Final Report of the Special Master for the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001, United States Department of Justice, November 18, 2004. Excerpt:The Fund provided generously for those directly affected by the attack. In total, the Fund distributed over...

A jury found former South Carolina lieutenant governor Earle Morris guilty of 22 counts of securities fraud Thursday. While Morris was chairman of Carolina Investors he told investors to keep their money with the company even though he knew...

US Register of Copyrights Marybeth Peters said Thursday during an intellectual property conference at the John Marshall School of Law that Congress would not enact the Inducing Infringement Copyrights Act , also known as the Induce Act, before...

Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee have unanimously chosen Senator Arlen Specter to be chairman next year. Specter's chairmanship had been in doubt after the GOP moderate warned Bush against nominations based solely on a judge's conservatism or opposition...

The US Department of Justice has released its final report on the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund. The fund, created by Congress to offer families and injured survivors a faster alternative to litigation, attracted 2880 out of a...

The traditional British fox hunt is to be banned after the House of Commons Thursday invoked the rarely-used Parliament Act of 1949 to force through the ban over the opposition of the House of Lords. Labour party Ministers had...

The first divorce in Chilean history took place Thursday as the country's new marital code went into effect, replacing the code that had been in force since 1884. Until the passage of law No. 19947, Chile was one of...

The World Trade Organization has entered an interim verdict against an EU effort to prevent food manufacturers from using European regional names - such as Champagne and Parma - to market copycat versions of more than 600 wines, cheeses,...

Young v. Bryco Arms et al., Illinois Supreme Court, November 18, 2004 [dismissing two lawsuits which had accused gunmakers and suburban gun shops of creating a public nuisance by putting guns in the metropolitan market knowing they would end up...

In Thursday's corporations and securities law news, Enron Corp. has closed the $2 billion sale of its interest in three natural gas pipelines to CCE Holdings LLC, a joint venture of Southern Union Co. and GE Commercial Finance Energy...