Word: legalism
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...case against Cuban comes down to whether or not he had a duty that he breached to Mamma.com, its CEO and its shareholders. That potential duty, one of "trust or confidence" in legal parlance, revolves around a phone conversation Cuban had in 2004 with Mamma.com's then CEO after the executive e-mailed Cuban to call as soon as possible. When Cuban did, he found out about the company's pending financing deal that would dilute existing shareholders. He promptly got rid of his shares before the information was made public...
...brought charges against Cuban under a particular legal theory - but the legal theories around illegal insider trading have a long history of getting rewritten in the courts. "He's an interesting guy for them to have picked. He's not going to roll over and play dead," says Bainbridge. "If he wants to, he has the resources to take this case all the way up to the Supreme Court." If it comes to that, the case could take on real significance...
...majority of troubled home loans have been securitized and are owned by a wide array of investors. Their permission is usually required for modification, and getting it can be a daunting task, which is why many experts have called on Washington to step in with some kind of mandated legal solution...
Many lenders, the advocates hope, are starting to see not just the financial benefits of avoiding foreclosure - the avoidance of legal costs, boarding-up and lawn-mowing fees, sharply discounted resale values - but the p.r. dividends as well. That may be especially true for companies like the San Francisco-based Wells Fargo. Though it didn't indulge in as much subprime lending as other banks, it is being sued by the city of Baltimore for allegedly using predatory lending practices in predominantly African-American neighborhoods that have since seen inordinately high foreclosure rates. (Wells Fargo denies the accusation...
...long after, expect a range war over legal and illegal immigration. Supporters of looser rules will say the party's anti-immigrant tone has alienated Hispanics and given part of the Mountain West to the Democrats, with Texas to follow. Opponents will point out that John McCain co-sponsored an amnesty bill and Hispanics still shunned...