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| Ex-Nixon Peabody Associate Settles SEC Insider-Trading Complaint | A onetime associate of Nixon Peabody has settled an insider-trading complaint brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission without admitting or denying the allegations made against her. Melissa Mahler will be required to repay $5,800 in trading profits, as well as interest and a penalty, for a total amount due of $13,792, and she must also agree not to participate in similar conduct in the future, reports the Blog of Legal Times. A judgment in District of Columbia case was entered yesterday by U.S. District Judge Paul Friedman. An associate in the Nixon firm's Rochester, N.Y., office at the time… |
| Fighting Extradition in Child-Sex Case, Polanski Claims More Long-Ago Judicial Misconduct | Fighting to keep famed film director Roman Polanski from being extradited from Switzerland to face sentencing in a decades-old California child-sex case from which he fled following conviction, his lawyers are now making new allegations of long-ago judicial misconduct. Among them: That the now-deceased judge in the case met in 1977 with two high-ranking Los Angeles prosecutors, who confirmed allegations of misconduct on the judge's part by a lower-ranking prosecutor in the Polanski case but quashed his plan to move to disqualify the judge, reports the Media Decoder blog of the New York Times. “The evidence suggests they went behind… |
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| | Turkish government arrests 20 more in connection with Ergenekon coup plot | [JURIST] Turkish police detained 20 people Thursday in connection with the alleged Ergenekon [BBC profile, JURIST news archive] conspiracy to overthrow the Islamist-rooted government. Among those arrested [Reuters report] are retired and active military officers, but the identities and ranks of |
| Togo court affirms contested election of incumbent president | [JURIST] The Constitutional Court of Togo [official website, in French] on Wednesday affirmed [Embassy press release, PDF] the election of incumbent President Faure Essozimna Gnassingbe [official profile] despite five suits alleging voter fraud filed by the opposition. The court held [AFP report] |
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| | Movie review: Wholesale spleen in 'Repo Men,' starring Jude Law - Washington Post | 
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Movie review: Wholesale spleen in 'Repo Men,' starring Jude LawWashington PostThrow in Jude Law, whom I, for one, will watch anytime, in anything, as anyone -- even a guy who leaves his "clients" liverless and lifeless -- and one can ...Law has heart in 'Repo'Boston HeraldAlice Braga, Forest Whitaker, Joe Pingue, Jude Law, Liev SchreiberHouston ChronicleReview: Repo Men's Parts Feel Transplanted from Other FilmsE! Online (blog)Seattle Post Intelligencer -Los Angeles Times -Seattle Timesall 276 news articles » |
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| Drive started for ballot measure to suspend state's greenhouse gas law - San Jose Mercury News | |
International Law
International law, is the body of law that regulates the activities of entities possessing Int. personality. Traditionally, that meant the conduct and relationships of states. Also conduct of Int. organizations, multinational corporations and individuals.
International Law
