U.S. Plans New Charge in Galleon Insider Case
Thursday, January 7th, 2010Prosecutors said that they had uncovered additional evidence that Raj Rajaratnam, the billionaire founder of the Galleon Group, reaped $19 million more in illicit profits.
author By ZACHERY KOUWE, source www.nytimes.com
Suit Says 2 Chinese Firms Stole Web-Blocking Code
Thursday, January 7th, 2010The Chinese government sought to block Web sites that featured pornography and violent matter as well as political and religious content.
author By MICHAEL WINES, source www.nytimes.com
A Supreme Court Victory for Older Workers
Friday, June 20th, 2008The Supreme Court placed on employers the burden of proving that a layoff or other action that hurts older workers more than others was based not on age but on some other “reasonable factor.”
author By LINDA GREENHOUSE, source www.nytimes.com
Justices Turn Down Appeal by Exxon
Tuesday, June 17th, 2008Exxon Mobil was seeking to dismiss a lawsuit by 11 Indonesian villagers who accused the company’s security forces of human rights abuses at an Indonesian plant.
author By REUTERS, source www.nytimes.com
Broadcom Co-Founder Pleads Not Guilty
Tuesday, June 17th, 2008Henry T. Nicholas III, the co-founder of the chip maker Broadcom, pleaded not guilty on Monday to federal drug and securities fraud charges.
author By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, source www.nytimes.com
Authorities Say Hedge Fund Manager Is on the Run
Tuesday, June 17th, 2008The U.S. Marshal said that investigators now consider the case of Samuel Israel III, whose car was found abandoned on a New York bridge, to be solely a fugitive investigation.
author By ABHA BHATTARAI, source www.nytimes.com
Prosecutors Said to Consider Charges in Bear Funds Case
Tuesday, June 17th, 2008The charges of securities fraud would represent the first criminal case against two former managers of two Bear Stearns hedge funds that collapsed a year ago.
author By LOUISE STORY, source www.nytimes.com
Big Penalty Set for Law Firm, but Not a Trial
Tuesday, June 17th, 2008The law firm known as Milberg, once a scourge of corporate America, agreed to the settlement to avoid a criminal trial, ending a seven-year investigation.
author By JONATHAN D. GLATER, source www.nytimes.com
Bankrupt Airline Sues FedEx Corp.
Thursday, June 12th, 2008ATA Airlines is suing FedEx over its decision to drop the airline from its military charter team, a move ATA says forced it into bankruptcy protection and left it financially destroyed.
author By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, source www.nytimes.com
Discover Is Seeking $6 Billion From Rivals
Tuesday, June 10th, 2008The claim for damage against larger rivals Visa and MasterCard was cited in court papers that had been kept confidential in the antitrust case, first filed four years ago.
author By REUTERS, source www.nytimes.com
Gadfly, Contending Price Fixing, Sues OPEC
Tuesday, June 10th, 2008Larry Klayman, a lawyer and conservative gadfly, filed a federal lawsuit in Miami accusing the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries of price fixing.
author By DAMIEN CAVE, source www.nytimes.com
Justices to See Philip Morris Case a Third Time
Tuesday, June 10th, 2008The Supreme Court will review for the third time the case of a longtime smoker who died from lung cancer.
author By LINDA GREENHOUSE, source www.nytimes.com
Yahoo Shareholders Seek Repeal of Severance Plan
Tuesday, June 10th, 2008An employee severance plan put in place by Yahoo to protect workers after a merger with Microsoft could skew the outcome of a proxy battle, a lawsuit says.
author By MIGUEL HELFT, source www.nytimes.com
Mukasey Declines to Create a U.S. Task Force to Investigate Mortgage Fraud
Saturday, June 7th, 2008The attorney general said he was confident that the current approach of using local prosecutors’ offices to oversee separate F.B.I. investigations was adequate.
author By ERIC LICHTBLAU, source www.nytimes.com
Los Angeles Sues Time Warner Cable
Saturday, June 7th, 2008The suit brought by the city of Los Angeles says that the company has subjected subscribers to delayed repair appointments, deceptive pricing and Internet outages.
author By REBECCA CATHCART, source www.nytimes.com
Dealbook: Secret Life of a Deal
Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008Two of Dow Chemical’s top executives worked on a $50 billion takeover of their company last year, behind the backs of the company’s chief executive and board.
author By ANDREW ROSS SORKIN, source www.nytimes.com
Dealbook: Secret Life of a Deal
Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008Two of Dow Chemical’s top executives worked on a $50 billion takeover of their company last year, behind the backs of the company’s chief executive and board.
author By ANDREW ROSS SORKIN, source www.nytimes.com
Tavern on the Green to Pay $2.2 Million to Settle Harassment Claim
Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission had accused the restaurant of “severe and pervasive” harassment of female, black and Hispanic employees.
author By STEVEN GREENHOUSE and DAVID GIAMBUSSO, source www.nytimes.com
No Ruling Means No Change for Fantasy Baseball Leagues
Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008Major League Baseball’s effort to maintain exclusive control of its players’ statistics failed on Monday.
author By LINDA GREENHOUSE, source www.nytimes.com
Class-Action Lawyer Gets 30 Months in Prison
Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008Melvyn I. Weiss, the prominent class-action lawyer, was sentenced to 30 months in prison by a federal district judge in Los Angeles for his role in concealing illegal kickbacks to plaintiffs.
author By JONATHAN D. GLATER, source www.nytimes.com