John H. Eickemeyer : "The indictment if Mr. Friehling is hardly unexpected, as is the accompanying civil action by the SEC. The conduct alleged in the complaint certainly goes beyond poor auditing – in essence, Mr. Friehling is alleged to have done virtually no auditing at all. Mr. Friehling also allegedly issued independent auditor's reports [...]
A Bangladesh court on Sunday sentenced seven members of the banned Islamic Jamaat-ul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) group to life in prison for their roles in two 2005 bombings in the country. The men, Torikul Islam, Shafiullah Tarek Kalam, Abu Isa, Hasan Ali Ekhwan, Jahangir Alam Abidur, Arif, and Sheikh Enamul Haq Moni, who was tried [...]
Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry on Sunday resumed his former position as chief justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan . Chaudhry was removed from the post by then-president Pervez Musharraf following Musharraf's November 2007 declaration of emergency law . Chaudhry began his new term by establishing several judicial panels for the court, but did not attend an [...]
Lawyers for five Uighur detainees at Guantanamo Bay on Friday moved to have Defense Secretary Robert Gates held in contempt after failing to have them freed or transferred. The motions refer to a June 2008 order from the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit requiring that the Uighurs be transferred, released, or given [...]
Authorities in North Korea have detained two American journalists who allegedly crossed into the country from China , official news agency KCNA confirmed Saturday. Laura Ling and Euna Lee were reporting on North Korean refugees in China for Current TV when they allegedly crossed the border on Tuesday. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is [...]
A judge in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana on Friday denied a motion by the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to dismiss a lawsuit brought by Louisiana homeowners for damages suffered as a result of flooding during Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The plaintiffs, five homeowners who brought suit in [...]
Chief Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar of the Supreme Court of Pakistan retired Saturday, paving the way for the official reinstatement of his predecessor, deposed Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry . Chaudhry will re-assume the office of Chief Justice Sunday. Dogar left the court Friday without receiving a full reception from the court's judges and staff, [...]
Chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Court (ICC) Luis Moreno-Ocampo said Friday that the decision by Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir to expel 13 foreign aid agencies earlier this month demonstrates that the ICC is justified in pursuing war crimes charges against Bashir. Ocampo's statement came after a meeting of the UN Security Council , which [...]
A federal jury at the US District Court for the District of Puerto Rico on Friday found former Puerto Rican governor Anibal Acevedo Vila not guilty on nine counts of conspiracy, false statements, and wire fraud, among other crimes. The charges stem from alleged violations of the Federal Election Campaign Act during Vila's 1999-2000 and [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled Friday that Bernard Madoff must remain in jail as he awaits sentencing. The ruling affirms last week's ruling by the US District Court for the Southern District of New York denying Madoff bail. The appeals court found: our review of the record confirms that the [...]
