April 14, 2010
U.S President Barack Obama will try to turn up the pressure for an overhaul of Wall Street regulations as he meets Wednesday with top Democratic and Republican lawmakers to discuss a sweeping package of reforms. Republicans are seizing on a …
April 12, 2010
A panel of federal judges Friday consolidated dozens of lawsuits against Toyota Motor Corp. over cars that have raced out of control, assigning them to a single federal judge in Los Angeles. The decision is another step in the U.S. …
February 10, 2010
Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and billionaire investor Warren Buffett, from different sides of the political spectrum, expressed support Tuesday for the U.S. government’s aggressive steps in 2008 to keep the nation’s banks and economy from a complete meltdown. …
January 21, 2010
Hopes for stronger world action in 2010 to curb climate change have dimmed after the U.S. Democrats lost a key Senate seat to a Republican opposed to capping emissions, experts said Wednesday. The election of Republican Scott Brown, an opponent …
November 1, 2009
New Laws on Genetic Information, Data Breaches, Pay Discrimination Increase Employers’ Exposure New legislation has often brought new exposures to employers. This is also true of litigation. As 2009 proceeds, there is a “double whammy” for employers from both new …
October 1, 2009
Former Attorney General John Ashcroft and one of his hardline lieutenants face the rare prospect of being held personally liable for alleged violations of individuals’ rights in the aggressive aftermath of the 2001 terrorist attacks. High-ranking officials usually are protected …
September 22, 2009
China and the United States, the world’s top greenhouse gas emitters, will try to ignite efforts Tuesday to secure a U.N. global warming pact as worries grow of a “dangerously close” deadlock in talks. U.S. President Barack Obama and Chinese …
August 24, 2009
A federal appeals court invalidated a California law Thursday that allowed heirs of Armenians killed in the Turkish Ottoman Empire nearly a century ago to seek payment on the life insurance policies of dead relatives. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court …
July 10, 2009
The G8 summit made scant progress towards a new U.N. climate treaty due to be agreed in December with some nations back-pedaling on promises of new action even before the end of a meeting in Italy. “This hasn’t given me …
May 26, 2009
France and Germany suggested on Monday that rich nations should collectively guarantee deep cuts in greenhouse gases by 2020 while giving flexibility to laggards such as the United States to catch up later. France said the idea, floated at talks …