Cancel Merger Agreement(cont)
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Monday January 24, 7:08 pm Eastern Time
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Laborers Local 1298 Pension Fund Sues Campbell Soup Company for Securities Fraud
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 24, 2000--The following was released today by Schoengold & Sporn, P.C.:
The first lawsuit to have been commenced against Campbell Soup Company (NYSE: CPB - news; ``Campbell' or the ``Company') alleging securities fraud during the period between November 18, 1997 and January 8, 1999 (the ``Period') was filed on January 7, 2000 by a multi-million dollar Taft-Hartley pension fund in U.S. District Court in New Jersey.
You should be aware that while one or more similar actions have been filed since (cont)
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Monday January 24, 3:36 pm Eastern Time
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SOURCE: Wolf Popper LLP
Wolf Popper LLP Charges Legato Systems, Inc. with Fraud
NEW YORK, Jan. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Legato Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: LGTO - news) and certain of its senior officers have been charged by Wolf Popper LLP in a class action lawsuit with committing securities fraud. That lawsuit was filed on behalf of all persons who purchased (cont)
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Monday January 24, 9:35 am Eastern Time
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Interneuron Pharmaceuticals Sues American Home Products for Fraud
Marketing Partner Withheld Critical Data Regarding Anti-Obesity Drugs
LEXINGTON, Mass.--(BW HealthWire)--Jan. 24, 2000--Interneuron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:IPIC - news) today announced that it has filed a complaint seeking substantial but unspecified damages against American Home Products (NYSE:AHP - news) in the Superior Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (Middlesex County).
The complaint states that AHP and its subsidiary, Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories, deliberately withheld (cont)
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Monday January 24, 7:00 am Eastern Time
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SOURCE: Inter@ctive Week
Regulators Tackle Online Currency-Trading Scams, Reports Inter@Ctive Week
GARDEN CITY, N.Y., Jan. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Foreign-currency fraud, which used to be the domain of boiler room operations full of cold-calling salespeople, is moving to the Internet, according to a report in the Jan. 24 issue of Inter@ctive Week. The Internet newspaper reports that regulators are getting ready to put some of the operations out of business. Online currency fraud robs investors of hundreds of millions of dollars per year, estimates(cont)
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