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News Corporations and securities brief ~ Regulators target American Express unit for fraud
Corporations and securities brief ~ Regulators target American Express unit for fraud
Amit Patel
February 18, 2005 11:00:00 am

Leading Friday's corporations and securities law news, the New Hampshire Bureau of Securities Regulation filed a complaint against AEFA, the personal finance advisory unit of American Express Co. , for failing to disclose to investors that...

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News Corporations and securities brief ~ Bear Stearns faces SEC action over illegal fund trading
Corporations and securities brief ~ Bear Stearns faces SEC action over illegal fund trading
Amit Patel
February 17, 2005 03:10:00 pm

Leading Thursday's corporations and securities law news, the SEC has concluded Bear Stearns Cos. , the sixth-largest US securities firm, violated federal laws which protect investors when it aided brokers in making illegal after-hours mutual-fund trades....

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News BREAKING NEWS ~ House approves curb on class action suits
BREAKING NEWS ~ House approves curb on class action suits
Amit Patel
February 17, 2005 01:58:00 pm

The US House of Representatives has approved the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 , a bill intended to curb class action lawsuits by transfering most large, multi-state class actions to federal courts. The bill now...

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News Six Rwandans sue French soldiers for genocide role
Six Rwandans sue French soldiers for genocide role
Amit Patel
February 17, 2005 01:03:00 pm

Six Rwandan citizens have filed a lawsuit in France against French soldiers for their role in the Rwanda genocide . The Paris army tribunal, the only court which can try French troops for conduct committed abroad, will decide...

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News Amnesty International: Nepal on brink of ‘human rights catastrophe’
Amnesty International: Nepal on brink of ‘human rights catastrophe’
Amit Patel
February 17, 2005 09:30:00 am

Amnesty International said Thursday that the recent imposition of emergency rule in Nepal by King Gyanendra has taken the country to the "brink of disaster" and that the human rights crisis in the country could...

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News Corporations and securities brief ~ Three insurance executives plead guilty to fraud
Corporations and securities brief ~ Three insurance executives plead guilty to fraud
Amit Patel
February 16, 2005 02:30:00 pm

Leading Wednesday's corporations and securities law news, a former senior executive at Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc. and two executives from American International Group Inc. (AIG) have pleaded guilty to fraud charges. The charges were...

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News Corporations and securities brief ~ Lay, Skilling trial judge eyes summer start for trial
Corporations and securities brief ~ Lay, Skilling trial judge eyes summer start for trial
Amit Patel
February 15, 2005 02:47:00 pm

Leading Tuesday's corporations and securities law news, the judge in the trial of former Enron Chairman Ken Lay and ex-Chief Executive Jeff Skilling is asking defense attorneys and prosecutors for...

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News UK High Court rejects Sinn Fein challenge after IRA finding
UK High Court rejects Sinn Fein challenge after IRA finding
Amit Patel
February 14, 2005 03:39:00 pm

UK High Court Justice Ronnie Weatherup has dismissed an application by Irish republican party Sinn Fein for a judicial review of the British government's decision to withdraw taxpayer funding of a development grant worth about £100,000 annually...

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News Spain seeks 74,000-year prison terms for al Qaeda suspects accused in 9/11 plot
Spain seeks 74,000-year prison terms for al Qaeda suspects accused in 9/11 plot
Amit Patel
February 14, 2005 03:13:00 pm

Spanish prosecutors are seeking 74,000-year prison terms for each of the three suspects accused of using Spain as a staging ground for the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States. The prison terms correspond to all the charges,...

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News Judge dismisses First Amendment suit against MD governor
Judge dismisses First Amendment suit against MD governor
Amit Patel
February 14, 2005 02:56:00 pm

US District Court Judge William D. Quarles Jr. has dismissed a lawsuit brought by the Baltimore Sun challenging on First Amendment grounds an order from Maryland Governor Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. which barred thousands of state employees...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Jamaica achieves full independence

On February 9, 1962, Jamaica left the Federation of the West Indies, becoming a fully-independent nation for the first time in its history. The country did, however, remain a member of the British Commonwealth of Nations.

Read the Constitution of Jamaica from the Georgetown University archives.

First US federal anti-narcotics legislation passed

On February 9, 1909, Congress passed the first federal legislation prohibiting narcotics. The "Act to Prohibit Importation and Use Of Opium" barred the importation of opium at other than specified ports and for other than medicinal use.

US House elects John Quincy Adams President

The US House of Representatives elected John Quincy Adams as President of the United States on February 9, 1825 after no candidate won a majority of electors in the 1824 presidential election. Adams prevailed by a 13-7-4 vote even though future President Andrew Jackson won more electors than him the previous November. The Twelfth Amendment to the US Constitution requires the House to determine the president if nobody secures a majority of electors. Learn more about the Election of 1824.

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