Criminal Law

SEC Settles Fraud Charges with Biovail
The SEC charged Canadian pharmaceutical company Biovail Corporation and its former CEO, former CFO, and two current senior executives with engaging in a number of fraudulent accounting schemes and making a series of misstatements to analysts and investors...

Clean Coal Technologies, Inc. Signs Technology License Agreement With China's Huamin Senior Holding Group Co., LTD.
New York, NY (April 25, 2011)-Clean Coal Technologies, Inc. ("CCTI"), a clean-energy, technology company, "fully-reporting" and listed on the OTC Markets (OTCQB: CCTC), today announced the signing of a technology licensing and royalty agreement with China's Huamin Senior Fund Holding Group Co...

CLEAN COAL MYTHS: Coal will never be clean. It is possible to make coal emissions cleaner. In fact
CLEAN COAL MYTHS: “Coal will never be clean. It is possible to make coal emissions cleaner. In fact, we’ve come a long way since the ’70s in finding ways to reduce sulfur–dioxide and nitrogen-oxide emissions, and more progress can be made...

Environment - Clean coal in Illinois, coal gasification in Indiana
"New Life for 'Clean Coal' Project: Illinois Plant Was Abandoned by Bush; Now Its Backers Are in Power" is the...

Website Company Settles SEC Charges It Failed to Disclose Perks to Former CEO
The SEC settled charges that NIC Inc., a company that manages government websites, and four current or former company executives failed to disclose to investors more than $1.18 million in perks paid to the former CEO over a six-year period....

Coal Company Agrees to $20M Fine for Water Pollution
A U.S. coal company will pay the largest civil fine ever levied under the Clean Water Act, after committing wastewater discharge violations for at least seven years. Massey Energy Company, Inc...

California Limited Liability Company Formation
Relevant information for starting a limited liability company in California

Stock Splits and Reverse Stock Splits
How splits can affect stock value

Parmalat SpA
Italy's biggest dairy company awaits final approval for a securities settlement that would pay investors $10.5 million

TVA Coal Ash
Class Action Seeks $5 Million in Damages

Align Technology, Inc. ALGN Securities Fraud
Align Technology, Inc. ALGN

BP to Pay $15M for Texas Refiney Violations of Clean Air Act
BP to Pay $15M for Texas Refiney Violations of Clean Air Act

TouchPlay Lottery
Settles with Two More Investors

AT&T International Roaming Charges, AT&T lawsuit
AT&T Faces International Roaming Charges Lawsuit