Glencore sacked Andrew Kearns, now 37, claiming misconduct due to his excessive drinking.
The book appeared as his business was reeling and the city government, claiming misconduct, was fighting to ban him from practicing his profession.
Shareholders of El Paso sued to halt the merger, claiming misconduct by El Paso's board as well as Mr. Foshee and Goldman Sachs.
But then came August, when Mr. Schneiderman, 56, rejected a proposed nationwide settlement releasing some of the country's biggest banks from a lawsuit brought by the states claiming misconduct in the mortgage markets.
Kelly also faced a series of lawsuits in 2001 and 2002 from women who claimed sexual misconduct from the singer.
After the conviction, Mr. Heidgen's lawyer filed an appeal claiming juror misconduct.
Mr. Stevens's lawyers hope to free him with a new appeal claiming juror misconduct at his trial.
Lawsuits claiming police misconduct declined by more than 20percentt over the same period, and the number of officers disciplined by the department rose substantially.
The MPS denied this, claiming 220 misconduct cases had been investigated, with 39 officers expelled from the force and six others demoted, and criminal proceedings started against 14 officers.
A federal judge has denied what he called a "harebrained" motion by Rod Blagojevich's lawyers over what they claimed was potential misconduct by the jury forewoman at his retrial.
