eric schneiderman

Schneiderman's shocking departure doesn't get banks off the hook

05/08/18

Several tough critics of the financial industry are said to be on the shortlist to replace New York's attorney general.

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Eric Schneiderman’s many tangles with financial firms

05/08/18

Outgoing N.Y. Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has been a thorn in the side of financial institutions, using his state’s significant clout to affect national policy debate on a host of topics ranging from dark pools to cryptocurrencies. Here’s a look back at how Schneiderman has made his mark on the ways financial institutions do business.

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ValuAct’s Citi stake; SEC commissioner leaving

05/08/18

Hedge fund apparently likes the bank’s corporate services business; Michael Piwowar is credited with “jump-starting” the agency’s deregulatory push.

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N.Y. Attorney General Schneiderman resigns after abuse accusations

05/08/18

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said he will step down as the state's highest law enforcement official, hours after a report in which four women accused him of physical violence.

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UBS to pay $230 million to N.Y. in mortgage securities probe

03/21/18

UBS agreed to pay $230 million to resolve a New York state probe into the Swiss bank's marketing and sales of residential mortgage-backed securities before the financial crisis, boosting the state's recoveries in the investigation to almost $4 billion.

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Mulvaney unfit to lead CFPB: Schneiderman, 16 state AGs

12/12/17

Past statements by Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney about the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau should disqualify him from leading the agency, according to New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman and 16 other state AGs.

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Wells Fargo gets N.Y. state subpoenas over car insurance scandal

08/02/17

The Department of Financial Services and Attorney General Eric Schneiderman are both inquiring.

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The World’s Worst Ever Sellout – Is Your State In?

02/08/12

Over 40 states have already signed on to the sellout deal the corrupt politicians negotiated, so they could run for office beating their chests bragging about their tremendous accomplishment, with their mortgage company liege lords, who should have already started their prison terms, to get them off the hook for the greatest financial crimes in our history.

Just in case you wonder where I stand.

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