The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit on Wednesday rejected challenges to a securities fraud class action suit brought by former HealthSouth CEO Richard Scrushy , affirming a $445 million settlement against the HealthSouth corporation. Scrushy, who did not settle, argued that the district court erred in allowing the bar order to negate [...]
US President Barack Obama on Wednesday signed a memorandum that would provide certain benefits to same-sex domestic partners of federal employees. In a fact sheet released earlier in the day, the White House disclosed that the Director of the Office of Personnel Management and the Secretary of State have been working for several months to [...]
US Attorney General Eric Holder told the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday that passing hate crimes legislation is one of his top priorities for the future, during the first Department of Justice (DOJ) oversight hearing of the Obama administration. In a prepared statement that covered a wide variety of topics, Holder also discussed counter-terrorism efforts, the [...]
Resolution apologizing for the enslavement and racial segregation of African Americans, S Con Res 26, US Senate, June 18, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.
Tucker, et al. v. Scrushy, et al., Circuit Court of Jefferson County, Alabama, June 18, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. FindLaw | Opinion in Tucker v. Scrushy
District Attorney's Office for the Third Judicial District, et al. v. Osborne, US Supreme Court, June 18, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. DA v Osborne
Gross v. FBL Financial Services, Inc., US Supreme Court, June 18, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Gross v FBL
Yeager v. United States, US Supreme Court, June 18, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Yeager v US
Memorandum for the heads of executive departments and agencies, Subject: Federal Benefits and Non-Discrimination, The White House, June 17, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Federal Benefits and Non-Discrimination
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Wednesday began the retrial of former Rwandan army officer Tharcisse Muvunyi . In August, the ICTR quashed Muvunyi's 25-year prison sentence, ruling that there was insufficient evidence for his conviction on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity. He now faces a retrial on a charge of [...]
