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FirstEnergy must provide the documents by July 19. Author: MARK GILLISPIE Associated Press Published: 4:26 PM EDT July 3, 2021 Updated: 4:26 PM EDT July 3, 2021
CLEVELAND Ohio’s consumer utility watchdog is demanding that FirstEnergy Corp. share more information about $4.3 million that was paid to an attorney to end his consulting contract shortly before he became the state s top utility regulator.
Akron-based FirstEnergy disclosed that payment in the wake of allegations about a $60 million bribery scheme involving a subsidiary. Ohio Consumers’ Counsel Bruce Weston issued subpoenas through the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio late last week for more information about the payment.
FirstEnergy Service Company and the FirstEnergy Foundation also received subpoenas. In addition to the consulting contract, Weston and his agency are seeking information about the company’s charitable giving and documents related to an inte
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2nd Circuit says private student loans can be discharged in bankruptcy
Privately issued student loans may be discharged in bankruptcy, a federal appeals court has ruled.
In its decision Thursday, a three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals at New York affirmed a bankruptcy court’s denial of Navient Solutions’ motion to dismiss a case brought by a borrower who argued his private educational loans were discharged in bankruptcy.
The student loan servicer claimed that a provision in the U.S. Bankruptcy Code prevents a borrower from discharging “obligation[s] to repay funds received as an educational benefit, scholarship, or stipend.” The panel, however, said under that reading, the “term ‘educational benefit’ would encompass virtually all private student loans.”
AG Balks at Sanctions Play in Purdue Bankruptcy Case
After attorneys for the wealthy Sackler family proposed and quickly withdrew a motion to sanction several states, the attorney general of Connecticut called it an organized crime family intimidation tactic.
In this Oct. 21, 2020, file photo Purdue Pharma headquarters stands in Stamford, Conn. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
HARTFORD, Conn. (CN) Colossally idiotic. Connecticut Attorney General William Tong had harsh words Friday when attorneys representing the family who owns the bankrupt OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma threatened a demand for sanctions against four states and the District of Columbia.
Purdue, which pleaded guilty last November for its role in contributing to the nation’s opioid epidemic, is seeking Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the Southern District of New York. Many states have opposed Purdue s bankruptcy reorganization, however, as they seek further liability from Purdu