Tribune Co. and the parent companies of CBS, Fox and NBC have filed an appeal with the Supreme Court asking the court to restore the government's new media ownership rules which had been thrown out by the...
The European Union announced Monday that it will temporarily lift a diplomatic freeze imposed on Cuba after the Cuban government jailed 75 dissidents in March 2003. The lifting of sanctions follows the release of several dissidents. The...
Attorneys for Basic Rights Oregon filed a lawsuit Monday challenging the constitutionality of Measure 36 , a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage approved by Oregon voters that states "It is the policy of Oregon, and its...
Leading Monday's corporations and securities law news, Marsh & McLennan Cos. , the world's biggest insurance broker, has agreed to pay $850 million to settle charges that the company conspired with insurers to rig bids. Under the agreement...
Leading Friday's corporations and securities law news, Merck & Co. announced the SEC has started a formal probe into the company's handling of Vioxx . Merck had pulled the painkiller from...
David D'Amiano, a Democratic fund-raiser and acquaintance of former New Jersey Governor James McGreevey , was sentenced to two years in prison Thursday for his part in soliciting $40,000 in cash and political contributions in return for his...
Israel's Attorney General Menahem Mazuz has ruled that Israeli land parcels under the control of the Jewish National Fund and the Israel Lands Administration must be available for purchase by Arabs as well...
Leading Thursday's corporations and securities brief,The trial of two former Parmalat auditors, Maurizio Bianchi and Lorenzo Penca, who both worked for auditing firm Grant Thornton, began today in Milan, Italy. This is the first trial since the...
The only remaining challenge to the federal Defense of Marriage Act is set to begin today in California. The lawsuit argues DOMA and California's Proposition 22 are violations of a gay couple's civil rights. California only...
World leaders and Holocaust survivors gathered in Poland Thursday to mark the 60 year anniversary of the liberation of the Nazis' Auschwitz death camp . The heads of state of both Israel and Germany will join those of...
