Groups petition Supreme Court to overturn Montana ban on corporate campaign spending
February 11, 2012
American Tradition Partnership, Montana Shooting Sports Association and Champion Painting have petitioned the US Supreme Court to reverse the decision by the Montana Supreme Court in Western Tradition Partnership, Inc. v. Montana that corporations cannot directly contribute to political campaigns or....... [more] 
Apple sues Motorola in federal court over patent claims in Germany
February 11, 2012
Apple brought suit against Motorola Mobility in the US District Court for the Southern District of California on Friday seeking an injunction to stop Motorola from bringing patent claims against Apple in Germany. Motorola's suit in Germany is over patent no. 6,359,898. Apple contends that Motorola....... [more]
Chevron officials to face criminal charges in Brazil for oil spill: report
January 27, 2012
Brazil prosecutors plan to file criminal charges, in addition to the $11 billion civil suit, against Chevron officials for the 2,400 barrel oil spill off the coast of Brazil in the Campos Basin in November. Brazilian officials state that Chevron acted irresponsibly and took substantial risks in the....... [more]
Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act Threatens Activism
January 23, 2012
JURIST Guest Columnist Will Potter, an independent journalist who specializes in the topic of eco-terrorism, says the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act classification of activists as terrorists threatens to end activism, in part to stem corporate profit loss...A recent undercover investigation into on....... [more]
Citigroup Ruling Has Serious Implications for SEC Settlements
January 16, 2012
JURIST Guest Columnists Bradley Bondi and Douglas Fischer of Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP say that when defendants in SEC lawsuits can "neither admit nor deny" the allegations against them, the courts are forced to assert their authority when they do not know the facts...It's not denial. I....... [more]
Blackwater settles last lawsuit in 2007 Baghdad shooting incident
January 9, 2012
Blackwater, now known as Academi, reached a confidential settlement agreement Saturday with survivors and families of victims in a 2007 shooting incident in the Nisour Square area of Baghdad that left 17 Iraqi civilians dead. A subsequent FBI investigation revealed that 14 of the deaths were unjus....... [more]
Montana high court re-affirms ban on corporate campaign spending
December 31, 2011
The Montana Supreme Court ruled on Friday that corporations cannot directly contribute to political campaigns or candidates. In the case, Western Tradition Partnership, Inc. v. Montana, the high court affirmed a century-old ban on corporate spending, implemented by the 1912 Corrupt Practices Act. T....... [more]
Telecom company reached settlements with DOJ and SEC in bribery case
December 27, 2011
On December 27, 2010, global telecommunications organization Alcatel-Lucent agreed to pay more than $137 million to resolve investigations into its sales practices by the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The DOJ filed charges in the US District Cour....... [more]
Dutch appeals court upholds fine on oil trading company
December 26, 2011
The Amsterdam Appeals Court on Friday upheld a 1 million euro (USD $1.3 million) fine against oil trading company Trafigura for shipping hazardous waste to the Netherlands and illegally exporting the waste to the Ivory Coast in 2006. The company chartered a ship, the Probo Koala, to deliver and unlo....... [more]
Bank of America to pay $335 million to settle discriminatory lending claims
December 22, 2011
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Wednesday that Bank of America (BOA) has agreed to pay a record $335 million to settle claims that its subsidiary, Countrywide Financial, discriminated against Hispanic and African-American home buyers. According to the DOJ complaint, Countrywide engaged....... [more]
US lawmaker proposes amendment limiting corporate campaign spending
December 11, 2011
Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) on Thursday introduced a constitutional amendment that would exclude a corporation's First Amendment rights to spend money on political campaigns. Named the Saving American Democracy Amendment the proposal would make clear that corporations are not afforded the same con....... [more]
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