| U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission |
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is an independent agency of the United States federal government, created in the aftermath of the Wall Street Crash of 1929. The primary purpose of the SEC is to enforce the law against market manipulation.: 2 \nIn addition to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, which created it, the SEC enforces the Securities Act of 1933, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, the Sarbanes–Oxley Act of 2002, and other statutes. |
| Timeline of investigations into Donald Trump and Russia |
The timeline of investigations into Donald Trump and Russia is split into the following pages: |
| Financial accounting |
Financial accounting is the field of accounting concerned with the summary, analysis and reporting of financial transactions related to a business. This involves the preparation of financial statements available for public use. |
| Minsk agreements |
The Minsk agreements were a series of international agreements which sought to end the war in the Donbas region of Ukraine. The first, known as the Minsk Protocol, was drafted in 2014 by the Trilateral Contact Group on Ukraine, consisting of Ukraine, Russia, and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), with mediation by the leaders of France and Germany in the so-called Normandy Format. |
| Prenuptial agreement |
A prenuptial agreement, antenuptial agreement, or premarital agreement (commonly referred to as a prenup), is a written contract entered into by a couple prior to marriage or a civil union that enables them to select and control many of the legal rights they acquire upon marrying, and what happens when their marriage eventually ends by death or divorce. Couples enter into a written prenuptial agreement to supersede many of the default marital laws that would otherwise apply in the event of divorce, such as the laws that govern the division of property, retirement benefits, savings, and the right to seek alimony (spousal support) with agreed-upon terms that provide certainty and clarify their marital rights. |
| Good Friday Agreement |
The Good Friday Agreement (GFA), or Belfast Agreement (Irish: Comhaontú Aoine an Chéasta or Comhaontú Bhéal Feirste; Ulster-Scots: Guid Friday Greeance or Bilfawst Greeance), is a pair of agreements signed on 10 April 1998 that ended most of the violence of the Troubles, a political conflict in Northern Ireland that had ensued since the late 1960s. It was a major development in the Northern Ireland peace process of the 1990s. |
| Private prosecution |
A private prosecution is a criminal proceeding initiated by an individual private citizen or private organisation (such as a prosecution association) instead of by a public prosecutor who represents the state. Private prosecutions are allowed in many jurisdictions under common law, but have become less frequent in modern times as most prosecutions are now handled by professional public prosecutors instead of private individuals who retain (or are themselves) barristers. |
| Nortel Retirees and former employees Protection Canada |
NRPC is a non-profit member-supported organization for Canadian former employees of Nortel. It was formed after announcements in the media that Nortel Networks, a large multinational telecommunications company, had entered bankruptcy proceedings in several countries. |
| Boston Consulting Group |
Boston Consulting Group (BCG) is an American global management consulting firm founded in 1963, headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. It is one of the Big Three — the world’s three largest and most prestigious management consulting firms — along with Bain & Company and McKinsey & Company. |
| United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York |
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (in case citations, E.D.N.Y.) is the federal district court whose jurisdiction comprises Long Island (including portions of New York City) and Staten Island in New York. The court's territorial jurisdiction includes the counties of Kings (Brooklyn), Queens, Richmond (Staten Island), Nassau, and Suffolk as well as, concurrently with the Southern District of New York, the waters of New York and Bronx counties (including New York Harbor and the East River). |
| United States District Court for the Eastern District of California |
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of California (in case citations, E.D. Cal.) is a federal court in the Ninth Circuit (except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act, which are appealed to the Federal Circuit).\nThe District was created on March 18, 1966, with the division of the Northern and Southern districts, leading to the creation of the Central and Eastern districts.The United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of California represents the United States in civil and criminal litigation in the court. |
