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There has been speculation that these new laws will threaten the future of corporate hospitality. By and large, this is misplaced. You can still entertain your clients without breaking the law, but you will need to ensure that the hospitality is
Updated: 03/09/2011 09:29A
Lindsay to sue jewellery store
According to reports, Lohan is preparing a lawsuit against Kamofie & Company for using her image to profit without permission after it sold CCTV footage of her in the sto re on the day she is accused of stealing a $2500 necklace.
Updated: 03/09/2011 09:28A
Death penalty cases require extra precautions
But prosecutors in Texas have fought a request for DNA testing by Hank Skinner, who was less than an hour away from being executed when the US Supreme Court agreed to hear his case. On Monday, the court said Skinner may pursue a lawsuit requiring
Updated: 03/09/2011 09:27A
Dynegy's Bankruptcy Fears
By DEALBOOK Dynegy, which has warned for months about its financial woes, said bankruptcy could be the next step if it can't make a deal with creditors. The revelation in a recent regulatory filing is the latest chapter in the saga of the troubled
Updated: 03/09/2011 09:24A
Ex-Detroit Police Chief Ella Bully-Cummings to testify in Tamara Greene lawsuit
By AP AP file photoElla Bully-Cummings Detroit's former police chief is expected to testify in federal court about whether e-mails relating to the investigation of a stripper's killing were ever destroyed. Ella Bully-Cummings was police chief when
Updated: 03/09/2011 09:24A
Olympique Marseille striker Brandao still in custody for sex probe
Citing the prosecutor, the local radio channel RTL said a 23-year-old woman filed a lawsuit on Friday accusing the Brazilian striker of raping her in his car when he brought her home last week after leaving a nightclub in Aix-en Provence,
Updated: 03/09/2011 09:23A
Judicial Watch Suit Accuses Judge-Turned-Congressman of Sexual Harassment
An ousted federal judge-turned-congressman has been accused of sexual harassment in a lawsuit filed by the conservative group Judicial Watch. The suit claims US Rep. Alcee Hastings, D-Fla., sexually harassed a staffer who worked
Updated: 03/09/2011 09:23A
Irving Picard on Madoff recovery efforts
Picard and chief counsel David Sheehan said they will make a request of a federal bankruptcy court to allow the distribution. The rest of the $10 billion, however, is being held up by investor disputes; two lawsuits have been filed over Picard's
Updated: 03/09/2011 09:23A
U.S.-Listed China Stocks Vulnerable to Management Buy-Outs
As a general rule, actions taken by a company's board of directors are protected by the "business judgment rule" - the presumption that in making business decisions not involving direct self-interest or self-dealing, corporate directors act on a
Updated: 03/09/2011 09:21A
NTPC moves Supreme Court against DHC verdict on Ansaldo
New Delhi, Mar 9 (PTI) NTPC today said it has moved the Supreme Court against the Delhi High Court''s ruling that allowed Ansaldo Caldaie Boilers (ACB) to bid for providing super-critical power equipment to the state-run power major.
Updated: 03/09/2011 09:21A
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