An Antitrust Litigation ‘Explosion’
By Sheri Qualters, From The National Law Journal Drug companies’ “pay for delay” deals scrutinized. Two years after the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Federal Trade Commission v. Actavis erected a roadblock against pharmaceutical companies paying competitors to delay…
Inside footage shows Cardiff mum’s time in Caribbean jail after being accused of killing her husband
By Tyler Mears From Wales Online ITV documentary Brits Behind Bars shows Nicole Reyes in jail in the Dominican Republic as her family at home in Cardiff fought for her release Unique footage from inside the Caribbean prison where a…
Britain’s Cameron warns of dirty money in London property
By AFP From Business Insider British Prime Minister David Cameron is to announce a consultation on increasing transparency on property ownership, amid concerns rising property prices are fuelled by corrupt cash London (AFP) – British Prime Minister David Cameron is…
St Kitts and Nevis: New anti-corruption leader of Caribbean island vows to clean up trade in passports for super-rich
By Orlando Crowcroft Executive editor – Geo-politics From International Business Times Alizera Moghadam did not look like a Caribbean resident when he turned up in Canada in 2013 brandishing a passport from St Kitts and Nevis, a picturesque island sandwiched…
Gadget of the week – “Mercury”
Earth ate a Mercury-like body early in its history, study finds By Amina Khan From The Canberra Times A Mercury-like body smashed into a young Earth and gave our planet’s core the radioactive elements necessary to generate a magnetic field,…
$1 million in sunken treasure recovered from ocean floor after 300 years
By Megan Specia from Mashable More than $1 million in gold that has sat on the floor of the Atlantic Ocean for nearly 300 years has finally resurfaced, thanks to a team of Florida treasure hunters. The shipwreck has been…
Half of the Columbia River’s sockeye salmon are dying due to hot water
By Courtney Sherwood, Reuters From Business Insider Oregon salmon trucked north to stem die-off in warm waters California drought means 30 million salmon may be trucked to sea California Chinook Salmon Fall Run Slowed Amid Warm Weather, Drought PORTLAND, Ore….
IKEA issues safety warning for 27 million chests and dressers
By The Associated Press From Mashable A year after IKEA chests tipped over and fatally injured two boys, the Swedish furniture giant and safety regulators say consumers should keep the furniture — 27 million chests and dressers — away from…
Judge blasts class action firm over $5 million fee grab
By Scott Graham, From The Recorder A San Francisco judge has come down hard on a Century City class action firm, ordering it to disgorge to class members more than $5 million that it “attempted to arrogate to itself” as…