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Four current leaders and a former European Commission president have this weekend urged French voters to adopt the new European constitution in a May 29 referendum, warning that rejection could have dire...

Leading Friday's corporations and securities law news, defense contractor Raytheon Company has announced that it's placed chief financial officer Edward S. Pliner and another employee on administrative leave and also offered to settle a SEC inquiry into...

Topping Tuesday's international brief, leaders from the Zimbabwean opposition party Movement for Democratic Change have filed the first of nearly a dozen legal challenges to the validity of the March 31 elections in Zimbabwe . MDC...

Leading Thursday's corporations and securities law news, Pfizer Inc. announced the suspension of its sales of arthritis drug Bextra . The move came after US and European drug regultors told the world's largest drug maker that...

US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Mark Lagon has said the United States will seek international censure of Cuba's human rights record by presenting a resolution at the annual meeting of the UN Commission on Human Rights ....

Here's a run-down of law-related events, expected developments and live webcasts on JURIST's docket for Tuesday, March 29. The US Supreme Court hears oral argument in two cases today. At 10 AM ET, the Court will hear...

Leading Monday's corporations and securities law news, the Wall Street Journal is reporting that the SEC has subpoenaed twelve executives at American International Group Inc. (AIG) . The subpoenas relate to several probes into questionable transactions...

The European Commission said Wednesday that it has rejected part of Microsoft's plan to comply with sanctions that were imposed last year after the Commission found that Microsoft violated European antitrust laws [decision text, PDF;...

European leaders are rallying around French President Jacques Chirac and trying to avoid a negative French vote on the European constitution by calling for revisions of European Union economic reform plans at the...

Here's a run-down of law-related events, expected developments and live webcasts on JURIST's docket for Wednesday, March 23.The US Senate and US House are in recess until April 4.The European Council session continues today, with...