Dutch Court Orders Fresh Probe of Ahold
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The Amsterdam commercial court  ordered a formal investigation on Thursday into past management  practices of Dutch retailer Ahold from January 1998 to December  2003.
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Retailer Ahold reached an 8 million euros (&#36;9.85 million) settlement with Dutch public prosecutors over charges of publishing false accounts.
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The Amsterdam commercial court  ordered a formal probe on Thursday into Ahold's management from  January 1998 to December 2003, dealing a blow to the retailer's  attempts to shake off the legacy of an accounting scandal.
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(InfoWorld) - Hewlett-Packard appointed as its new general counsel the lawyer it hired last year to conduct an independent investigation into the spying scandal at the company. Mike Holston, a partner at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, will take on the new position starting Feb. 22. He succeeds Ann Baskins, whoÂ resigned in September. HP has been embroiled in a scandalÂ regarding the tactics it used to investigate an internal information leak. The company is being investigated for approving illegal methods used to obtain information about journalists and employees. Holston revealed the results of his investigations into HP's probe at a press conference in September. He named HP executives who approved or were present at meetings that detailed the tactics company officials and third parties were using to investigate the information leak. He also disclosed plans at HP to use false information to lure reporters into identifying the leak. Holston said Mark Hurd, chairman and CEO of HP, approved that plan. Holston, who has served as external counsel at HP for over ten years, will report directly to Hurd in his new role. Holston replaces Baskins, who was subpoenaed for her role in the internal probe but refused to answer questions in front of a U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee investigating the matter. Last month, the first conviction in the case was made when aÂ private investigator pleaded guiltyÂ to fraudulently obtaining information about reporters and HP workers on HP's behalf. Others, including former HP Chairman Patricia Dunn and former HP legal counsel Kevin Hunsaker,Â still face charges. Â
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Prosecutors have sought a new capital murder trial after a manâs conviction was overturned by DNA evidence.
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Lawyers are to make fresh moves to overturn the conviction of a Libyan jailed for the Lockerbie bombing after new evidence emerged.
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European commission opens two new investigations into suspected abuse by the software group of its dominant market position
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Royal Ahold NV, the Dutch retailer that overstated more than $1 billion of profits, reached a settlement with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, ending a 20-month investigation into accounting fraud.
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Police issue a fresh appeal for information about a 38-year-old businessman who disappeared a year ago.
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Fresh allegations against former Daily Telegraph tycoon Conrad Black are expected to emerge from the courtroom filing of a long-awaited investigation into his stewardship of the newspaper empire Hollinger International.
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Federal prosecutors are planning a fresh indictment in a case that involves tax shelters sold by the accounting firm Ernst & Young.
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A new row engulfs European Commission over an undisclosed conviction of one of its members.
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Hollinger Inc. said on Friday that an Ontario Superior Court judge had ordered an investigation of the company now mired in controversy over the conduct of its major shareholder, press baron Conrad Black.
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India's top court orders a  probe of the wealth of Mulayam Singh Yadav, chief minister of Uttar Pradesh.
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Dutch food retailer Ahold and three former top executives have agreed to settle fraud charges related to $1bn overstatement of profits.
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LONDON/AMSTERDAM  - Private equity and trade buyers are lining up bids for Dutch retailer Ahold's  3 billion euro ($3.8 billion) U.S. Foodservice division, British newspaper The Business reported on Sunday.
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US prosecutors charge nine food suppliers with helping Dutch retailer Ahold inflate earnings by more than $1bn.