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Arbitration Agreements in the Wake of AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion
JURIST Guest Columnist Robert Marcelis, University of California, Davis School of Law Class of 2013, is a staff member of the Business Law Journal. He explains the holding AT&T v. Concepcion, discusses its implications on future cases and reviews Congress'...
Ontario court extends stay upholding anti-prostitution laws until court ruling
A five-judge panel for the Ontario Court of Appeal Friday extended stay of a lower court decision striking down laws banning prostitution-related activities, leaving the activities illegal pending ruling of the court. The panel extended the stay...
Ontario court extends stay allowing enforcement of prostitution laws
The Ontario Court of Appeal on Thursday ruled that several prostitution-related laws struck down by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (OSCJ) would remain in effect until April 29, pending an appeal. Justice...
Former SEC Lawyer pleads guilty to fraud in Dreier investment scheme
Former Securities and Exchange Commission(SEC) lawyer Robert Miller pleaded guilty in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York to one count of securities fraud and...
Supreme Court rules traditional test governs stay of deportation requests
The US Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled 7-2 in Nken v. Holder , retitled from Nken v. Mukasey, that an alien's stay of deportation request pending consideration of...
'Advice and Consent': How the Senate Should Vet Obama Cabinet Picks
JURIST Guest Columnist William G. Ross of Cumberland School of Law, Samford University, says that for various constitutional, political and practical reasons made all the more pressing by controversies surrounding a number of high-profile and now even withdrawn nominees, the...
US President-elect Barack Obama officially announced on Monday that he is nominating former Department of Justice (DOJ) official Eric Holder as the next US attorney general. If confirmed by...
Qwest to settle shareholder suit for an additional $40 million
Qwest Communications will pay an additional $40 million to settle a class action shareholder lawsuit, according to an agreement released Monday in the company's second quarter earnings report . Of that number, $5 million comes...
One of the most complex criminal trials in Canadian legal history gets under way Monday in New Westminster, British Columbia, as Robert William Pickton stands accused of murdering 26 women , most of them prostitutes...