| United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania |
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (in case citations, E.D. Pa.) is one of the original 13 federal judiciary districts created by the Judiciary Act of 1789. It originally sat in Independence Hall in Philadelphia as the United States District Court for the District of Pennsylvania, and is now located at the James Byrne Courthouse at 601 Market Street in Philadelphia. |
| Texas Heartbeat Act |
The Texas Heartbeat Act, Senate Bill 8 (SB 8), is an act of the Texas Legislature that bans abortion after the detection of embryonic or fetal cardiac activity, which normally occurs after about six weeks of pregnancy. The law took effect on September 1, 2021, after the U.S. Supreme Court denied a request for emergency relief from Texas abortion providers. |
| Connection pool |
In software engineering, a connection pool is a cache of database connections maintained so that the connections can be reused when future requests to the database are required.\nConnection pools are used to enhance the performance of executing commands on a database. |
| Death of Jeffrey Epstein |
On August 10, 2019, guards found the American financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein unresponsive in his Metropolitan Correctional Center, New York, jail cell, where he was awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. After prison guards performed CPR, he was transported in cardiac arrest to the New York Downtown Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 6:39 a.m. |
| Order of Australia |
The Order of Australia is an honour that recognises Australian citizens and other persons for outstanding achievement and service. It was established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, on the advice of the Australian Government. |
| General officers in the Confederate States Army |
The general officers of the Confederate States Army (CSA) were the senior military leaders of the Confederacy during the American Civil War of 1861–1865. They were often former officers from the United States Army (the regular army) prior to the Civil War, while others were given the rank based on merit or when necessity demanded. |
| Cambridge Students' Union |
Cambridge Students' Union, known as Cambridge SU, is the university-wide representative body for students at the University of Cambridge, England. Its predecessor union was known as Cambridge University Students' Union or CUSU until its dissolution in July 2020.Cambridge SU should not be confused with the Cambridge Union Society (often referred to as simply 'the Union'); membership of both is open to all students at Cambridge, but the Cambridge Union Society is a private society, whereas all students at the University of Cambridge are automatically members of Cambridge SU (although they can opt-out), and Cambridge SU is partially funded by grants from the University. |
| List of class-action lawsuits |
This page has a list of lawsuits brought as class actions.\n\n\n== Class action lawsuits ==\n\n\n== Lawsuits related to class action ==\n\n\n== See also ==\n\n\n=== Class action lawyers ===\nWilliam Lerach (class action lawyer)\nTim Misny (class action lawyer)\nDavid I. Shapiro (class action lawyer)\nPaul Sprenger (lawyer representing employees in class actions)\nHarvey Thomas Strosberg (Canadian class action lawyer)\nTed Wells (lawyer representing corporations in class actions)\n\n\n=== Class action law firms ===\nCenter for Class Action Fairness (law firm representing consumers in class actions)\nEdelson McGuire (law firm representing consumers in class actions)\n\n\n=== Other persons involved in class actions ===\nWilliam Hohri (class action lead plaintiff)\nHarry Kalven (American jurist, a pioneer in class action)\nJeffrey Krinsk (co-founder of a class action litigation law firm)\n\n\n=== Legislation ===\nPersonal Responsibility in Food Consumption Act (in the US)\nSecurities Litigation Uniform Standards Act (in the US)\n\n\n=== Other related topics ===\n2007 National Football League videotaping controversy#Willie Gary lawsuit\n2007 pet food recalls#Litigation\n2008 Canada listeriosis outbreak#Class-action lawsuits\n2009 Sidekick data loss\n2009–2011 Toyota vehicle recalls#Litigation\nAOL search data leak#Lawsuits\nAaron Broussard#Hurricane Katrina lawsuit\nAeroplan#Class action lawsuit\nAgent Orange#U.S. veterans class action lawsuit against manufacturers\nAir France Flight 358#Passenger class action\nAirborne (dietary supplement)#Class actions and settlements\nAlbany Law School#Controversy\nAlgo Centre Mall#Lawsuit\nAmway#Class action settlement\nApple Inc. |
| Lawsuit |
