Corporations and securities brief ~ Spitzer to retry fraud charges against Sihpol
Leading Thursday's corporations and securities law news, New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer will retry ex-Bank of America broker Theodore Sihpol. Sihpol was acquitted on 29 counts of fraud-related charges last month , but the jury...
International brief ~ Pinochet stripped of immunity for human rights abuses
Leading Wednesday's international brief, in a ruling originally expected in June, the Santiago Appeals Court has held that former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet was not entitled to immunity from prosecution for alleged human rights...
The Chinese Foreign Ministry said in a statement Monday that the US Congress should "correct its mistaken ways" and "stop interfering in the normal commercial exchanges" between the two nations in response to House objections to a...
China company files landmark bid to purchase Unocal with federal regulators
The China National Offshore Oil Company Ltd. (CNOOC) submitted the details of its $18.5 billion bid to purchase Unocal to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States Friday. The purchase would...
In a White House interview with Danish television that aired Thursday, US President George W. Bush said that agreeing to the requirements of the Kyoto Protocol on climate change would have "wrecked" the US...
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Tuesday rejected a lawsuit against the Japanese government filed by 15 Asian women who claim Japanese soldiers forced them to act as "comfort women" , or...
World prison population report [International Centre for Prison Studies]
World Prison Population List, King's College International Centre for Prison Studies, June 27, 2005. Excerpt:Over 9 million people are held in penal institutions throughout the world, mostly as pre-trial detainees (remand prisoners) or having been convicted and sentenced. Almost half...
High court declines to take reporters' appeal on confidentiality of sources
In a significant denial of certiorari Monday, the US Supreme Court refused to hear appeals from two reporters asking the Court to allow them to refuse to identify their sources and not risk facing fines or jail time. Matthew...
World prison population tops 9 million; US leads incarceration rate
Over 9 million people are now in prison worldwide and the number is growing, according to a new report by the London-based International Centre for Prison Studies . The statistical survey included convicts and persons held...
Legislation to criminalize sexual harassment was presented Sunday to the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress . The draft amendment to the Law of the People's Republic of China on the Protection of...
