APR
22
2010

Supreme Court backs bonuses for lawyers´ public interest work

A group of public interest lawyers learned Wednesday that the Supreme Court giveth, and the Supreme Court taketh away.

APR
22
2010

Florida Republican Party´s credit card use examined

Federal law enforcement agencies have begun a criminal investigation of the use of credit cards issued by the Republican Party of Florida to elected officials and staff members, according to sources familiar with the inquiry.

APR
22
2010

D.C. area jurisdictions begin immigration checks on inmates

Eight law enforcement agencies in Virginia and Maryland have recently joined a sweeping federal program that aims to identify and deport illegal immigrants who commit serious crimes.

APR
22
2010

Britain´s deficit hits record £163 billion - but undershoots forecast

Public borrowing hit its highest level since records began during the 12 months to March but the figures reveal Labour has undershot its target for the year, potentially fuelling the row over the Government´s plan to raise national insurance.

APR
22
2010

Facebook sets up Google-war with vast expansion through Open Graph

Facebook has announced plans to spread its influence more widely across the internet by weaving its service into all websites.

APR
22
2010

Obama Issues Sharp Call for Reforms on Wall Street

President Obama is traveling to the shadow of Wall Street on Thursday to counter what he calls "the furious efforts of industry lobbyists" trying to weaken or kill new financial regulations that he says are needed to stave off a second Great Depression.

APR
20
2010

UK investigates Goldman as bankers net $5.5bn

Goldman Sachs has announced it will pay its bankers a share of $5.5 billion (£3.5 billion) for three months work just hours after the Financial Services Authority launched a formal investigation into the US bank.

APR
20
2010

Supreme Court strikes down animal cruelty video ban

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled 8-1 in United States v. Stevens that a federal law banning depictions of animal cruelty violates the First Amendment.

APR
20
2010

Civil Rights Leader Dorothy Height Dies

Dorothy Height, who as longtime president of the National Council of Negro Women was the leading female voice of the 1960s civil rights movement, died Tuesday. She was 98.

APR
19
2010

Supreme Court to hear copyright, employment discrimination cases

The US Supreme Court on Monday granted certiorari in four cases. In Costco v. Omega, the court will decide whether the first-sale doctrine, which provides that the owner of any particular copy "lawfully made under this title" may resell that good without the authority of the copyright holder, applies to imported goods manufactured abroad.

APR
19
2010

Mortgage lending rises but market is ‘subdued’

Gross mortgage lending rose by 24 per cent between February and March, but the market is still “quiet and subdued”, according to the Council of Mortgage Lenders.

APR
19
2010

Paul Weiss law firm hires prominent Justice Department Prosecutor

The law firm Paul Weiss has hired a prominent Justice Department prosecutor in an effort to build a Washington practice that defends corporations accused of trying to gain business overseas through bribes.

APR
19
2010

North Carolina Democrats´ votes against health care push labor to form party

A political rebellion is brewing inside an old funeral home near the state Capitol here. Frustrated liberals and labor organizers are taking aim at the Democratic Party, rushing to gather enough signatures to start a third party that they believe could help oust three Democratic congressmen.

APR
19
2010

Authorities Criticized Over Handling of Air Crisis

With little prospect of an early reopening of some of Europe’s busiest airportson Monday, governments faced growing criticism over their seemingly ponderous response to five consecutive days of flight chaos, and stranded passengers waited anxiously for word of when they might continue their journeys.

APR
16
2010

Obama Widens Medical Rights for Same-Sex Partners

President Obama on Thursday ordered his health secretary to issue new rules aimed at granting hospital visiting rights to same-sex partners.

APR
15
2010

Former N.S.A. Official Is Indicted in Leak Case

In a highly unusual legal action against an alleged leaker of government secrets, a federal grand jury on Thursday indicted a former senior National Security Agency official on charges of providing classified information to a newspaper reporter in hundreds of e-mail messages in 2006 and 2007.

APR
15
2010

Czech Senate approves EU´s Lisbon Treaty

Lawmakers in the Czech Republic have endorsed the European Union´s Lisbon Treaty. The government in Prague was the last to begin the process of ratifying the treaty, which will overhaul the way the EU does business.

APR
15
2010

Georgia to join health care constitutionality lawsuit

Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum announced Tuesday that Georgia will join 18 other states in a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the recently enacted health care bill.

APR
15
2010

Arizona House approves tough new illegal immigration bill

The Arizona House approved a bill Tuesday that would establish one of the strictest illegal immigration policies in the nation. The bill would criminalize being in the US without proper documentation and would give law enforcement officers increased ability to require

APR
15
2010

Rights groups urge Alabama to desegregate HIV-positive prisoners

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Wednesday called on the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) to end prison segregation based on HIV status.

voltar para o topo