US District Judge T.S. Ellis Monday denied a motion by US-based security firm Custer Battles to invoke the False Claims Act to dismiss a lawsuit brought by two former employees alleging that the Rhode Island security...
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Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau has announced a criminal investigation of former UN Oil-for-Food chief Benon Sevan . According to a New York Sun report, Sevan is being investigated in connection with allegations of commercial bribery...
A former Yugoslav army general testifying Monday on behalf of former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic denied that the former leader and Bosnian Serb forces were responsible for the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, and suggested it did not...
Leading Monday's corporations and securities law news, Sprint has said it will buy its affiliate and litigant, US Unwired . In a press release, Sprint said it will purchase its Louisiana-based distributor for $1.3 billion and...
Leading Monday's states brief, the Illinois Supreme Court has denied the request of the Associated Press and two newspapers for access to transcripts of a pre-trial hearing involving a state murder charge arising out of the...
US Justice Department antitrust regulators have asked for more information about a $3.4 billion stock bid by Adobe Systems Inc. to buy Macromedia Inc. . The DOJ wants to know more about the competitive...
US District Judge Denise Cote gave preliminary approval Monday to a civil settlement that would have convicted former WorldCom CEO Bernard Ebbers forfeit as much as $45 million in personal assests in order to avoid...
Fomer Russian prime minister Mikhail Kasyanov is being investigated by Russia's Prosecutor General for fraud and abuse of trust, according to Russian media reports Monday. Kasyanov is suspected of buying a $100 million country home and another...
Indonesia filed criminal charges Monday against Richard Ness, the American chief of Newmont Mining Corporation's Indonesian subsidiary, alleging environmental pollution. Indonesia previously filed a $133 million civil suit against Newmont, which has denied any wrongdoing...
Leading Monday's international brief, debate begins today in the UN General Assembly on the draft resolution proposal to expand the UN Security Council by six new permanent member seats, among them the...
