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Phelim McAleer Opinion The New York Post 10/5/2014 …The Farrow visit was part of a campaign centered on an Ecuadorian court ruling that found against Chevron and ordered it to pay more than $9 billion in compensation, the largest civil penalty in history. But, as Farrow knows from her other performances, there is often a […] October 6th, 2014 | Tags: Chevron, Ecuador, extortion, fraud, Mia Farrow, Raphael Correa, RICO charges, Steven Donziger | Category: corruption, Crime, Energy, Hollywood, New York, Progressives | Comments are closed
Editorial Investors.com 8/27/2014 Extortion: Radical Democrat activist groups stand to collect millions from Attorney General Eric Holder’s record $17 billion deal to settle alleged mortgage abuse charges against Bank of America. Buried in the fine print of the deal, which includes $7 billion in soft-dollar consumer relief, are a raft of political payoffs to Obama […] August 28th, 2014 | Tags: Attorney General Eric Holder, Bank of America, community organizers, Democrats, extortion, Interest on Lawyers' Trust Account (IOLTA), Ismene Speliotis, mortgages, Mutual Housing Association of New York, National Community Reinvestment Coalition, National Council of La Raza (NCLR), Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of America, NeighborWorks of America, Operation Hope | Category: ACORN, Banking and finance, corruption, Department of Justice | Comments are closed
Tim Mak The Washington Examiner 2/26/2014 Two senior lawmakers from Connecticut have been subpoenaed in a civil racketeering case involving nursing homes and the SEIU, the Washington Examiner has learned. U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., and Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., have been pulled into a lawsuit between two local chapters of the Service Employees International […] February 26th, 2014 | Tags: Attorney General George Jepsen, Care One Management, extortion, Gov. Dannel Malloy, Health Bridge Management, Long Ridge of Stamford, medical workers, New England Health Care Employees Union District 1199, Newington Health Care Center, nursing homes, Rep. Rosa DeLauro, RICO Act, SEIU, Sen. Richard Blumenthal | Category: Congress, Connecticut, corruption, Crime, Unions | Comments are closed
The justices prepare to hear a major 5th Amendment case. Damon W. Root Reason Magazine 12/16/2012 …Since 1994, [the St. Johns River Water Management District of Florida] has refused to permit the commercial development of a small piece of property located in Orange County, Florida, unless the owner first agrees to transfer the title to […] December 17th, 2012 | Tags: Coy Koontz Sr., Dolan v. City of Tigard, extortion, Koontz v. St. Johns River Water Management District, Nollan v. California Coastal Commission, Orange County, Pacific Legal Foundation, St. Johns River Water Management District, state regulations, Takings Clause | Category: 5th Amendment, Florida, Property rights, SCOTUS | Comments are closed
Becket Adams The Blaze 8/31/2012 Oregon farmers and state officials are furious with the U.S. Labor Department after federal authorities in July put a hold on thousands of dollars worth of blueberries, citing “widespread” record-keeping and minimum wage violations, Eric Mortenson reports for The Oregonian. “[T]he department invoked a “hot goods” provision of labor law […] September 2nd, 2012 | Tags: extortion, Fair Labor Standards Act, Labor Secretary Hilda Solis, Oregon Farm Bureau, Wage and Hour Division | Category: Agriculture and Food Production, Department of Labor, Oregon, US Constitution | One comment - (Comments are closed)
Liberty Chick Big Government 7/27/2011 You may recall that Sodexo slapped the SEIU with a RICO suit in March, citing the labor union’s “blackmail, vandalism, trespass, harassment, and lobbying law violations designed to steer business away from Sodexo USA and harm the company.” SEIU had filed a motion to dismiss the suit, but according to […] July 27th, 2011 | Tags: blackmail, extortion, hacking, Judge Claude Hilton, Media Matters for America, RICO charges, SEIU, Sodexo USA, vandalism | Category: Barack Obama, corruption, Crime, Unions, Virginia | Comments are closed
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