SEC v. Bank of America settlement rejection [US DC] News
SEC v. Bank of America settlement rejection [US DC]

Securities and Exchange Commission v. Bank of America Corporation, US District Court for the Southern District of New York, September 14, 2009 [rejecting a $33 million settlement deal between the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Bank of America and ordering a trial].

Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available here. JURIST has more on the US Securities and Exchange Commission.

THIS DAY @ LAW

Watergate burglars arrested for DNC break-in

On June 17, 1972, James McCord, security director of President Richard Nixon's re-election committee, and four Cuban-Americans are arrested for breaking into the Democratic National Committee Headquarters at the Watergate complex in Washington, DC.

Learn more about the Watergate scandal.

South Africa repeals racial classification law

On June 17, 1991, South Africa repealed the Population Registration Act. Since its passage in 1950, the Act had required every South African to be racially classified at birth. These classifications, in turn, would determined the child's social and political rights for the rest of his or her life in South Africa.

Learn more about the History of Apartheid in South Africa from Standford University.