A lawsuit is a proceeding by a party or parties against another in the civil court of law. The archaic term "suit in law" is found in only a small number of laws still in effect today. |
| Lawsuits against God |
Lawsuits against God have occurred in real life and in fiction. Issues debated in the actions include the problem of evil and harmful "acts of God". |
| Biometric Information Privacy Act |
Illinois set forth the Biometric Information Privacy Act on October 3, 2008 in an effort to regulate the collection, use, and handling of biometric identifiers and information by private entities. Notably, the Act does not apply to government entities. |
| Internal control |
Internal control, as defined by accounting and auditing, is a process for assuring of an organization's objectives in operational effectiveness and efficiency, reliable financial reporting, and compliance with laws, regulations and policies. A broad concept, internal control involves everything that controls risks to an organization. |
| Johnson Controls |
Johnson Controls International is an American \nIrish-domiciled multinational conglomerate headquartered in Cork, Ireland, that produces fire, HVAC, and security equipment for buildings. As of mid-2019, it employed 105,000 people in around 2,000 locations across six continents. |
| SOX 404 top–down risk assessment |
In financial auditing of public companies in the United States, SOX 404 top–down risk assessment (TDRA) is a financial risk assessment performed to comply with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX 404). Under SOX 404, management must test its internal controls; a TDRA is used to determine the scope of such testing. |
| Philip T. Reeker |
Philip Thomas Reeker (born January 19, 1965) is an American diplomat and career foreign service officer with the Department of State who currently serves as the Chargé d'affaires of the United States mission to the United Kingdom. He was previously Acting Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, where he oversaw a portfolio of 50 countries, before serving at U.S. European Command (EUCOM) in Stuttgart, Germany, and Foreign Policy Advisor Program (POLAD) from 2017 to May 31, 2019. |
| Cognizant |
Cognizant is an American multinational information technology services and consulting company. It is headquartered in Teaneck, New Jersey, United States. |
| Wilfred Reilly |
Wilfred Reilly is an American political scientist. He is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Kentucky State University. |
| Rape shield law |
A rape shield law is a law that limits the ability to introduce evidence or cross-examine rape complainants about their past sexual behaviour. The term also refers to a law that prohibits the publication of the identity of an alleged rape victim. |
| Vexatious litigation |
Vexatious litigation is legal action which is brought solely to harass or subdue an adversary. It may take the form of a primary frivolous lawsuit or may be the repetitive, burdensome, and unwarranted filing of meritless motions in a matter which is otherwise a meritorious cause of action. |
| Public interest litigation in India |
The chief instrument through which judicial activism has flourished in India is Public Interest Litigation (PIL) or Social Action Litigation (SAL). Public interest litigation (PIL) refers to litigation undertaken to secure public interest and demonstrates the availability of justice to socially-disadvantaged parties and was introduced by Justice P. N. Bhagwati. |
| Securities fraud |
Securities fraud, also known as stock fraud and investment fraud, is a deceptive practice in the stock or commodities markets that induces investors to make purchase or sale decisions on the basis of false information, frequently resulting in losses, in violation of securities laws.Securities fraud can also include outright theft from investors (embezzlement by stockbrokers), stock manipulation, misstatements on a public company's financial reports, and lying to corporate auditors. The term encompasses a wide range of other actions, including insider trading, front running and other illegal acts on the trading floor of a stock or commodity exchange. |
| Madoff investment scandal |
The Madoff investment scandal was a major case of stock and securities fraud discovered in late 2008. In December of that year, Bernie Madoff, the former NASDAQ chairman and founder of the Wall Street firm Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC, admitted that the wealth management arm of his business was an elaborate multi-billion-dollar Ponzi scheme. |
| Danny Porush |
Daniel Mark Porush (born February 1957) is an American businessman and former stock broker who ran a "pump and dump" stock fraud scheme in the 1990s. In 1999, he was convicted of securities fraud and money laundering at the Stratton Oakmont brokerage, for which he served 39 months in prison. |