MAR
6
2009

The Nation´s New Chief Information Officer Speaks

Reforming the entire health care system may be easier than doing everything Vivek Kundra says he wants to do when it comes to reforming the government’s computer systems.

MAR
6
2009

Al Gore backs environmental top-level domain

As the organization responsible for overseeing Internet domains prepares to expand the number of top-level domains available, Al Gore is advocating for a special domain to promote environmental awareness.

MAR
4
2009

California Lawmaker Wants Online Map Images Blurred

A lawmaker in California wants to force Google Earth and similar services to blur images of so-called "soft targets" like schools, hospitals, churches and government buildings to protect them from terrorists. Assemblyman Joel Anderson, a Republican from San Diego, said he decided to introduce his bill after reading reports suggesting that terrorists used online map imagery to plan attacks in Mumbai and elsewhere.

MAR
4
2009

Obama picks Net neutrality backer as FCC chief

President Obama on Tuesday nominated Julius Genachowski as the nation´s top telecommunications regulator, picking a campaign advisor who has divided his career between Washington, D.C., political jobs and working as an Internet executive.

MAR
4
2009

Boom gives way to bust in Ireland´s oversold economy

When even U2 sees the plug pulled on a real estate project, you know things are bad. Bono wants to save the world. But can the U2 front man save his homeland?

MAR
4
2009

Blockbuster Said to Hire Firm for Advice on Possible Bankruptcy

Blockbuster Inc., the world’s largest movie-rental chain, hired the law firm Kirkland & Ellis LLP to explore a possible bankruptcy filing, a person familiar with the situation said. Blockbuster fell as much as 86 percent yesterday before trading was halted.

MAR
4
2009

Supreme Court Hears Judicial Bias Case

A multi-million dollar advertising campaign waged by a controversial mining executive to elect a West Virginia Supreme Court judge to preside over cases his company had before the court may push the U.S. Supreme Court to act. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens Tuesday called the case one of the most "extreme" of its kind that the high court has ever considered. The situation fit Justice Potter Stuart´s infamous definition of obscenity, Stevens said, "I know it when I see it."

MAR
4
2009

Dresdner Kleinwort bankers threaten to sue over bonuses

As many as 250 Dresdner Kleinwort bankers are preparing legal action to recover tens of millions of pounds after the German bank´s new owner reneged on bonus payments.

MAR
4
2009

Recognition of a U.S. Judgment in Brazil

In General Electric Company v. Varig S Aviação Aérea Rio-Grandense, the Superior Court of Justice in Brazilia, Brazil allowed the recognition (homologação) of a US judgment issued by the New York Southern District Court. The Brazilian decision was dated November 5, 2008 but was only published on December 11, 2008.

MAR
2
2009

Citigroup Board Revamp Signals Heavy U.S. Hand in Ailing Firms

Citigroup Inc.’s government-induced board shakeup may herald an era of Washington influence at some of the nation’s biggest companies, as the Obama administration shows its willingness to force change at the top of banks that resort to taxpayer-funded rescue packages.

MAR
2
2009

President of Guinea-Bissau assassinated

The Guinea-Bissau president was assassinated a day after a powerful explosion killed the head of the west African country´s military, the prime minister said.

MAR
2
2009

Norton Rose and Links lead on £12.5bn HSBC rights issue

Norton Rose is advising key client HSBC, fielding a team under London corporate partner Martin Scott. Corporate partners Nick Adams and Chris Randall, employment partner David Cohen and tax specialist Dominic Stuttaford are also acting, while corporate partner Richard Crosby is leading a team in Hong Kong.

MAR
2
2009

Lawyers examine payoff of banker blamed for losing billions at HBOS

The payoff for the executive blamed for losing HBOS billions was under investigation yesterday after lawyers raised questions about his contractual entitlements.

MAR
2
2009

Two Cases on Internet Jurisdiction

Court Upholds Forum Selection Clause in Web Hosting Agreement and Arizona District Court Rules Website Targeting Plaintiff Does Not Create Jurisdiction in Plaintiff’s Home State.

FEB
28
2009
FEB
28
2009

J&J Agrees to Settle Evra Lawsuits in Ontario, Quebec, B.C.

Johnson & Johnson, which has spent at least $68.7 million to resolve U.S. lawsuits filed by women who suffered blood clots, heart attacks or strokes after using the Ortho Evra birth-control patch, agreed to settle similar claims in three Canadian provinces.

FEB
28
2009

Weiss´ style an issue in race for city attorney

The two-term city councilman, now seeking a new office, has drawn admiration and animosity in his district.

FEB
28
2009

Albuquerque´s Growing Murder Mystery: 11 Bodies and Counting

The more they dig, the more bodies they find. Albuquerque, N.M., police are preparing for what they say could be the biggest homicide investigation in the city´s history as investigators look into who buried bodies -- 11 so far, including a first trimester fetus -- in the ground in a wide expanse of desert mesa.

FEB
20
2009

Lawmakers Seek to Return Right to Sue Device Makers

On the same day last month that a federal judge in St. Paul threw out hundreds of lawsuits against the maker of a faulty heart device, a man entered a nearby hospital to have one of those flawed products surgically removed.

FEB
20
2009

UBS Pressed for 52,000 Names in 2nd Inquiry

The UBS memo was blunt: the "Swiss solution" could help affluent Americans.

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