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| Lawmakers in the lower house of Congress have agreed to overhaul the bill in the coming weeks | Neutral | MEXICO CITY Mexican Finance Minister Arturo Herrera on Wednesday criticized a controversial bill proposed by the countrys ruling party that would force the central bank to buy foreign cash commercial banks are unable to return to the financial system | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-herrera-exclusive/exclusive-mexican-finance-minister-picks-holes-in-central-bank-cash-bill-idUSKBN29506I | 2020-12-31 |
| Lawmakers take pride in the bill having become law every year since 1961 saying it reflects their support for the military | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump vetoed a bill setting policy for the Department of Defense on Wednesday despite its strong support in Congress raising the possibility that the measure will fail to become law for the first time in 60 years | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-usa-defense-congress/trump-vetoes-major-defense-bill-despite-strong-backing-in-congress-idUSKBN28X2IS | 2020-12-24 |
| Presidentelect Joe Biden on Wednesday named four partners from three Big Law firms who will serve in senior roles in the Office of the White House Counsel | Positive | Presidentelect Joe Biden on Wednesday named four partners from three Big Law firms who will serve in senior roles in the Office of the White House Counsel | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/whitehousecounsel-biglaw-biden/biden-taps-big-law-partners-for-white-house-counsels-office-idUSL1N2J32N1 | 2020-12-24 |
| Thats Lawyers who were hired in part to secure the rights of the GM car owners in the class tried to disrupt a million settlement for those same car owners | Positive | More than 27 | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-otc-gm/goodwin-procter-fails-to-disrupt-120-million-gm-class-deal-over-1-5-million-fee-idUSKBN28V2RJ | 2020-12-22 |
| Lawyers for ComicMix did not immediately respond to requests for comment | Neutral | Dr | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-dr-seuss-star-trek-lawsuit/dr-seusss-estate-can-sue-over-star-trek-mash-up-idUSKBN28S30A | 2020-12-22 |
| Lawmakers warned people to expect long delays across state lines | Negative | SYDNEY Australias most populous state on Monday reported its lowest oneday rise in new COVID19 cases in three days stoking cautious optimism that authorities have contained an outbreak in Sydneys northern beachside suburbs | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australias-most-populous-state-says-covid-19-cases-at-3-day-low-idUSKBN28U0WX | 2020-12-21 |
| Lawmakers said they had resolved disputes over the Federal Reserves pandemic lending authority and other issues that had forced negotiations into the weekend | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. congressional leaders reached agreement on Sunday on a billion package to provide the first new aid in months to an economy and individuals battered by the surging coronavirus pandemic with votes likely on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-congress-reaches-deal-on-covid-19-aid-package-plans-votes-for-monday-idUSKBN28U061 | 2020-12-21 |
| Lawmakers were discussing a week in federal unemployment benefits and about billion to help small businesses Thune said | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. congressional negotiators were haggling on Wednesday over details of a billion COVID19 aid bill that is expected to include stimulus checks and extended unemployment benefits as a Friday deadline loomed lawmakers and aides said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/lawmakers-haggle-over-details-as-u-s-congress-closes-in-on-900-billion-covid-19-aid-bill-idUSKBN28Q1W7 | 2020-12-17 |
| Presidentelect Joe Biden is expected to pick Brenda Mallory current head of regulatory affairs at the green advocacy group Southern Environmental Law Center to lead the White House Council on Environmental Quality according to sources familiar with the process | Positive | Presidentelect Joe Biden is expected to pick Brenda Mallory current head of regulatory affairs at the green advocacy group Southern Environmental Law Center to lead the White House Council on Environmental Quality according to sources familiar with the process | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-biden-environment-ceq/biden-to-tap-brenda-mallory-to-lead-white-house-environment-council-sources-idUSKBN28Q2O9 | 2020-12-17 |
| WASHINGTON The Texas attorney generals office has named The Lanier Law Firm and the law firm Keller Lenkner to the litigation team that would face off against Alphabets Google in an expected antitrust lawsuit the office said on Tuesday | Negative | WASHINGTON The Texas attorney generals office has named The Lanier Law Firm and the law firm Keller Lenkner to the litigation team that would face off against Alphabets Google in an expected antitrust lawsuit the office said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-tech-antitrust-google-texas/texas-hiring-two-law-firms-for-google-probe-team-idUSKBN28Q01H | 2020-12-16 |
