Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle has announced that the state will join nine others in suing the Environmental Protection Agency over a recently announced rule to reduce mercury emissions. The lawsuit, led by New...
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The New York State Assembly Codes Committee will vote Tuesday on a measure to reauthorize the state's death penalty, which was declared unconstitutional in June. The New York State Assembly recently released a report detaling...
Dutch officials question US security decision to block airplane
Dutch officials Monday demanded an explanation as to why a KLM Royal Dutch Airlines flight was forced to turn around by US authorities on Friday. The 278 passengers aboard the flight returned to Amsterdam 11 hours later...
UPDATE ~ Mexican presidential hopeful will surrender to authorities
Following up a story reported Friday on JURIST's Paper Chase, Mexico City mayor and presidential hopeful Manuel Lopez Obrador announced to reporters outside of his home Saturday that he will surrender to authorities as soon as...
The two main parties in Mexico's Congress joined forces late Thursday to strip Mexico City's mayor Manuel Lopez Obrador of immunity so he can be charged with contempt of court, threatening his bid for the presidency in...
Thousands protest in support of Mexico City mayor as vote looms
Tens of thousands on Thursday protested in Mexico City in support of popular Mayor Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador , who announced his presidential candidacy this morning, but could be barred from running by an expected congressional...
The US will phase in by 2008 tighter border controls requiring US citizens re-entering the country from Canada, Mexico, Panama and Bermuda to have passports, US officials announced Tuesday. Under the new rules made public by the State Department...
Corporations and securities brief ~ Prosecutors ask for June start date for Lay fraud trial
Leading Tuesday's corporations and securities law news, Enron Task Force prosecutors have asked US District Court Judge Sim Lake to move former Enron chief Ken Lay's trial date for personal banking...
Corporations and securities brief ~ OFHEO expands probe into Fannie Mae
Leading Monday's corporations and securities law news, Fannie Mae regulator the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO) , has announced it is investigating Fannie's use of trusts which it set up to sell securities. Specifically,...
Corporations and securities brief ~ FBI investigates auto supplier Delphi
Leading Friday's corporations and securities law news, the FBI has announced it has started an investigation into auto supplier, Delphi Corp. , over improper accounting at the firm. Delphi, which had launched an internal investigation into...