Corporate & Securities Law

"U.S. seeks shutdown of South Africa case"
"U.S. seeks shutdown of South Africa case": Lyle Denniston has this post today at "SCOTUSblog." You can access the federal government's cert-stage amicus brief at this link.

South Africa: First child trafficking case in court
This is the first case brought to court in South Africa since provisions governing human trafficking in the law came into effect in January . . .

Chinese Are Black Who Knew
A reader has alerted me that the BBC reports today that ?The High Court in South Africa has ruled that Chinese South Africans are to be reclassified as black people.? It made the order so that ethnic Chinese can benefit from government policies aimed at ending white domination in the private sector...

call for proposals for APPEAL's South Africa conference
APPEAL (Academics Promoting the Pedagogy of Effective Advocacy in Law) and the University of Pretoria Faculty of Law will host the Conference on Promoting the Teaching of Legal Writing in Southern Africa on July 1-4, 2009, in Pretoria, South Africa...

Court allows South Africa case to go forward
Updated to 12:55 p.m. Because four Justices were disqualified, the Supreme Court on Monday upheld a lower court ruling that allows a massive lawsuit seeking damages from companies that did business in South Africa during the apartheid era to proceed toward a trial...

In South Africa, Chinese is the New Black
Compelling post title, that! Read what it is about here, at Racialicious. It discusses this WSJ article, which begins with these paragraphs: A high court in South Africa ruled on Wednesday that Chinese-South Africans will be reclassified as ?black,? a term that includes black Africans, Indians and others who were subject to discrimination under apartheid...

Insignia
26-Inch Flat-Panel LCD TVs Recalled

South Carolina Firm
Recalls Frozen Meat and Poultry Products

Excessive Bank Overdraft Fees
Bank Overdraft Fees alleging excessive fees and misrepresentation of account balances and more.

Anzemet Pricing
Aventis Pharmaceuticals Inc. agrees to $22.7 million settlement for inflating drug prices.

Property Tax
City of Midland agrees to refund Midland Cogeneration Venture $36.2 million for over assessing land.

Steel Dynamics, Inc
401(k) / ERISA Stock Fraud