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Feud with Hilberts stinging Menard on many levels

Throwing the sexual-extortion allegations into the public domain must be a nightmare for Menard, who for decades has doggedly avoided scrutiny of his personal life—even as he built his chain into the nation’s No. 3 home improvement retailer and built his net worth to an estimated $7 billion.

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Suit: Menard pressured Tomisue Hilbert for sexual favors

The lawsuit charges Tomisue Hilbert’s rejection of the billionaire is the real reason he launched a bitter battle to remove her husband, Steve Hilbert, as CEO of the Indianapolis-based private-equity funds the three of them started in 2005.

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First Merchants accused of overdraft fee violations

A lawsuit seeking class-action status alleges that the Muncie-based bank manipulated the timing of customers’ transactions to cause their checking accounts to bounce more frequently, generating millions of dollars in overdraft fees.

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FDIC sues executives over Irwin failure

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. has filed suit against four former officers of defunct Irwin Financial Corp. banks, alleging they “closed their eyes to known risks” in approving loans that contributed to the banks’ 2009 takeover by regulators.

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