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US District Judge I. Leo Glasser imposed the term and an $8 million fine yesterday in Brooklyn and ordered Kumar, 44, to report to a federal prison by Feb. 27. Kumar pleaded guilty in April to charges including conspiracy, fraud, and obstruction of justice. “His cupidity calls for a meaningful sentence,” the judge said. Glasser […]

A Bank of America official testified Thursday at the stock-market rigging trial of former Parmalat executives that his team trusted the dairy company’s financial reports and had no reason to suspect false information. Prosecutor Francesco Greco questioned Gregory Johnson, the former head of international private placement, about Bank of America’s activities selling Parmalat securities in

Universal Tube & Rollform Equipment Corp, a small Ohio-based manufacturer that employs just 17 people, claims its website became a victim of YouTube’s success after being engulfed by 68 million hits in August. It says the cost of maintaining its own website – utube.com – exploded from $19 a month to more than $3,000 a

Rights activists and lawyers on Wednesday hailed an overturned verdict in the case of a blind legal activist as a victory over corrupt officials. “This is a success of the central party committee practicing rule of law,” said Li Jinsong, lawyer for Chen Guangcheng, a self-taught legal activist blinded by a childhood illness. “This is

The suits were part of a big new push to eradicate piracy of the world’s most popular software programs and buoy consumer confidence on the eve of a major new product launch. Microsoft is on the verge of releasing new versions of Windows, its operating system, and Office, its word-processing and office management software package.

A New York court has rejected Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe’s “tactical” bid to disqualify the lawyer suing the law firm on behalf of a former associate who claims he was fraudulently promised promotion to partnership. Orrick’s efforts to remove the lawyer, Douglas Wigdor, from the case reveal that not one but two associates consulted with

Like to be a High Court judge? Forget the whisper over a drink at your Inn or the traditional “tap on the shoulder”. Dust off the CV and send in an application. And then prepare yourself for an “interview” with a selection panel. This is the new world of appointing judges — and today it