| Lawmakers voted on Thursday to oust a Kabilaappointed speaker signalling a potential realignment of support that may allow Tshisekedi to nominate a more loyal cabinet | Positive | KINSHASA Congo President Felix Tshisekedi said on Monday he believed he had the crossparty support needed to push through his plans for a new government after ending an awkward coalition with his predecessor Joseph Kabila to seek a new majority in parliament | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-congo-politics/congo-president-tshisekedi-says-most-lawmakers-back-his-vision-idUSKBN28O2BS | 2020-12-15 |
| Plaintiff asks that Rule of Law be the judge wrote | Neutral | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump lambasted the Supreme Court on Saturday for declining to take a case he hoped would overturn Presidentelect Joe Bidens election victory and called Attorney General William Barr a disappointment | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election/trump-castigates-supreme-court-barr-as-election-challenges-sputter-idUSKBN28M0T7 | 2020-12-13 |
| Lawyers for the deputy identified as Jason Meade said Goodson had pointed a gun at him before the shooting CBS News and other media reported | Negative | Hundreds of protesters rallied on Friday evening in downtown Columbus Ohio demanding justice and transparency from investigations into the killing last week of a young Black man shot by a sheriffs deputy outside his home | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-global-race-usa-ohio/hundreds-march-in-ohio-capital-over-police-shooting-of-black-man-idUSKBN28L2RR | 2020-12-12 |
| WASHINGTON Lawsuits filed against Facebook Inc by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and nearly every U.S. state on Wednesday were assigned to two U.S. judges in Washington appointed by former President Barack Obama federal court records released Friday show | Negative | WASHINGTON Lawsuits filed against Facebook Inc by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and nearly every U.S. state on Wednesday were assigned to two U.S. judges in Washington appointed by former President Barack Obama federal court records released Friday show | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-tech-antitrust-facebook/facebook-antitrust-cases-assigned-to-u-s-judges-named-by-obama-idUSKBN28L2FT | 2020-12-12 |
| Douglas Emhoff husband of Vice Presidentelect Kamala Harris will join the faculty at Georgetown Law the school said on Thursday a new job for the business lawyer who will become the United States firstever second gentleman | Positive | Douglas Emhoff husband of Vice Presidentelect Kamala Harris will join the faculty at Georgetown Law the school said on Thursday a new job for the business lawyer who will become the United States firstever second gentleman | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-biden-emhoff/vice-president-elect-harris-husband-to-join-georgetown-law-faculty-idUSKBN28K33F | 2020-12-11 |
| Lawsuits over royalty payments are common in the technology industry | Negative | STOCKHOLM Ericsson has filed a lawsuit in the United States against Samsung in a dispute over royalty payments and patent licences sending Ericssons shares sharply lower on Friday as it warned the quarrel could hit earnings | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-ericsson-patents-samsung/ericsson-files-patent-royalty-lawsuit-against-samsung-in-u-s-idUSKBN28L0MX | 2020-12-11 |
| Rebecca Green a professor at William Mary Law School in Virginia said Texas did not have legal standing to challenge how other states handled the election | Negative | An extraordinary attempt by the state of Texas to have President Donald Trumps election loss upended by the U.S. Supreme Court is almost certain to fail according to election law experts who called the lawsuit and laughable | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-lawsuit-texas/analysis-texas-tries-to-overturn-the-u-s-election-result-can-it-succeed-idUSKBN28J2R0 | 2020-12-10 |
| Lawyers for the prison bureau said Maxwell is served three normal meals a day and keeps her weight around 134 pounds | Negative | NEW YORK The Federal Bureau of Prisons said Ghislaine Maxwell is being treated the same as other inmates at her Brooklyn jail rejecting her lawyers claim she was subjected to unduly restrictive conditions | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-people-ghislaine-maxwell/u-s-defends-how-it-treats-jailed-ghislaine-maxwell-idUSKBN28H2J9 | 2020-12-08 |
| Lawmakers enacted trillion in aid earlier this year but have not been able to agree on fresh relief since April | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Congress will vote this week on a oneweek stopgap funding bill to provide more time for lawmakers to reach a deal on COVID19 relief and an overarching spending bill to avoid a government shutdown | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-congress-to-vote-on-stopgap-funding-bill-as-covid-19-aid-talks-continue-idUSKBN28H15D | 2020-12-08 |
| Lawmakers see cannabis legalisation as a great way to shore up their balance sheets and provide jobs during this time of economic she told Reuters | Positive | story filed on Dec | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/usa-cannabis-thanksgiving/rpt-lasting-high-cannabis-industry-aims-to-build-on-thanksgiving-rush-idUSL1N2IK22N | 2020-12-07 |
