UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan told the much-criticized UN Commission on Human Rights Thursday that its declining credibility had "cast a shadow" over the whole United Nations and that the institution needed to frame a new permanent human...
US District Court Judge Emmet Sullivan Wednesday ruled that the Department of Defense (DOD) can give troops anthrax vaccinations on a voluntary basis. The ruling comes after Sullivan halted mandatory shots last October [JURIST...
The Connecticut Senate approved legislation Wednesday recognizing civil unions between same-sex couples, becoming the first state legislature to voluntarily recognize the unions without court pressure. Vermont also recognizes civil unions, but did so only after a lawsuit...
Leading Wednesday's corporations and securities law news, the SEC has approved the extenstion of the "trade-through" rule to electronic exchanges which will subject the vast majority of stock transactions to guidelines designed to give investors the best...
Leading Tuesday's corporations and securities law news, Enron Task Force prosecutors have asked US District Court Judge Sim Lake to move former Enron chief Ken Lay's trial date for personal banking...
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has confirmed that prisoners at Camp Bucca , a US-run detention camp in southern Iraq, rioted on April 1 despite an initial US military denial of any incident....
Kansas voters will go to the polls Tuesday to decide whether to approve a constitutional amendment prohibiting gay marriage. Kansas law already prohibits gay marriage but supporters claim the ban must be put into the Kansas Constitution to...
Leading Monday's corporations and securities law news, Fannie Mae regulator the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO) , has announced it is investigating Fannie's use of trusts which it set up to sell securities. Specifically,...
Leading Friday's corporations and securities law news, the FBI has announced it has started an investigation into auto supplier, Delphi Corp. , over improper accounting at the firm. Delphi, which had launched an internal investigation into...
The Supreme Court of Canada Thursday unanimously upheld Quebec language legislation known as Bill 101 , which makes French-speaking parents send their children to francophone schools. Under the bill, parents must have received the majority of their...
