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SEC Commish Urges Selective Use Of New Settlement Policy For ‘Bad Actors’
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission should focus its new policy of seeking admissions of wrongdoing on cases such as those involving bad actors who have a high risk of being repeat offenders, ...
Judge Narrows Greenberg Lawsuit Versus U.S. Over AIG Bailout
A federal judge has allowed former American International Group Inc. Chief Executive Maurice "Hank" Greenberg to continue his multibillion dollar lawsuit against the United States over the insurer's ...
Reuters Insight: Educated With A Dead-Beat Job; The Unseen Legacy Of Europe’s Crisis
As the first anniversary of her graduation in eco-tourism and cultural history approaches, Linnea Borjars remains jobless and frustrated. After finishing her studies at Sweden's Linkoping University, ...
U.S. Regulator Tells Web Search Firms To Label Ads Better
U.S. regulators warned leading Internet firms including Google Inc. to better identify paid ads in search results, particularly as new technology such as mobile services and voice-based online ...
Supreme Court Limits Workplace Harassment, Retaliation Claims
The U.S. Supreme Court put new limits on lawsuits claiming on-the-job harassment, throwing out a case filed by a black catering worker who said a colleague slapped her and used racial epithets. The ...CFTC Likely To Charge MF Global Execs Beyond Corzine: Legal Experts
The lawsuit that the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission is considering filing against MF Global chief executive Jon Corzine would require the CFTC also to charge other former MF Global ...
Google Vindicated By EU Court Opinion On Search Results
Google must respect EU privacy law but is not obliged to delete sensitive information from its search index, an adviser to the highest European Union court said, in a case that tests whether people ...
Obama Takes On Power Plants As Part Of New Climate Plan
President Barack Obama tried to revive his stalled climate change agenda on Tuesday, promising new rules to cut carbon emissions from U.S. power plants and other domestic actions including support ...