News
May 23, 2013
New York Times |
May 23, 2013
American retailers remain sharply opposed to joining an international plan to improve safety conditions at garment factories in Bangladesh as their European counterparts and consumer and labor groups dismiss the companies’ concerns about legal liability.
Wall Street Journal |
May 23, 2013
A federal court in Argentina has indicted three former executives of Ford Motor Co.'s F -1.14% Argentine subsidiary for their alleged involvement in the kidnapping of 24 workers by the military government that ruled between 1976 and 1983.
Tags: Argentina, International
National Law Journal |
May 23, 2013
Declarations of objectivity and integrity that Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC made regarding its ratings of collateralized debt obligations and other mortgage-backed securities just before the 2008 financial collapse were not mere "puffery," Justice Department lawyers have argued in their lawsuit against the agency.
The Recorder |
May 23, 2013
In tobacco litigation, as in real estate, the key is location, location, location.
Wall Street Journal |
May 23, 2013
LONDON—Pearson PSON.LN -3.40% PLC's book-publishing business, Penguin Group, has agreed to pay $75 million to settle a dispute in the U.S. over the way it priced electronic books, drawing to a close an investigation into the publishing industry's e-book pricing tactics.
Tags: State Attorneys General
Wall Street Journal |
May 23, 2013
A South Korean defendant in a case against executives of an industrial valve maker challenged his status as a fugitive, saying the status prevents him from fighting the charges against him–or even engaging in talks for a plea deal.
Blog of the Legal Times |
May 23, 2013
The chief judge of Washington's federal district court said he expects the court will have to review hundreds of arrest and search warrant dockets after learning this week that the clerk's office failed to publicly file an unsealed search warrant in a high-profile government leaks case.
Tags: Judiciary
Wall Street Journal |
May 23, 2013
The U.K.'s financial regulator said Thursday it has fined a J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. wealth-management unit £3.1 million ($4.7 million) for control failings.
Wall Street Journal |
May 23, 2013
The Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday will consider Tony West's nomination for associate U.S. attorney general, the Justice Department's number three slot, and sources tell me he's likely to be waived through. Whatever happens, senators shouldn't miss the chance to explore Mr. West's acquiescence in the legal quid pro engineered between late 2011 and early 2012 by his colleague, Justice civil-rights chief, Thomas Perez.
May 22, 2013
CQ |
May 22, 2013
A House panel backed a measure Tuesday seeking to increase transparency of asbestos exposure claims by requiring reports of payouts from trusts that pay claims of asbestos-related injuries.
Tags: Asbestos
