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By Ainsley Brown Will the Obama administration’s stimulus plan, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, pass in the Senate on Tuesday? It would seem that the plan will pass in the Senate given the protracted last minute deal between the Democratic lead majority and a few of the minority Republicans. Unfortunately for the Obama administration, this potential victory… Continue reading "US: Stimulus Watch"
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By: Ainsley Brown Christian Milton, a former vice-president of American International Group Inc. (AIG) was sentenced last week to 4 years for his part in a US $597 Million fraud scheme. The scheme which began in 2000 defrauded AIG shareholders by the aforesaid amount by allowing AIG to improve its balance sheet. Mr. Milton can count himself luck for… Continue reading "Former AIG VP Avoids Life Sentence."
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By: Ainsley Brown Yes, that’s right, you read correctly: human rights cases are being brought by companies not against them. Well, at least this is the case in the UK, as a story in the Times explains. A new survey has revealed that while the overall human rights cases brought in 2008 is down over 2007, there has being an… Continue reading "More Human Rights Cases Being Brought By Companies"
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By: Ainsley Brown The Indian Justice Minister, HR Bhardwaj, has told Bloomberg that the government is currently circulating draft regulations that will allow foreign law firms to set up shop in India. With growth rates averaging 9% over the past three years India is no doubt an attractive place to invest for any business – law firms included.… Continue reading "India May Open Up To Foreign Law Firms"
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By: Ainsley Brown Trinidad Cement Limited vs. The State of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana. The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) on January 15, 2009 made its first ruling as to its own original jurisdiction. The CCJ has Appellate jurisdiction over Civil and Criminal cases referred to it from common law member states. It also has original jurisdiction as to… Continue reading "Caribbean Court of Justice Makes Important Ruling"
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by Ainsley Brown The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has confirmed that it has found avian flu on a turkey farm in British Columbia. The strain of the virus, H5, is a type that doesn’t spread easily and rarely infects humans. Just as in the last outbreak in 2005 in this part of the country all of the birds will… Continue reading "Bird Flu Found On Canadian Farm"