Companies and other defendants found guilty in criminal proceedings will no longer be able to settle parallel SEC actions with a provision that says the defendant neither admits nor denies wrongdoing, the SEC said Friday. The change leaves intact the Securities and Exchange Commmission’s general policy of letting defendants in its civil or administrative enforcement actions settle without admitting or denying wrongdoing . Read full article > >

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SEC changes settlement rules for companies found guilty of crimes

A police surveillance video of racist rants by the defendants on trial for the murder of Stephen Lawrence has been played to an Old Bailey jury.

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Lawrence jury hears racist rants

Several jurors from the rape trial of two former New York City police officers said Monday that believed the defendants were guilty, but there was not enough evidence to convict. Citing the “CSI effect,” the jurors said they felt they could not convict…

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Juror: ‘No Doubt’ NYPD Officers Guilty of Rape