Eric Levine, a former Brookline lawyer who federal prosecutors described as the leader of a large mortgage fraud ring, was sentenced to 12 years in prison yesterday.
The Securities and Exchange Commission continues its crackdown on companies for misleading investors, charging three affiliated New York-based investment firms and four former senior officers with fraud, misuse of client assets and other securities violations involving their $66 million advisory business.
Edgar Bronfman Jr., Jean-Marie Messier and five other men were found guilty of criminal charges related to Vivendi SA’s near-bankruptcy after a US$77 billion acquisition spree by a Paris court Friday.
Wi-LAN Inc. announced the settlement of a patent dispute with another U.S. technology company Thursday, the third in a wave of settlements that started with computer processing giant Intel Corp.
The parents of Luis Santos, the 22-year-old college student killed in a confrontation that involved the son of former Assembly Speaker Fabian Núñez, sued former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in Sacramento on Thursday, claiming he violated their constitutional rights under the state’s Victims´ Bill of Rights.
Hewlett-Packard Co., the largest maker of computers, announced a board shake-up aimed at adding foreign-based directors and quelling criticism over the way it handled the departure of Chief Executive Officer Mark Hurd.
The criminal accusations spanned several states and several decades, encompassing figures from seven mob families, and led to the arrest of nearly 125 people on federal charges on Thursday.
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on Wednesday said he would propose new laws to prevent magistrates from pursuing elected officials, as he went on the offensive over allegations he paid for sex with a minor.
A promiscuous US Air Force sergeant has been convicted of exposing multiple unwitting sex partners to HIV at swinger parties.
France is failing in its duty to protect the Great Hamster of Alsace, a cute fur-ball facing extinction with fewer than 200 remaining, the advocate-general of Europe´s top court said on yesterday.
Swiss police have arrested a banker who claims to have handed details of rich tax cheats to WikiLeaks.
An immigration law based on Arizona’s has passed the Mississippi State Senate.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in consultation with the Department of State, has identified 53 countries whose nationals are eligible to participate in the H-2A and H-2B programs for the coming year.
Broward Circuit Judge Dale Cohen conceded Tuesday at his trial on judicial misconduct charges that he made a mistake by calling his wife as a witness at an evidentiary hearing on a disqualification motion.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has defended his country´s controversial media law against hefty criticism from the EU.
In 2010, French investigative journalists uncovered two scandals involving Nicolas Sarkozy during his pre-presidential career.
A New Zealand banking analyst is behind bars in Dubai after calling police for help when a jilted lover allegedly attacked him with a knife.
President Dmitry Medvedev´s latest initiative to allow judges to slap offenders with heavy fines rather than with jail terms in corruption cases is commendable.
A cat has been summoned to do jury service, even after his owners told the court he was "unable to speak and understand English".
U.S. News & World Report is considering providing individual rankings for law schools that it categorizes as third-tier, Karen Sloan reports.
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