The US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana began pre-trial hearings Friday, launching the federal liability case against Merck & Co. , producers of the painkilling product Vioxx [Vioxx consumer...
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The UN Security Council appears deadlocked on the Sudan issue after the United States and other countries argued again Thursday over the appropriate venue for criminal prosecutions of war crimes committed in Darfur. A majority of Council...
Leading Friday's corporations and securities law news, the European Commission (EC) said Microsoft has failed to deliver on its commitment to comply with sanctions related to violations of European antitrust rules [JURIST Hot Topic news...
Retail giant Wal-Mart agreed Friday to pay $11 million to settle US Department of Justice allegations that it had employed hundreds of illegal immigrants to perform janitorial services in 60 stores across the country. The...
Businessman Frans van Anraat has been formally charged by Dutch prosecutors with complicity in genocide for selling chemicals to Iraq that were used to produce poison gas by Saddam Hussein's government against Kurds. Prosecutors said that van Anraat, the...
Shiite and Kurdish negotiators say they may need another week to hammer out the shape of a new Iraqi government as factions in Iraq's new National Assembly struggle to build a coalition that will satisfy the majority...
The United Nations' investigation into allegations of sexual abuse in the Democratic Republic of Congo has resulted in the firing of one employee and the suspension without pay of six other civilian workers. Overall, 17 civilian staff...
WTSP-TV 10 in Tampa is reporting that Judge George Greer has refused to recognize US House subpoenas issued earlier today, allowing a feeding tube to be removed from Terri Schiavo as per a previous order. 1:55 PM ET -...
WTSP-TV 10 in Tampa is reporting that the chief judge in Pinellas Country has issued a temporary stay on the removal of Terri Schiavo's feeding tube past 1 PM ET until Judge Greer can be located for a 1:15...
In Friday's environmental law news, the Indonesia Supreme Court has ruled that the detention of five Newmont Mining Co. executives last year was legal. The officials had been held in jail without charge for over 30 days...
