Law & Society

A major US trade group representing manufacturers said it filed a lawsuit seeking to bar a new Labor Department rule requiring companies to disclose when they seek advice about countering union campaigns.

US attorney David Hickton said, he is consideirng to file racketeering lawsuit against Altoona-Johnstown diocese in Pennsylvania. It is in connection to former bishops' over ups of child sexual abuses in the church for more than 40 years by over 50 clergys.

Baleka Mbete, the National Assembly Speaker, was delighted with how the court handled the Nkandla issue. Mbete sees the decision as an affirmartion of their democracy.