Social networks are undoubtedly the modern disseminators of relevant news, and in large part, of controversial debates. This past week, a photo of Chief Raoni Metuktire was spread around Facebook. Raoni was shown crying in reaction to President Dilma Rousseff’s authorization of the construction of the Belo Monte dam. Along with the photo came a [...]

On July 14, 2011, Rupert Murdoch’s media empire came under intense pressure as key members of Congress called for an investigation into the allegations that one of the media mogul’s US-based companies may have violated American bribery and corruption laws. It is not clear yet whether Congress will ultimately respond to the claims that News [...]

On April 16, 2010, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed a civil action against Goldman, Sachs & Co. for the structuring and marketing of a synthetic collateralized debt obligation (CDO). The synthetic CDO, a complex financial security used to speculate or manage the risk that an obligation will not be paid, was tied to [...]