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The US Senate on Thursday voted 60-39 in favor of comprehensive financial reform legislation , sending it to President Barack Obama . The vote on the Restoring American...

JURIST Guest Columnist William A. Birdthistle of the Chicago-Kent School of Law says that the Supreme Court's modest decision in Jones v. Harris Associates continues the Court's trend of neglecting to take strong positions on important issues in corporate law......

The US House of Representatives on Wednesday voted 237 to 192 to approve the final version of financial reform legislation , which focuses on increasing regulation in the financial sector following the recent economic crisis...

The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled in Bilski v. Kappos that business method patents may qualify as patentable subject matter but that a specific method...

Members of the US Senate and House of Representatives on Friday reached an agreement on the financial reform bills passed by each chamber, which focus on increasing regulation in the financial...

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Wednesday announced that a grand jury has indicted the former CEO of mortgage company Taylor, Bean & Whitaker (TWB) on charges of fraud related to the...

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed a civil suit on Friday alleging securities fraud against Goldman, Sachs & Co. . The complaint, filed in the US District Court for the Southern District...

Former International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) senior vice president Robert Moffat pleaded guilty Monday to conspiracy and securities fraud charges stemming from his involvement in the largest hedge fund insider trading case in US...

Democrats on the Senate Banking Committee on Monday introduced the Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010 , aimed at increasing financial regulation in the wake of the recent financial crisis. The bill includes a provision...

JURIST Guest Columnist Daniel Joyner of the University of Alabama School of Law says that, reflective of the central tension between nonproliferation and peaceful use, Iran has not clearly violated any legal obligations incumbent upon it in the timing of...