In a case heard in the Supreme Court of Queensland, the judge made comments, obiter, relating to the practice of one party putting another "to strict proof" of allegations made is out of date.
Company injuncted from issuing bogus demands for payment
A California company is under court order to stop sending bogus mailings to North Carolina businesses claiming that they must pay for violating state laws on filing corporate minutes says the North Carolina Attorney General, Roy Cooper.
BizLawCentral: Australian charges for trading whilst insolvent
Whilst there is nothing particulary newsworthy about the particular case but it is a timely reminder that, even before the present financial crisis hit, there were cases of businesses being run and creating liabilties when they should have cease...
BizLawCentral: Siemens settles corruption charges in Germany and USA
When Berlin's public prosecutor announced an investigation into Siemens, it broke the myth that German companies don't misbehave. Other cases are in the pipeline and the settlement of the Siemens case in both Germany and the USA will show that i...
BizLawCentral: Aus gets tough on company failures
Australia's corporate regulator, ASIC, has banned more directors following company failures, and says that the policy will make company directors more cautious so as to reduce losses by investors and, or creditors - and reduce the incidence of p...
US class action lawyers may be viewed as the Great Whites of the sharks that inhabit the US litigation lawyering industry. But one of them has ma...
Regulatory and Enforcement
Company regulators often have three types of power:
1. delegated authority to make and enforce decisions, often by the imposition of "civil penalties;"
2. proceedings in a civil court or
3. proceedings in a criminal court.
For financial services regulatory issues, please see BankingInsuranceSecurities.Com
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