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• Current legal highlights.(Legal Report)

  - 2006-04-01

  Current Legal Highlights SOURCE OF LAW BILL/CASE VENUE Federal Legislation Patriot Act H.R. 3199 ...

  Tags: General Motors Corp., Government, Regulations, Unocal Corp.

• Chevron did not need Congress to buy Unocal

  - 2005-08-12

  IN the end, good old capitalism prevailed when China's government- controlled CNOOC Ltd. withdrew its $18.4 billion bid for Unocal Corp., clearing the way for San Ramon-based Chevron to purchase Unocal for nearly $18 billion in a deal that was finalized Wednesday. While the amount Chevron pays...

  Tags: Chevron Corp., FINANCE, Government, Investment, SOFTWARE, U.S. Congress, Unocal Corp.

• MOVING THE NEEDLE?

  - 2005-08-01

  The line that separates market factors from political ones has gotten blurred indeed. By the time you read this, the bidding war over Unocal's Asian assets may have concluded, but the contest raises important issues, whatever the outcome.Was it a sign of the maturation and sophistication of a Chinese E&P...

  Tags: barrel, China, Government, International Energy Agency, SOFTWARE, U.S., Unocal Corp.

• USand UK views miles apart Chinese takeovers

  - 2005-07-31

  LAST week's rumblings from politicians and former CIA operatives over a Chinese takeover bid for oil company Unocal only served to underline the widening gulf between British and American attitudes towards an open global market. On this side of the Atlantic, there was barely a whimper as the...

  Tags: CIA, FINANCE, Government, Manufacturing, Unocal Corp.

• US Senator proposes to outlaw China plan to buy Unocal

  - 2005-07-15

  WASHINGTON AFP — A Democratic senator said he introduced a bill that would expressly prohibit a proposal by state-owned China National Offshore Oil Corp. CNOOC to buy US oil group Unocal. The bill introduced by North Dakota Senator Byron Dorgan was the latest in a series of moves in...

  Tags: Agence France-Presse, FINANCE, Government, senator, SOFTWARE, Unocal Corp.

• Washington Post urges politicians to leave Chinese oil bid alone

  - 2005-07-05

  WASHINGTON AFP — A politically sensitive takeover bid for a US oil firm by a Chinese state-owned company makes economic sense and should not be blocked by the US administration, the Washington Post said. In an editorial, the influential newspaper said there was "understandable concern" among members of Congress...

  Tags: China, Government, Unocal Corp., Washington Post Co.

• Between Self-Regulation and the Alien Tort Claims Act: On the Contested Concept of Corporate Social Responsibility

  - 2004-12-01

  Using Alien Tort Claims Act suits against multinational corporations as an immediate context for discussion, this article explores the emerging field of corporate social responsibility. The article argues for an understanding of concrete legal struggles as part of broader competing strategies for regulating corporate obligations to a multitude of stakeholders....

  Tags: American Bar Association, Cir, Coca-Cola Co., CSR, Exxon Mobil Corp., Government, Leadership, Quality, self-regulation, Shell, standards, U.S., Unocal Corp.

• Federal judge clears Unocal

  - 2003-11-27

  Unocal Corp. was cleared by an administrative law judge of a U.S. Federal Trade Commission complaint accusing the company of creating an illegal monopoly for clean-burning gasoline in California. U.S. Administrative Law Judge D. Michael Chappell dismissed the complaint, which had accused Unocal of duping state regulators...

  Tags: FTC, Government, Regulations, Unocal Corp.

• Letters.

  - 2003-07-21

  LET'S HEAR IT FOR ATCA! Washington, DC * Daphne Eviatar's otherwise excellent article on the lawsuits against Unocal, which seek to hold the company liable for human rights abuses committed as part of its operations in Burma ["Profits at Gunpoint," June...

  Tags: FCC, FINANCE, Government, Massachusetts, statute, Taxes, Unocal Corp.

• The era of responsibility.

  - 2002-07-09

  Jul 09, 2002 Far Eastern Economic Review ABIX via COMTEX -- Sarah Cleveland, of the University of Texas, notes that US human rights law has developed greatly in the past 50 years. This growth, combined with rising overseas investment by US firms, has led...

  Tags: FINANCE, Government, Investment, Thailand, University of Texas, Unocal Corp.