James Murdock

Corporations and securities brief ~ Bristol-Myers settles fraud case with DOJ

James Murdock

June 15, 2005 07:28:00 pm

Leading Wednesday's corporations and securities law news, Bristol-Myers Squib has reached a $300 million settlement with the federal government over securities fraud. US Attorney for the district of New Jersey Christopher Christie announced the settlement...

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Corporations and securities law brief ~ SEC, Ford settle over deceptive marketing

James Murdock

June 14, 2005 06:41:00 pm

Leading Tuesdays corporations and securities law news, the SEC announced today that it had reached an agreement with Ford Motor Credit Company over illegal marketing of the Ford Money Market Account. The agreement includes $700,000...

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Tojo and other Japanese WWII leaders executed for war crimes

On December 23, 1948, former Japanese premier Hideki Tojo and six other Japanese war leaders were executed for war crimes in Tokyo.

Learn more about the Tokyo War Crimes Trials.

Terry Nichols convicted for Oklahoma City bombing

On December 23, 1997, Terry Nichols was found guilty of conspiracy and involuntary manslaughter for assisting Timothy McVeigh in bombing the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. He was later sentenced to life in prison. On April 19, 1995, McVeigh detonated a truck bomb that gutted the building and killed 168 people, making it the deadliest terrorist attack on U.S. soil until the attacks of September 11, 2001. McVeigh was convicted for his role before Nichols, on June 2, 1997.

Learn more about the trials of Terry Nichols and Timothy McVeigh.