Corporate Fraud Law Upheld
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Former HealthSouth chief executive Richard M. Scrushy&#39;s claims that a 2002 corporate fraud law aimed at top executives is unconstitutionally vague were rejected by a federal judge in Birmingham, Ala.
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The US Supreme Court backs an earlier court ruling that cigarette firms cannot be sued over low tar cigarettes.
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A California appeals court on Monday upheld the legality of a voter-approved program to sell $3 billion in bonds to support stem cell research.
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A federal judge yesterday upheld some of the main charges against former brokers at the Boston office of Prudential Securities who securities regulators said hid thousands of improper trades that defrauded dozens of mutual fund companies.
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The S.E.C. said that I.B.M. had settled a case in which it had been accused of misleading investors.
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The Supreme Court rejected an appeal by Bernard J. Ebbers, the former WorldCom chief executive, who was convicted of orchestrating an $11 billion accounting fraud.
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A tribunal on Monday upheld President Olusegun Obasanjo's victory last year in Nigeria's first-ever civilian-run election, saying some balloting fraud had occurred but that the graft did not change the outcome of the vote.
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A European Union court on Wednesday  confirmed it had upheld curbs imposed by the EU's executive on  Microsoft MSFT.O, dismissing the software giant's appeal for  a suspension.
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The House of Representatives on  Wednesday overwhelmingly passed a business-backed bill that  would tighten rules for federal review of foreign takeovers of  U.S. companies without discouraging such investments.
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A Swedish court of appeals on Tuesday  upheld the country&#39;s first conviction for sharing music files  over the Internet without paying in what the recording industry  hailed as a victory.
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A Chinese court on Friday rejected the appeal of a Chinese researcher for the New York Times and upheld a three-year prison sentence handed down for fraud, his lawyer said.
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Telecom wins the overturn of four-year-old merger denial.
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A federal appeals court upheld the conviction of E. Kirk Shelton, the former vice president of the Cendant Corporation.
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Maryland's highest court has  rejected a challenge to the state's electronic voting system  and upheld a ruling that touchscreen-style voting machines  provide a reasonable level of ballot security.
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US tobacco companies applaud an appeal court decision rejecting a $280bn claim by the government.
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The Supreme Court on Monday let stand a ruling that the Visa and MasterCard credit card associations violated federal antitrust law by barring their member banks from issuing credit and charge cards on the rival American
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The Supreme Court found that Wall Street investment banks could not be sued under antitrust law over losses in the crash of technology stocks seven years ago.