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News Corporations and securities brief ~ 20 NYSE floor traders indicted
Corporations and securities brief ~ 20 NYSE floor traders indicted
Amit Patel
April 12, 2005 12:40:00 pm

Leading Tuesday's corporations and securities law news, the Wall Street Journal is reporting that 20 former NYSE traders who oversaw stock auctions were indicted on charges they traded stocks which benefited their firms at the expense of...

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News Solidarity founder Lech Walesa sues Polish radio station for communist slur
Solidarity founder Lech Walesa sues Polish radio station for communist slur
Amit Patel
April 11, 2005 03:32:00 pm

Solidarity founder and former Polish President Lech Walesa said Monday he has filed charges against Radio Maryja , a radical Roman Catholic radio station in Poland, over...

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News Martha Stewart loses appeal for new sentence, early release
Martha Stewart loses appeal for new sentence, early release
Amit Patel
April 11, 2005 02:13:00 pm

US District Judge Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum Monday denied an appeal by Martha Stewart to modify or change her sentence. The appeal would have led to an early release from house arrest. Stewart argued that she should...

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News Corporations and securities brief ~ Warren Buffett set to testify in AIG probe
Corporations and securities brief ~ Warren Buffett set to testify in AIG probe
Amit Patel
April 11, 2005 12:34:00 pm

Leading Monday's corporations and securities law news, Warren Buffett is set to appear before the SEC, New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer and the US Department of Justice to answer questions related to...

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News House energy bill could extend daylight savings time for two months
House energy bill could extend daylight savings time for two months
Amit Patel
April 7, 2005 01:08:00 pm

Congress is considering an amendment to an energy bill which would extend daylight savings time by two months, having it start on the last Sunday in March and end on the last Sunday in November. Representatives Fred Upton [official...

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News UN Security Council votes for investigation into Hariri killing
UN Security Council votes for investigation into Hariri killing
Amit Patel
April 7, 2005 12:53:00 pm

The UN Security Council unanimously voted Thursday to authorize an international investigation into the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri . The United States, France, and Britain sponsored the resolution which gives an independent...

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News Corporations and securities law news ~ Pfizer suspends sales of Bextra after FDA warning
Corporations and securities law news ~ Pfizer suspends sales of Bextra after FDA warning
Amit Patel
April 7, 2005 11:04:00 am

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...

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News French foreign minister warns of EU constitution crisis
French foreign minister warns of EU constitution crisis
Amit Patel
April 7, 2005 09:37:00 am

France's Foreign Minister Michel Barnier warned a 'no' vote in France's referendum on the European constitution will kill the treaty and create a crisis at the European Union ....

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News DC Circuit to hear military commissions appeal
DC Circuit to hear military commissions appeal
Amit Patel
April 7, 2005 09:11:00 am

The US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit hears arguments Thursday on the legality of military commission trials of terror suspects held at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base . Last November, US District Judge James Robertson ordered...

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News Ibrahim al-Jaafari named new Iraqi prime minister
Ibrahim al-Jaafari named new Iraqi prime minister
Amit Patel
April 7, 2005 09:01:00 am

Iraq's new presidential council , formally sworn-in on Thursday, has named Shiite Arab Ibrahim al-Jaafari as interim prime minister replacing outgoing interim PM Iyad Allawi . The long-awaited announcement gives Iraq ...

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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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