The case of the forged regulatory letters appears to be solved. Over the last month, the Commodities Futures Trading Commission received more than 150 letters about its proposal to limit conflicts of interest at derivatives clearinghouses. But some of the letters were fakes. The apparent source of the bogus letters: a grassroots advocate gone rogue. [...]
Adam Liptak of The New York Times recently reported on how Supreme Court justices are increasingly hiring clerks that align with their politics. “Clerking for a justice is a glittering capstone on a résumé that almost always includes outstanding grades at a top law school, service on a law review and a prestigious clerkship with [...]
A ProPublica investigation published Tuesday raises concerns about a biotech laboratory being built in Malaysia that will handle deadly pathogens such as anthrax, plague, SARS and the Ebola virus. The stated mission of lab, developed by the Malaysian government with the Maryland-based firm Emergent BioSolutions, is to produce vaccines against fatal and contagious agents that [...]
The federal government has charged six New Orleans police officers with civil rights violations in connection with the deadly shootings of two unarmed men during the chaotic aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The Justice Department on Tuesday made public a 27-count indictment charging three heavily-armed officers and one former officer in the deaths of [...]
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