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Anheuser-Busch filed suit against Belgian brewer InBev, alleging its $65-a-share offer for the U.S. company is illegal and criticizing the offer as a "bargain price."
A sister of casino businessman Stanley Ho went to court in a last-minute attempt to stop SJM Holdings from listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange this week.
A federal appeals court said prosecutors can proceed with a retrial against a group of former A.B. Watley executives and ex-securities brokers in an alleged scheme to misuse brokerage firm "squawk" boxes.
Russian businessmen are turning to the British legal system to resolve their disputes. Driving them is a disillusionment with the Russian courts and a willingness among English judges to hear Russian cases.
Congress is set to approve a bill to update FISA -- the most sweeping change in the 30-year-old law and one that may further expand the use of evidence gathered by intelligence agencies in criminal cases.
The outcomes of hearings on contingent commissions by New York's attorney general could have far-reaching implications for insurance brokerage Marsh & McLennan, which is starting to implement restructuring plans.
Europe's antitrust authorities are escalating their fight against price fixing -- and creating a new type of business for corporate lawyers as a result. Law firms are benefiting by offering clients services on how to act if they are raided.
Emails made public through litigation show that Christopher Hohn, one of the world's most successful hedge-fund managers, has been challenged by the market's downturn despite his recent success.
Coca-Cola agreed to a $137.5 million settlement over a longstanding shareholder dispute that claimed the global beverage giant artificially inflated sales to boost its stock price.
Federal agents arrested two supervisors at Agriprocessors, the country's largest kosher meatpacking plant, on charges they helped illegal immigrants secure fake documents and encouraged them to reside in the U.S.
Ex-Refco Chief Executive Phillip Bennett was sentenced to 16 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to criminal charges in a scheme to hide the commodities broker's financial troubles.
Lawyers for Google asked Viacom for permission to better hide information that might help identify YouTube users before Google complies with a judge's demand that it hand over YouTube "user logs" to Viacom.
The federal government is investigating the actions of Detroit city officials, including council members, in connection with a $47 million waste-disposal contract awarded to Synagro Technologies last year.
Samuel Israel III was ordered by a judge to immediately begin serving a 20-year prison term. The former hedge-fund executive surrendered following more than three weeks on the run.
Carter Phillips, representing Duke Energy, talks to reporters outside the Supreme Court, Nov. 1, 2006, following oral arguments in a case involving clean air regulation. (AP Photo/Dennis Cook)
Doug Kmiec, the perpetually polarizing Pepperdine prof, has an idea for a Supreme Court nominee: Carter G. Phillips.
Writing for Slate's Convictions blog, Kmiec asks and answers the [...]
Sen. Barack Obama speaks during a town hall-style meeting in Powder Springs, Ga., Tuesday, July 8, 2008. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Senator Barack Obama wants to make it easier for some owners homeowners — such as those wiped out by medical payments, military disaster victims, members on extended leave and elderly homeowners — to keep their [...]
Yuri Kuklachev balances one of his cats on his hand during a photo call in New York for “Moscow Cats”, Sept. 16, 2005. (Credit: AP/Jeff Christensen)
Yuri Kuklachev and his son, Dmitri, are world-famous cat clowns who, according to this trademark lawsuit, filed in May in Brooklyn federal court, founded the Moscow Cats Theatre. “Through the [...]
“A pleading that states a claim for relief must contain . . . a short and plain statement of the claim showing that the pleader is entitled to relief . . .” — Rule 8(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
“In alleging fraud or mistake, a party must state with particularity the circumstances constituting [...]
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