DEC
21
2010

Toyota agrees to pay $32.4 million in two U.S. settlement for auto recalls

Toyota Motor Corp. agreed to pay a combined $32.4 million in two settlements with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration related to auto recalls, according to a statement on the carmaker’s website.

DEC
21
2010

U.S. Senate told not to tweak pact

Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warned U.S. lawmakers on Monday that any changes to the New START nuclear arms reduction treaty signed by Presidents Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev in April could kill the pact.

DEC
20
2010

U.S. judge orders transocean to turn over records

Transocean Ltd., the owner of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig that exploded and sank in the Gulf of Mexico in April, must turn over safety records to the U.S. government, a federal judge ruled.

DEC
20
2010

US seeks legal pursuit of WikiLeaks founder: Biden

The US Justice Department is exploring a legal pursuit of Julian Assange, said Vice President Joe Biden, who described the WikiLeaks founder as a dangerous "hi-tech terrorist."

DEC
20
2010

Senate repeals ban against openly gay military personnel

The Senate on Saturday struck down the ban on gay men and lesbians serving openly in the military, bringing to a close a 17-year struggle over a policy that forced thousands of Americans from the ranks and caused others to keep secret their sexual orientation.

DEC
20
2010

Sudan´s Bashir sees Islamic law

Sudan´s president said the country would adopt an Islamic constitution if the south split away in a referendum due next month, in a speech on Sunday.

DEC
17
2010

Reality TV the perfect medium for some lawyers

Actual lawyers with big firm experience, it seems, make for better TV viewing than the fictionalized versions that networks are fond of using in their scripted dramas. And, it turns out, attorneys make formidable foes when the TV shows in question call for competition.

DEC
17
2010

Conrad Black libel case going to top court

Canada´s top court has agreed to hear an appeal of an Ontario ruling that confirmed the province as jurisdiction for a libel suit launched by Conrad Black.

DEC
17
2010

Apple secrets at center of insider trading case

The blockbuster insider trading case that shook Silicon Valley and Wall Street on Thursday likely gave Steve Jobs, Apple´s famously secretive CEO, a healthy case of heartburn this morning.

DEC
17
2010

Offshoring your lawyer

Outsourcing can cut your legal bills

DEC
17
2010

Dutch town right to refuse drug tourism: EU court

A Dutch town was right in refusing to let foreigners buy cannabis, Europe´s highest court said in a ruling Thursday that will help the national government´s plans to curb sales of the drug to tourists.

DEC
16
2010

European human rights court says Ireland´s abortion ban fails to protect women at medical risk

Ireland´s constitutional ban on abortion violates the rights of pregnant women to receive proper medical care in life-threatening cases, the European Court of Human Rights ruled Thursday, harshly criticizing Ireland´s long inaction on the issue.

DEC
16
2010

BP shares drop as US sues over Gulf of Mexico spill

BP´s shares took a hit this morning, after the US government announced it is suing the oil giant and four other companies over the Gulf of Mexico disaster, the world´s largest offshore oil spill.

DEC
16
2010

Google may have broken competition law: French watchdog

France´s Competition Authority said that Google occupies a strongly dominant position in the online advertising market linked to internet searches and that it possibly violated competition law.

DEC
16
2010

$94m awarded in ´free smokes to kids´ case

A jury has ruled Lorillard Tobacco tried to entice black children to become smokers by giving out free cigarettes and has awarded US$71 million ($94.6 million) to the estate and son of a woman who died of lung cancer.

DEC
16
2010

UK court backs decision to bail WikiLeaks´ Assange

London´s High Court upheld a decision on Thursday to free on bail WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who is fighting extradition to Sweden over rape allegations.

DEC
16
2010

House passes ´don´t ask, don´t tell´ repeal

The House of Representatives voted Wednesday to overturn the ban on openly gay and lesbian soldiers serving in the U.S. military, passing legislation repealing the controversial "don´t ask, don´t tell" policy.

DEC
16
2010

Ex-minister Bob Ainsworth: Make drugs legally available

An ex-minister who had responsibility for drugs policy has called for all drugs to be legally available.

DEC
15
2010

Rules to keep work parties festive

Even in these increasingly sober times, decorum and judgment can become the first casualties of office holiday parties.

DEC
15
2010

Court delays Khodorkovsky verdict

A Moscow court abruptly postponed the verdict in the trial of jailed tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky on Wednesday, surprising his lawyers and deepening the intrigue over a case that is testing the Kremlin´s will to reform Russia.

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