MAR
31
2015

Pomerantz Law Firm Announces the Filing of a Consolidated Amended Securities Class Action Complaint Agains Petrobras

The Consolidated Amended Complaint alleges that Petrobras and its senior executives engaged in a multi-year, multi-billion dollar money-laundering and bribery scheme, which was concealed from investors.

MAR
30
2015

French lawmakers debate whether to punish prostitutes or clients

The proposed law completely revises a bill passed by France´s lower house in 2013 that never took effect.

MAR
30
2015

Indiana Governor: Lawmakers To ´Clarify´ Anti-Gay Law

The Religious Freedom Restoration Act — approved by the Republican-dominated Indiana legislature and signed by Pence on Thursday — immediately touched off a vociferous online campaign against the law.

MAR
26
2015

Kansas legislature approves ban on second trimester abortion procedure

The procedure, dilation and evacuation, is used in about 8 percent of all abortions conducted in Kansas.

MAR
26
2015
MAR
26
2015

Medical marijuana bill introduced in US House

The bill would reclassify Marijuana. The reclassification would acknowledge medical uses for the drug.

MAR
25
2015

Facebook data row reaches top Euro court

The future of how Europeans´ data is shared with US companies such as Facebook and Google is set to be considered by the EU´s highest court.

MAR
25
2015

Supreme Court rules incorrect opinion not an ´untrue statement´

A statement of opinion does not qualify as an "untrue statement" even if the opinion ultimately turns out to be incorrect.

MAR
23
2015

Apple Opens Up to Praise New Book on Steve Jobs, and Criticize an Old One

In the book, executives take aim at another title, “Steve Jobs” by Walter Isaacson.

MAR
23
2015

Greeks Investigate Statistics Chief Over Deficit Figure

Greek authorities are escalating a criminal investigation against the head of the official statistics service, accused by some politicians of inflating the budget deficit to help Greece’s creditors justify the country’s unpopular bailout terms.

MAR
23
2015

Ted Cruz Announces 2016 GOP Presidential Bid

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, whose combative approach to politics has helped guide the Republican Party’s right wing, entered the 2016 presidential race on Monday.

MAR
23
2015

France rejects imposing a ban on skinny models

It would discriminate against ´thin people in the workplace´.

MAR
20
2015

France Considers A Ban On Overly Skinny Models

Proposed legislation would criminalize the use of underweight models and ban online sites that glorify anorexia and other eating disorders.

MAR
19
2015

Gates and Bloomberg create $4 million fund to fight Big Tobacco

Philanthropists donate initial $4m towards legal advice for nations whose health measures are challenged by tobacco industry, as in Uruguay and Austrália.

MAR
19
2015

Indiana Senate approves proposal for terminally ill patients to access experimental drugs

The bill would allow patients to access treatments before they receive federal approval.

MAR
18
2015

Chinese migrant given US law licence 125 years on

Hong Yen Chang was barred from practising law in 1890 by the same court because "persons of the Mongolian race" were not granted citizenship.

MAR
17
2015
MAR
17
2015

Three judges removed and a fourth resigns for viewing pornography at work

Viewing pornography on office computers was ‘wholly unacceptable conduct for a judicial office-holder’, the Judicial Conduct Investigations Office said.

MAR
17
2015

PetroChina Vice-Chairman Liao Yongyuan in corruption probe

Other executives from the firm and its parent company are already under investigation.

MAR
16
2015

HSBC´s Swiss private bank: French prosecutor formally requests trial

France’s financial state prosecutor recommends that Swiss bank be sent to criminal trial over tax allegations

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