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Platts: The Ugly Side of the U.S. Oil and Gas Boom
There is a nasty and ugly side to the oil and natural gas boom that the U.S. has enjoyed in recent years — a side that involves allegations of fraud, breach of contract and taking advantage of poor or unsophisticated landowners, among other things. This story is significant because these incidents are seldom reported, as the landowners, energy companies and other stakeholders have little to gain and a lot to lose by talking to journalists. But I managed to pull back the curtain on these little-known conflicts by piecing together court files and by interviewing key players, including a woman who could have been sued for “commercial defamation” for talking to me. Through these hard-to-get interviews and court documents, my story paints a colorful and sometimes disturbing portrait of the growing number of conflicts between landowners and the oil and natural gas companies that drill on their lands.
Tags: Oil; gas; natural resources; fraud; drill
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War Profiteers?
This CBS 60 Minutes segment uses the story of two men with no experience who were awarded multi-million dollar contracts from the Provisional Coalition Authority in Iraq as a lead into the allegations of war profiteering by larger companies like Halliburton and Kellogg, Brown and Root.
Tags: Iraq; Afghanistan; Middle East; Green Zone; corruption; graft; fraud; kickbacks; bribery; waste; Army Rangers; breach of contract; Custer Battles; Scott Custer; Mike Battles; Ambassador Paul Bremer; Colonel Richard Ballard; Frank Willis; procurement; war profiteers; Coalition Provisional Authority; Coalition Authority's Ministry of Finance; Colonel Philip Wilkinson; Robert Isaacson; Cayman Islands; Justice Department; whistleblower lawsuit; Halliburton; Kellogg, Brown and Root; KBR; Senator Byron Dorgan; Special Inspector General Stuart Bowen;
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Uncharitable Acts: If Donors Fail to Give, More Nonprofit Groups Take Them to Court
The Journal tells the story of a University of California lawsuit against the estate of the deceased real-estate developer Richard Barclay, who failed to pay the university a promised $1 million for a new theatre. The article reports that "some nonprofits are trying a not-so-charitable approach to corral money from major contributors who don't pay up. In recent years, a number of colleges, hospitals and other charities have filed lawsuits charging that reneging on a gift represents a breach of contract."
Tags: business; charities; Irvine Barclay Theatre; colleges; lawsuits
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Death by Chopper; High-flying crime
Seattle Weekly investigates fair-business law violations by Boeing, the world's biggest plane maker. The first story reveals that the corporation was accused of hiding flawed parts on U.S. military choppers, which the government says led to at least one fatal crash. The second story summarizes the claims against Boeing over the last two decades: illegally selling technology to overseas companies, trafficking, involvement in a major military contract-procurement scandal, bribery, and breach of supply contracts. "Boeing's latest fine sends its corporate rap sheet soaring to $100 million in the last three years," Anderson reports. Though the company has admitted some of its export law violations, it claims that "it's a mistake to think of Boeing and corruption in the same sentence," according to a quote by the vice-president of the corporation.
Tags: defense; military contracts; Army; business; Department of Navy; corruption; bribe; Congress; fraud; kickbacks; airplanes; technology; data; know-how; helicopters
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Home Builder Steve Taulbee Tearing Down Dreams
A WKYT-TV investigation of Kentucky-area home builder Steve Taulbee revealed that he was continuing to build homes despite a series of lawsuits filed against him by at least four banks. "An analysis of the lawsuits found that in a lot of cases banks were just lax in checking liens prior to granting Taulbee loans. In some cases, properties were mortgaged for two to three times their value, In other cases, the homes were only built on paper..."
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The Chain Gang is a critical study of the nation's largest newspaper chain, the Gannett Company. The book reveals that in its rise to the top of the newspaper industry Gannett has been convicted of fraud, price-fixing and breach of contract. (July 1, 1996)
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Why did Temple University fire its best-known professor, who also happens to be African-American? Philadelphia magazine investigates the circumstances surrounding the dismissal of David Bradley, a tenured professor of English at Temple University after Bradley refused to teach an extra class in breach of his contract. (November 1996)
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Bruce McNall was at one time hailed as the smartest, most glamorous monguls in sports with financial statements in 1993 worth $133 million. Unfortunately, however, McNall threw his multimillion-dollar party for himself and his cronies on borrowed money. A GQ article examines how McNall fooled lenders for ten years compiling loan upon loan and lying about details in his personal life to impress friends and associates. (June 1995)
Tags: Cook Money laundering Film Industry Breach of contract McNall Sports & Entertainment 9 pgs.
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National Law Journal (New York) looks at a new area where costs will be added to the savings and loan bailout, U.S. Claims Court; Congress passed a thrift reform bill in 1989, which broke contracts with owners of thrifts; now the owners can sue for breach of contract, June 29, 1992.
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