The US Department of Labor announced a settlement agreement Thursday with former Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling , concluding the DOL's civil suit against him. The agreement provides that Skilling "will drop his opposition to a previous $85 million settlement, waive his right to benefits from Enron's pension plans and be permanently barred from serving in [...]
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The High Court of Australia has held in two separate cases that a "holder of a temporary protection visa is not entitled to further protection in Australia if they are no longer in danger in the country from which they fled" and that the person may not remain a refugee. The cases – NBGM v. [...]
Senior Thai security officials suggested Thursday that Thailand's Council for National Security may lift martial law next month after investigators wrap up a corruption probe against former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra . The announcement came two days after Thai Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont held off on plans to lift martial law this month, as had [...]
Microsoft has handed over only 90 percent of the necessary documentation to comply with a 2004 European Union antitrust ruling and may face added fines unless the company complies by November 23, European Union regulators said Wednesday. The 2004 order required Microsoft to provide technical information that competitors need to develop software compatible with the [...]
Khalil al-Dulaimi, chief defense counsel for Saddam Hussein , said Wednesday that the Iraqi High Tribunal is obstructing his efforts to appeal Hussein's death sentence for crimes against humanity committed in the Iraqi town of Dujail . Dulaimi reiterated complaints that the trial did not adhere to fair standards and accused the court of "pursuing [...]
US Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA) , outgoing chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee , has introduced a new bill, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Oversight and Resource Enhancement Act of 2006 , that would authorize domestic surveillance of suspected terrorists. Specter's new proposal is a last-ditch attempt to push through legislation during the current lame-duck session [...]
Former Hewlett-Packard chairwoman Patricia Dunn pleaded not guilty Wednesday to four felony charges stemming from her role in the corporate spying scandal . Dunn is one of five people charged in the case involving company investigators using "pretexting" by impersonating board members, employees and reporters in order to gain their phone records and potentially uncover [...]
The German Federal Court of Justice Thursday found Moroccan-born Mounir al-Motassadeq guilty of assisting the men who carried out the Sept. 11 attacks on the US. The appeals court overturned a lower court decision acquitting Motassadeq, avoiding a third trial against him. Motassadeq was originally convicted in 2003 on charges that he gave financial backing [...]
US President George Bush on Wednesday renominated six candidates for federal appeals court judgeships, at least four of whom Democrats have already rejected . Senate rules require nominations to be resubmitted after a recess longer than 30 days, and the judicial nominations will expire if not approved during the current lame-duck session of Congress. When [...]
US Marine Corps Pfc. John J. Jodka III was sentenced Wednesday to 18 months in military custody for his role in the murder of an Iraqi civilian in Hamdania last spring. Jodka, one of eight servicemen originally charged in connection with the killing of Hashim Ibrahim Awad , pleaded guilty last month to assault and [...]
