European Union Advocate General Damaso Ruiz-Jarabo on Monday advised the European Court of Justice (ECJ) that pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has engaged in abusive practices that contravene EU antitrust laws in connection...
Beleaguered investment bank Bear Stearns was hit with two major lawsuits Monday in the wake of its announced acquisition by JPMorgan Chase . The first suit , filed in US District Court for...
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Tuesday filed a complaint accusing former Refco Inc. CEO Phillip R. Bennett of committing civil fraud in connection with allegations that he reported false...
The Wayne County Employees' Retirement System (WCERS) on Monday filed a complaint in the Delaware Court of Chancery challenging the decision of the Yahoo! board of directors to repudiate an unsolicited takeover offer...
The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit on Tuesday reversed a controversial trial court judgment in favor of a plaintiff class of cattle ranchers claiming that defendant meat-packing companies underpaid them based on...
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) Tuesday ruled that Belgian police violated Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights by searching the home and office of...
Iraq will join the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) and become a member of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) , according to a Monday statement from the office of Iraqi President Jalal Talibani [BBC...
The Iranian Supreme Court has ordered a new probe in the case of murdered Iranian-Canadian photojournalist Zahra Kazemi on an appeal of a lower court order that the case be reopened, a...
A UK judge Tuesday sentenced Manfo Kwaku Asiedu to 33 years' imprisonment for his role in the July 21, 2005 failed bomb attacks on London's transit systems . Earlier this month, Asiedu pleaded guilty [JURIST...
The Japanese government on Tuesday began fingerprinting and photographing foreign visitors, pursuant to an anti-terror bill that was approved by Japan's upper house of parliament in May. If the government determines that a visitor poses...
