In a difficult economy, older workers have reason to worry more than their younger counterparts about being fired. Although it’s illegal to discriminate against those 40 and over because of…
In the wake of last week’s near-collapse of the once-famed Bear Stearns investment bank, U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson is saying that such investment houses, like regular commercial banks, should…
In the latest signpost pointing toward a potential loosening-up of federal restrictions on broadcast content, the Fox Television network is fighting a $91,000 FCC indecency fine over a 2003 reality…
The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear a challenge to a federal policy that makes it easier for companies to pay lower health benefits to retired workers when they…
A government lawyer argued yesterday that a former partner at Greenberg Traurig covered up crimes at a Miami bank that was eventually shut down for fraud.
Next month, a limited phase-in of newly revised international banking standards known as “Basel II,” after the Swiss city in which they were developed, is planned in the U.S. The…
After pleading guilty in a $1 billion federal securities fraud conspiracy case last year, Florida attorney Stephen Ziegler was sentenced to a five-year prison term and had his law license…
The U.S. Supreme Court took no action today on a request to revive the government’s ability to penalize broadcasters that air so-called fleeting expletives—the unscripted use of the F word…
Updated: The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that employees complaining of age discrimination at Federal Express satisfied legal requirements for filing a lawsuit even though they failed to file the…
Unless you buy for cash, purchasing a home involves signing a mountain of mortgage paperwork detailing the terms of the loan. Ironically, this means that many buyers don’t understand even…
Several proposals are being touted that would help troubled borrowers and the lenders that gave them loans for their homes, often worth less now than the outstanding loan balance.
Under federal law, creditors aren’t supposed to be able to seize social security payments, or disability or veterans benefits to pay a debt, and the government won’t send their checks…