Banks' Debit Card Fee Comments Under Justice Department Review
Nov 22nd 2011The U.S. Department of Justice has launched a review of comments and actions banks and trade associations made when rolling out new con...
Supreme Court to Decide if Classics Remain in Public Domain
Nov 22nd 2011An orchestra conductor is a lead plaintiff in a case challenging U.S. Congress' authority to remove celebrated works from the public domain.
Madoff's Ex-Senior Trader Cops to Duping Clients With Fake Trades
Nov 21st 2011David Kugel, who started working at Bernie Madoff's firm from the 1970s until its 2008 demise, pled guilty to six-counts of bank a...
House Democrat Introduces OCCUPIED Constitutional Amendment to Ban Corporate Money in Politics
Nov 22nd 2011U.S. Rep. Ted Deutch, D-Fla., has introduced the first proposal directly inspired by the Occupy Wall Street movement.
Income Gap in America Widening, Middle Being Hollowed Out [GRAPHS]
Nov 21st 2011Since 1980, the wage gap in America has widened in a phenomenon known as “job polarization,” stated economists Jaison R.
In the Spotlight
Opposition to Online Piracy Legislation Grows Among Lawmakers
A bipartisan bill to combat online piracy is running into bipartisan opposition over the broad language in the Stop Online Piracy Act, or SOPA.
M&A | Deals
Tokyo, Osaka Stock Exchanges to Merge
The combination will create the largest bourse in Asia -- with listed stocks having a value of $3.6-trillion.
- News Corp offers to sell Sky to ease BSkyB deal
- What does AOL get by shelling $315 million for Huffington Post?
- AOL to acquire Huffington Post
- Sanofi could sweeten bid for Genzyme before next Wednesday: Report
White Collar Sector
Steve Coogan to Leveson Inquiry: Ex-NOTW Editor Andy Coulson Tried to Sting Me
Actor Steve Coogan tells the Leveson Inquiry about a failed NOTW sting and doorstepping his pregnant girlfriend.
- Madoff's Ex-Senior Trader Cops to Duping Clients With Fake Trades
- Medical Firm Execs Jailed for Unapproved Testing of Bone Cement
- Ex-N.Y. Senate Leader Faces New Trial After Conviction Tossed
- Hedge Fund Manager Charged With Fraud for Claiming to Own Facebook, Twitter Stock
Lawsuits
China Considers Its Own Case Against U.S. Polysilicon Exports Following Dumping Complaint
In less than a week from now, commissioners with the U.S. International Trade Commission will be one step closer to making a decision o...
- ‘Fugitive’ ME Scientist Arrested and Denied Bail
- Hedge Fund Manager Charged With Fraud for Claiming to Own Facebook, Twitter Stock
- Ex-N.Y. Senate Leader Faces New Trial After Conviction Tossed
- Supreme Court to Settle Dispute Between Meat Industry, California
Intellectual Property
Supreme Court to Decide if Classics Remain in Public Domain
An orchestra conductor is a lead plaintiff in a case challenging U.S. Congress' authority to remove celebrated works from the public domain.
- Opposition to Online Piracy Legislation Grows Among Lawmakers
- Apple Wins 31 Patents, Including Crack-Proof Glass
- SOPA: Google, Facebook Speak Out Against Internet Censorship in Letter to Congress
- Apple Defends App Developers In Patent Claim
Politics + Policy
Pelosi, Boehner Accused of 'Soft Corruption' in '60 Minutes' Report
A '60 Minutes' investigation claims several members of Congress may have made investment decisions based on insider information.
- House Democrat Introduces OCCUPIED Constitutional Amendment to Ban Corporate Money in Politics
- Opposition to Online Piracy Legislation Grows Among Lawmakers
- Straw into Gold: Fund-Raiser for N.Y.C. Comptroller Charged With Using Phony Donors
- China Considers Its Own Case Against U.S. Polysilicon Exports Following Dumping Complaint
Law Firms
California's Top Court to Decide if Scandal-Tarred Reporter Can Practice Law
Should an aspiring attorney with a well-documented history of lying be banned from practicing law?
- Supreme Court Taps 2 Attorneys to Join Health Care Arguments
- Paterno Retains D.C. Attorney Amid Sandusky Sex-Abuse Investigation
- Steven J. Baum Closing Expected to 'Diffuse' New York Foreclosure Business
- Penn State Taps Ex-FBI Director to Probe Sex Abuse
