OCT
31
2011

Remember that $16 DOJ muffin? Not so fast

Back in September, the U.S. Justice Department took a lot of heat for reportedly spending $16 on muffins at a conference.

OCT
31
2011

Wal-Mart´s China woes began with phone call, then snowballed

Wal-Mart´s PR nightmare over sales of mislabelled pork in China began with a phone call two months ago from an irate housewife.

OCT
31
2011

Girls equal in British throne succession

Sons and daughters of any future UK monarch will have equal right to the throne, after Commonwealth leaders agreed to change succession laws.

OCT
31
2011

Women launch new discrimination claim against Wal-Mart

Lawyers representing women who claimed discrimination by Wal-Mart filed an amended lawsuit Thursday narrowing their claims to California stores of the retail giant.

OCT
31
2011

Law firm expenses grow, demand for services falters

Law firms are seeing an increase in intellectual-property litigation work but are struggling overall to attract business while their expenses rise at the highest rate in two years, according to a new study.

OCT
28
2011

Michael Lohan arrested again, tries to flee cops by jumping off balcony

Michael Lohan´s in trouble with the law for the second time this week.

OCT
28
2011

The bloom is coming off the rose for prospective law students

The negative attention heaped on law schools of late seems to have made an impression on would-be law students.

OCT
28
2011

Avon under investigation by Feds and Wall Street

Regulators are formally investigating whether Avon broke bribery laws overseas, and the cosmetics company said it was again reassessing its strategy after quarterly profit fell far short of expectations.

OCT
28
2011

Brazil court recognizes same-sex marriage

Brazil´s High Court of Justice on Tuesday upheld the same-sex marriage of two women.

OCT
27
2011

State sues over bottles´ ´biodegradable´ labeling

A plastic bottling company and two bottled-water companies are selling their products in California in containers labeled "biodegradable," a designation that is both false and illegal, Attorney General Kamala Harris said Wednesday in a lawsuit.

OCT
27
2011

Jury clears Fairfax dog walker in unscooped poop case

In the end, it was the dog walker´s accusers who stepped in it.

OCT
27
2011

Animal rights group´s suit to allege Sea World is keeping orcas in slavery

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals plans Wednesday to sue Sea World for allegedly violating the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution -- which bans slavery -- by keeping orcas at parks in San Diego and Orlando, Fla., organization officials said Tuesday.

OCT
27
2011

Judge blocks part of North Carolina abortion law

North Carolina cannot require abortion providers to show and describe to pregnant women images from ultrasounds performed before the procedures, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday.

OCT
26
2011

IBM names Ginni Rometty as first female CEO

International Business Machines Corp.´s Virginia "Ginni" Rometty has grown throughout her career by taking on challenges she´s never faced before. Now she´ll tackle something no one has ever done.

OCT
26
2011

Ex-Terra president gets longest foreign bribery sentence of 15 years

Terra Telecommunications Corp.´s former president, Joel Esquenazi, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for his role in a scheme to bribe officials at state- owned telecommunications company Haiti Teleco.

OCT
26
2011

U.S. expected to charge executive tied to Galleon case

Federal prosecutors are expected to file criminal charges on Wednesday against Rajat K. Gupta, the most prominent business executive ensnared in an aggressive insider trading investigation, according to people briefed on the case.

OCT
26
2011

German banker trial over F1 rights starts in Munich

A former German banker, charged with selling Formula One rights in return for a bribe with the involvement of the sport´s supremo Bernie Ecclestone, told a Munich court on Monday his decision had saved tax payers million of euros.

OCT
26
2011

McDonald´s sues China trademark body over logo dispute

U.S. fast-food retailer McDonald´s sued the Trademark Appeal Board, China´s top trademark watchdog, over a trademark dispute with a local restaurant that used an allegedly similar logo.

OCT
25
2011

Judge says no to Sprint request for AT&T documents

Sprint Nextel lost a bid on Monday to get access to masses of AT&T documents that it had hoped to use in its lawsuit aimed at stopping AT&T´s $39bn acquisition of discount rival T-Mobile.

OCT
25
2011

WikiLeaks halts publication over cash flow issues

For the second time in two years WikiLeaks announced it was suspending publication of secret documents due to financial difficulties.

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