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Is Falcone Legacy Going Down With Lightsquared?

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Mark Melin
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The legacy of one-time high-flying hedge fund manager Phil Falcone may be fading with his highly concentrated and failed investment in Lightsquared, but Falcone is now banking on a lawsuit against the government to bailout his bold and controversial trade.

Is Falcone Legacy Going Down With Lightsquared?

Falcone suing federal government for alleged breach of contract with Lightsquared

Falcone’s hedge fund, Harbinger Capital Partners, is suing the federal government for alleged breach of contract with Lightsquared, alleged breach of good faith and for what Harbinger claims is the "unconstitutional" taking of private property without just compensation by the government.

Lightsquared apparently doesn’t have the same passion for the lawsuit, as...

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Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.