Headlines » Boston Suspect Faces Federal Charges, Death Penalty » A First for SEC: A Nonprosecution Deal in Bribery Case » DOJ Loses Fight Over Foreign Official's $38.5M Jet » Court Again Tackles Alien Tort Law in Daimler Case » In Foreign Aid Case, Messy Policy, Free Speech Questions » Bayer IUD Litigation Consolidated in New York » $1 Million Gift Boosts Family Advocacy at Tulsa Law » Congressman Sues House Speaker Boehner Over Censure » Asian Americans Are on Ascent, Says Pew Survey » Amgen Settles Claims That Kickbacks Targeted Seniors The U.S. Department of Justice announced federal charges on Monday against the surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing, meaning that Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. will decide whether to press for the death penalty in the case. Read More » Apparel company Ralph Lauren Corp. has agreed to give up $700,000 in profits to resolve bribery allegations, marking the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's first nonprosecution agreement involving Foreign Corrupt Practices Act misconduct. Read More » In late 2011, top U.S. Department of Justice officials trumpeted the government's effort to seize millions of dollars in assets belonging to a top public official in Equatorial Guinea. Now a federal trial judge in Washington has dealt prosecutors a setback. Read More » The Supreme Court on Monday signaled it is not done dealing with the question of using United States courts as a forum for resolving disputes with multinational corporations over their role in overseas human rights abuses. Read More » The Supreme Court has long struggled to decide just how far the First Amendment allows government to go in enlisting groups and individuals to espouse its policy preferences. An appeals judge recently wrote that this area of the law is "messy and unsettled." The justices on Monday appeared no closer than before to tidying things up. Read More » Approximately 40 lawsuits filed over problems associated with the Mirena intrauterine contraceptive device have been coordinated in multidistrict litigation before a federal judge in New York. Read More » The University of Tulsa College of Law is launching a family advocacy clinic with a $1 million donation. The endowment came from the Lobeck Taylor Family Foundation, itself started by former car rental industry executive Bill Lobeck and his wife Kathy Taylor, a trustee of the university, attorney and former mayor of Tulsa. Read More » U.S. Representative Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) filed a lawsuit today against House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and other House Republicans seeking reversal of a censure vote in 2010 and accusing them of denying him due process. The House voted in December... Read More » Maybe Tiger Mom was right after all. "All work, not much play" seems to be paying off for Asian Americans. Read More » Biotech firm Amgen Inc. has agreed to pay $24.9 million to resolve a whistleblower's claims that it paid kickbacks to pharmacies so that patients in nursing homes would be prescribed its anemia drug. Read More » |
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