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Hollinger pledges cooperation with US prosecutors in Black case

May 15, 2006 04:39:00 PM

Hollinger Inc. , the Canadian holding company with an interest in the newspaper publishing giant Hollinger International , has agreed to cooperate with the US Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Illinois ...

February 10, 2006 02:42:00 PM

Conrad Black , former chairman of media company Hollinger International , told a US federal judge in Chicago Friday that he would prefer to have a trial soon. Black appeared at a court hearing held to...

December 16, 2005 02:40:00 PM

Canadian-born media tycoon Conrad Black , former chairman of publishing giant Hollinger International, pleaded not guilty in Chicago Friday to an additional four felony counts that include racketeering and obstruction of justice. Black,...

December 7, 2005 07:25:00 PM

Former Hollinger International executive Jack Boultbee Wednesday pleaded not guilty to fraud charges a week after failing to appear for his originally scheduled arraignment. Boultbee appeared in a Chicago court to answer charges stemming from...

December 1, 2005 06:53:00 PM

Conrad Black , press baron and former chairman of Hollinger International, pleaded not guilty to eight fraud charges during his arraignment in Chicago Thursday. Along with other former Hollinger executives, he is accused by the US government of...

November 30, 2005 04:25:00 PM

Former Hollinger International Inc. executives Jack Boultbee and Peter Atkinson failed to appear on Wednesday at the federal court in Chicago to be arraigned on fraud charges. Both Boultbee, who is charged with eight counts of fraud,...

November 29, 2005 01:12:00 PM

One of Canada's top law firms has agreed to pay a $30 million settlement to former client Hollinger International for its role in failing to act in Hollinger's best interest during a series of now infamous transactions...

November 22, 2005 10:50:00 AM

Conrad Black , the media tycoon and former chairman of Hollinger International recently indicted on criminal fraud charges failed to appear for his arraignment in a Chicago courtroom Tuesday. The arraignment was delayed until November 30...

November 17, 2005 10:20:00 PM

US v. Conrad M. Black et al, United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois [federal criminal fraud indictment against financier Conrad Black and three other executives at Hollinger International related to the $2.1 billion sale of several...

November 17, 2005 02:39:00 PM

US Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald on Thursday announced criminal fraud charges against Conrad Black and three other executives at Hollinger International related to the $2.1 billion sale of several hundred Canadian newspapers and alleged...

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