Grupo Santander, the Spanish bank that is the top lender in Latin America, is seeking to raise as much as $7.3 billion through a sale of shares in its Brazilian unit, it said Monday.
Renault have been given a two-year suspended ban for ordering Nelson Piquet Jr to crash during last year´s Singapore Grand Prix.
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit [official website] ruled [opinion, PDF] Friday that Federal Election Commission (FEC) regulations restricting the political spending of nonprofit groups violates the First Amendment.
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) [official website] filed a statement of interest [text, PDF; press release] Friday urging the US District Court for the Southern District of New York [official website] to reject a class action settlement [Authors Guild backgrounder] in a copyright suit [case materials] against Google. In its statement, which comes after an investigation [JURIST report] into the agreement, the DOJ told Judge Denny Chin that the proposed settlement raises concerns over class action, copyright, and antitrust law.
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) [official website] issued a plan [text, PDF; press release] Friday to reduce prison overcrowding as ordered [opinion, PDF; JURIST report] by a special panel of federal judges in August, but the plan falls short of the order´s requirements.
Five state attorneys general have joined the opposition to Google´s settlement with book authors and publishers, objecting to the way the settlement distributes unclaimed funds.
The Swiss government said it would appoint up to five temporary judges to deal with complaints arising from an agreement to hand over data on some UBS (UBS.N)(UBSN.VX) client accounts to U.S. authorities.
Baroness Scotland of Asthal, the Attorney-General, has been placed under investigation after she admitted that she had employed an illegal migrant. Britain’s most senior law officer sacked Loloahi Tapui after the 27-year-old Tongan was revealed by the Daily Mail to have overstayed her student visa.
California courts were closed Wednesday in the first of what will be a monthly shut down of the judiciary in an effort to reduce the state´s budget gap. The closures were authorized as part of California Code 68070 [text], which allows for closure of the courts one day per month, "for the transaction of judicial business for one day per month and may adopt rules of court to implement this section." While the move may slow some court business, one provision of the code does mandate that a court officer:
A judge in the US District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania ruled Thursday that the City of Pittsburgh must allow a tent city protest during next week´s Group of 20 (G-20) summit, but that it could deny permits to two other groups. In response to a lawsuit brought last week by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), Judge Gary Lancaster ruled that the city must issue a permit to CodePink to set up a tent city in Point State Park in the days before the summit.
The Hungarian government said Wednesday that it would accept one prisoner of its choosing from those still held at Guantanamo Bay in order to aid in the closure of the detention center. According to a statement by Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai, Hungary will accept a detainee from a list of candidates who will participate in an 18-month controlled integration process in the country.
Ninety members of the US House of Representatives introduced a bill Tuesday to repeal the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). Signed by former president Bill Clinton, DOMA refuses federal marriage benefits to same-sex couples, including social security, tax laws, and immigration rights, and defines marriage as between a man and a woman.
Amtrak would lose its federal subsidies if it doesn´t put a system in place by early next year to check and track firearms so that passengers can legally put the weapons in their checked baggage, the Senate voted Wednesday.
Say you´re buying a dog. You know the breed you want; you can picture it in your head. But what was the name? A bull terrier? A pit bull? A bull mastiff?
A British oil trader has offered to settle a court case brought by 31,000 Africans who say that they were injured by the dumping of waste — the largest personal injuries class action mounted in an English court.
The California lawmaker who spearheaded a high-profile anti-obesity effort across the country´s most populous state is now training his sights on sugar-sweetened drinks.
The Bank of Japan kept interest rates on hold on Thursday and upgraded its assessment of the economy, as improving exports and output heighten the chance the economy will meet its forecast of a moderate pick-up early next year.
As the morning commuter train rattled down the track, Chinu Sharma, an office worker, enjoyed the absence of men. Some of them pinch and grope women on trains, or shout insults and catcalls, she said. Her friend Vandana Rohile agreed and widened her eyes in mock imitation.
State Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo announced today that Dell and its subsidiary, Dell Financial Services, have agreed to pay $4 million in restitution, penalties and costs to resolve alleged fraudulent and deceptive business practices.
The French hard-line policy on piracy has drawn worldwide attention as nations around the globe grapple with the issue of piracy.
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