Search Results for: 2003-05-28

Corporations and securities brief ~ SEC to pursue civil suit against Scrushy

July 5, 2005 06:58:00 PM

Leading Tuesday's corporations and securities law news, a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) spokesman said today that the agency still plans to pursue a $785 million civil suit against former HealthSouth Corp. CEO Richard Scrushy...

Environmental brief ~ ConocoPhillips settles air pollution charge

January 28, 2005 01:57:00 PM

In Friday's environmental law news, US-based oil refining company ConocoPhillips has agreed to spend $525 million on emission controls and pay a $4.5 million dollar fine to settle federal charges that it violated air pollution laws. The...

Godsey [Cincinnati]: Supreme Court to Hear Two Criminal Cases Today

December 6, 2004 11:55:00 AM

Mark Godsey, University of Cincinnati College of Law:"On Monday December 6, the Supreme Court will hear an appeal from a Texas death row inmate, Thomas Miller-El, claiming Texas prosecutors improperly struck minorities from his jury. This is the second time...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Peace treaty between Japan and 48 nations formally ended WWII

On April 28, 1952, a peace treaty between Japan and 48 nations took effect, formally ending World War II.

Review the terms of the San Francisco Treaty.

Former CIA official Aldrich Ames pleads guilty to spying for USSR

On April 28, 1994, Aldrich Ames, a former CIA official, pleaded guilty to passing US secrets to the USSR during the Cold War. Ames further confessed that he continued spying for Russia after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Learn more about the case of Aldrich Ames from the FBI. Also read a CNN interview with Ames.