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NPR Series to Reveal Destructive Cycle of Indian Child Welfare Act

Written by PRWeb
Sunday, 23 October 2011
Santa Cruz, California - The Lakota Peoples Law Project is working to return children to their communities by developing Native services and reforming the Indian Child Welfare Act.
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Corrections Officers Convicted of Federal Civil Rights and Obstruction Charges

Written by DOJ
Tuesday, 18 October 2011
Washington, DC - A federal jury in Miami convicted South Florida Reception Center (SFRC) Corrections Officers Alexander McQueen, 30, and Steven Dawkins, 30, of offenses related to the violation of civil rights of inmates at SFRC. McQueen was convicted of both conspiring to violate the civil rights of inmates and obstruction of justice, while Dawkins was convicted of obstruction of justice.
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SEC Announces Agenda and Panelists for Roundtable on Conflict Minerals

Written by SEC
Tuesday, 18 October 2011
Washington, DC - The Securities and Exchange Commission announced the agenda and panelists for a public roundtable on the agency’s required rulemaking under Section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, which relates to reporting requirements regarding conflict minerals originating in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and adjoining countries.
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SEC and FSA Co-Host International Roundtable On Market Structures

Written by Legal Eagle Review
Tuesday, 18 October 2011
Washington, DC - Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Mary Schapiro and Martin Wheatley, Managing Director of the Conduct Business Unit at the U.K. Financial Services Authority (FSA), co-hosted a meeting among regulators from Europe, the Americas, Asia, and Australia to share views on issues pertaining to equity market structure.
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SEC Sanctions Direct Edge Electronic Exchanges

Written by LER
Tuesday, 18 October 2011
Washington, DC - The Securities and Exchange Commission today sanctioned two electronic stock exchanges and a broker-dealer owned by Direct Edge Holdings LLC for violations of U.S. securities laws arising out of weak internal controls that resulted in millions of dollars in trading losses and a systems outage.
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SEC and FSA Hold Strategic Dialogue Meeting

Written by LER
Tuesday, 18 October 2011
Washington, DC - Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Mary L. Schapiro and senior SEC staff met with the UK Financial Services Authority’s (FSA) chief executive Hector Sants and its managing director of the conduct business unit Martin Wheatley as part of the regular, ongoing SEC-FSA Strategic Dialogue to discuss regulatory approaches to current issues.
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Investigation Concerning the Sale of BigBand Networks, Inc. to the ARRIS Group Announced

Written by Globe Newswire
Saturday, 15 October 2011
Emerson Poynter LLP, with offices in Little Rock, Arkansas and Houston, Texas, announced today that it has launched an investigation concerning potential legal claims against the Board of Directors of BigBand Networks, Inc. ("BigBand" or the "Company") related to the sale of BigBand to the ARRIS Group, Inc. ("ARRIS") in an all-cash deal valued at about $158.1 million.
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