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OSUN, EKITI GOV APPEALS: Staggering sums found in judges' bank accounts
Nigerian Tribune gathered that in the course of the investigation by the Justice Umaru Abdulahi panel, instituted by the National Judicial Council (NJC), bank accounts of the affected judges and alleged go-between were said to have been probed by
Updated: 03/15/2011 07:11P
DOLE FOOD0 : Dole Food Company Announces That Court Enters Final Order
The Statement of Decision formally vacates an earlier judgment and dismisses with prejudice the lawsuit brought by Nicaraguan plaintiffs claiming to have been banana workers on Dole-contracted farms in Nicaragua during the 1970s.
Updated: 03/15/2011 07:10P
DOLE FOOD0 : Dole Food Company Announces That Court Enters Final Order
The Statement of Decision formally vacates an earlier judgment and dismisses with prejudice the lawsuit brought by Nicaraguan plaintiffs claiming to have been banana workers on Dole-contracted farms in Nicaragua during the 1970s.
Updated: 03/15/2011 07:10P
FDIC Spells Out Its Role in Unwinding Financial Firms
The draft rule, approved unanimously by the five-member board of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., sets priorities for repaying creditors if the federal government seizes and breaks up a large, faltering financial firm. In this way, the government
Updated: 03/15/2011 07:10P
FDIC Spells Out Its Role in Unwinding Financial Firms
The draft rule, approved unanimously by the five-member board of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., sets priorities for repaying creditors if the federal government seizes and breaks up a large, faltering financial firm. In this way, the government
Updated: 03/15/2011 07:10P
Senate Judiciary Committee discusses FOIA improvements
Melanie Pustay, the director of the Office of Information Policy at the Department of Justice, which is responsible for encouraging agency compliance with FOIA, testified that federal agencies are doing a better job responding to requests and backlogs
Updated: 03/15/2011 07:10P
OC jailers violated Muslim's right to wear head scarf, court rules
law protecting inmates' religious practices does not apply to short-term holding facilities. The 11-judge panel of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled to reinstate the lawsuit and said the law calls for the broad protection of religious exercise.
Updated: 03/15/2011 07:10P
Mideast unrest drives surge in UK visa inquiries
Kamal Rahman, immigration partner at Mishcon de Reya, a law firm specialising in wealthy clients, said she too had seen a rise in interest because of the relaxed rules and “unease with the political situation across the Middle East”.
Updated: 03/15/2011 07:09P
Hundreds protest immigration reform proposals
Their issue is a package of bills similar to the tough new immigration laws in Arizona. One bill requires English-only public meetings. Another would prohibit tax-subsidized tuition for illegal immigrants. Immigration is one issue that seemed to take a
Updated: 03/15/2011 07:09P
Immigration bill clears Senate
It also would require all immigrants carry proof of residency, which law enforcement officers could check for anyone who commits a criminal offense, including a traffic violation. If they were unable to prove their status, the officers could take any
Updated: 03/15/2011 07:09P
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