Corporations and securities brief ~ ChoicePoint identity thefts lead to Senate hearings
Leading Thursday's corporations and securities law news, Senator Arlen Specter announced the Senate Judiciary Committee will start an investigation into how criminals were able to gain access to at least 145,000 consumer profiles...
In a ruling against AT&T Wednesday, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) determined that the company must pay fees associated with its pre-paid calling cards. The fees go to local telephone companies to cover costs to connect the...
Former Yukos CEO Mikhail Khodorkovsky will testify Friday in his fraud and tax evasion trial. According to the latest trial update from Khodorkovsky's defense website, the judge presiding...
Report on discrimination against women in post-Saddam Iraq [AI]
Iraq: Decades of Suffering, Amnesty International, February 22, 2005 . Excerpt:Women and girls in Iraq live in fear of violence...
Syrian officials have indicated that the country will soon begin to withdraw its troops from Lebanon in compliance with the Taif agreement , signed at the end of Lebanon's 1975-90 civil war. Syria's move coincides with President Bush's speech...
Christian group says US violating international law at Guantanamo Bay
The World Council of Churches (WCC) , a global organization for non-Catholic Christians, accused the United States on Monday of violating international law in its treatment of Guantanamo Bay detainees. The detainees "are held without due process and...
ECOWAS sanctions imposed as pressure for elections in Togo mounts
The Economic Community of West African States has announced that member countries will impose sanctions against Togo as world pressure mounts for Togo to hold democratic elections. Faure Gnassingbe was appointed president on February...
Corporations and securities brief ~ Regulators target American Express unit for fraud
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...
Here's a run-down of law-related events, expected developments and live webcasts on JURIST's docket for Thursday, Feb. 17.On Capitol Hill, the US Senate meets at 10 AM ET today, when it will consider S. 5 ,...
Kenneth Anderson, Washington College of Law, American University:I want to go back to something that everyone has already talked to death - the UN report from a week or two back concluding that although Darfur involves mass murder, it does...
