U.S. law firm Gardy & Notis, a shareholder rights advocate, said on Wednesday it was investigating AbbVie (ABBV.N) and its officers over statements made in connection with the drugmaker's failed move to buy Dublin-based Shire (SHP.L).
Melissa Rivers, the daughter of comedian Joan Rivers, has hired a New York law firm to investigate the circumstances behind her mother's death from a complication during an outpatient throat procedure, the firm said on Tuesday.
South African prosecutors will appeal against the culpable homicide verdict and five-year jail sentence passed on Oscar Pistorius last week after public and legal criticism of the judge's decision to absolve the track star of murder.
Fannie Mae (FNMA.OB) has reached a $170 million settlement of a lawsuit accusing it of misleading shareholders about its finances, risk management and mortgage exposure before it was seized by the U.S. government during the 2008 financial crisis.
