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Nevertheless, the days of e-mails driving prosecutions may be coming to an end. Eliot Spitzer exploded e-mail onto the legal scene in the early part of this decade. As New York attorney general, Spitzer used internal e-mails sent by analysts to prove that Wall Street firms were pushing stocks their professionals didn't believe were good investments just to generate investment-banking fees. In one famous case, former Merrill Lynch analyst Henry Blodget told investors to buy stocks about which he privately wrote in e-mails to colleagues were "horrible," a "disaster" and a "POS," or piece...
...more damaging pieces of evidence had to do with the fact that Stewart tried to alter an e-mail that had been sent by her assistant. Prosecutors used an e-mail exchange between Stewart and her broker that occurred shortly before Stewart sold her Imclone shares to prove that they knew they were acting on insider information. Stewart was convicted in the case and served five months in jail. In the Tyco case, prosecutors used e-mails to show that chief executive Dennis Kozlowski and chief financial officer Mark Swartz pressured Wall Street firms to maintain positive ratings on their...
...just one of many between the two managers. At other times, the managers seemed to be less sure that the fund was doomed. They said aggressive bets might pull the fund out of its problems. In the end, the jurors didn't think there was enough evidence to prove that the managers were intentionally trying to mislead investors...
Furthermore, while this amendment was politically imperative in the House, it could prove to be a Pyrrhic victory for Democrats and proponents of health insurance reform should the resurrection of the abortion question scuttle reform efforts in the Senate. Prior to Stupak, the controversy surrounding a potential public health insurance option was the primary cause for concern for moderate Democrats in both chambers of Congress. Now, however, abortion has also been added to the list of potential reasons for moderates to vote against the legislation, complicating reform’s chances of passing in the Senate.Senator Ben Nelson of Nebraska...
...NCAA Regionals will also give the women another chance to prove their merit. Though Richardson won’t get another crack at Princeton’s top five, she will have plenty of talented runners testing her mettle...