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Supreme Court to Hear SOX Mutual Fund Whistleblower Case
In a case involving whistleblowers at Fidelity Investments, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to consider whether mutual fund employees are subject to the same whistleblower protections as ...
Key European Union Law On ‘Too Big to Fail’ Up for Vote
A European Union law up for a vote on Monday will only fully shield taxpayers from bailing out troubled banks if there is a global framework as well, a top UK regulator said on Monday. Bank of ...
Florida Catastrophe Fund Stronger As Storm Season Nears
Florida is heading into a new storm season with some good news for once. The state-created fund that backs up private insurers in Florida is in the best financial shape it has been in years — maybe ...
GINA Suits Becoming A Reality: Second EEOC Action Filed
On May 16, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced that the agency filed its second lawsuit charging a company with violating the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act. The ...
Report: Feds’ Warnings About Sandy Were Confusing
Federal weather forecasts for Superstorm Sandy were exceptionally accurate last fall, but the warnings themselves were confusing, an internal review found. The gigantic October storm lost tropical ...
New Federal Fracking Rules Proposed; Won’t Apply To Drilling On State Lands
On Thursday, the Obama administration unveiled a new proposal for regulating hydraulic fracturing on federal lands, rolling back some measures from its original, abandoned draft as it sought to ease ...
Controversial Global Accounting Rule Alters Treatment of Property, Equipment Leases
Company balance sheets could swell by trillions of dollars under an international plan issued on Thursday by two accounting bodies to show more clearly the cost of leasing everything from ...
BP Wants UK Prime Minister to Intervene on Gulf Spill Claims: BBC
British oil company BP wants Prime Minister David Cameron to intervene with the U.S. government over the escalating cost of compensating U.S. companies for the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster in 2010, ...