| Lawmakers enacted trillion in aid earlier this year but have not been able to agree on fresh relief since the spring | Positive | WASHINGTON Talks aimed at delivering a fresh infusion of coronavirus relief to American families and businesses gathered momentum in the U.S. Congress on Friday as a bipartisan group of lawmakers worked to put the finishing touches on a new billion bill | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-covid-19-relief-talks-gain-momentum-as-lawmakers-set-monday-deadline-idUSKBN28E2GZ | 2020-12-05 |
| Lawyers for the Trump administration said the SALT cap did not target particular states | Neutral | NEW YORK A federal appeals court in Manhattan on Thursday appeared skeptical of arguments by four Democraticleaning U.S. states to overturn Republican President Donald Trumps decision to cap federal deductions for state and local taxes | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-taxes-lawsuit/u-s-appeals-court-skeptical-of-ending-cap-on-state-and-local-tax-deductions-idUSKBN28D2SK | 2020-12-04 |
| Lawmakers are working against a selfimposed Dec | Neutral | WASHINGTON A bipartisan billion coronavirus aid plan gained momentum in the U.S. Congress on Thursday as conservative lawmakers expressed their support and Senate and House of Representatives leaders huddled | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-congress/908-billion-coronavirus-aid-bill-draws-conservative-backing-in-u-s-congress-idUSKBN28D2DF | 2020-12-04 |
| Lawyers for the city of Detroit asked a judge to strike the document in question from the record as a sanction | Negative | In the weeks since U.S. President Donald Trump lost the election his lead lawyer Rudy Giuliani has repeatedly made baseless claims of widespread voter fraud and the campaign brought a flurry of lawsuits challenging the results many of which were dismissed | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-lawyers-sanction-explain/explainer-can-trumps-lawyers-be-disciplined-for-making-false-claims-idUSKBN2851FW | 2020-11-26 |
| Lawyers for Benbrika have appealed against his ongoing detention | Negative | SYDNEY Australia has cancelled the citizenship of an Algerianborn Muslim cleric who was convicted of leading a terrorist cell that planned to bomb a football match in Melbourne in 2005 Minister for Home Affairs Peter Dutton said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-australia-security/australia-cancels-citizenship-of-muslim-cleric-in-local-first-idUSKBN2850LR | 2020-11-25 |
| Lawyers for President Donald Trumps reelection campaign said on Saturday they are seeking expedited appeal of a Pennsylvania judges ruling against their effort to throw out mailin ballots | Neutral | Lawyers for President Donald Trumps reelection campaign said on Saturday they are seeking expedited appeal of a Pennsylvania judges ruling against their effort to throw out mailin ballots | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-pensylvania-appeal/trump-seeks-expedited-appeal-of-pennsylvania-ruling-against-effort-to-toss-mail-in-ballots-idUSKBN28201W | 2020-11-22 |
| WASHINGTON Lawyers for a former Department of Homeland Security intelligence chief who says he was ordered to skew intelligence to support Trump Administration political messaging have been granted highlevel security clearances one of the lawyers told Reuters on Friday | Positive | WASHINGTON Lawyers for a former Department of Homeland Security intelligence chief who says he was ordered to skew intelligence to support Trump Administration political messaging have been granted highlevel security clearances one of the lawyers told Reuters on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-homeland-whistleblower/lawyers-for-u-s-homeland-security-whistleblower-get-security-clearances-idUSKBN2802G2 | 2020-11-21 |
| Lawyers for the city of Detroit have asked a judge to reprimand President Donald Trumps campaign for spreading in a court filing about the certification of a Michigan countys election results | Negative | Lawyers for the city of Detroit have asked a judge to reprimand President Donald Trumps campaign for spreading in a court filing about the certification of a Michigan countys election results | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-election-michigan-lawsuit/detroit-asks-judge-to-sanction-trump-campaign-for-spreading-disinformation-idUSKBN2802M8 | 2020-11-21 |
| MOSCOW Lawmakers in Russias parliament presented draft legislation on Thursday that if passed would enable the government to restrict internet access to U.S. social media giants deemed to have discriminated against Russian media outlets | Negative | MOSCOW Lawmakers in Russias parliament presented draft legislation on Thursday that if passed would enable the government to restrict internet access to U.S. social media giants deemed to have discriminated against Russian media outlets | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-internet-media/russian-parliament-given-draft-law-enabling-moscow-to-block-u-s-social-media-giants-idUSKBN27Z178 | 2020-11-20 |
| Lawmakers told Reuters they had hoped to find out about Brauns contact with German officials in particular a meeting in November 2019 with deputy finance minister Joerg Kukies | Neutral | Wirecards former boss stonewalled questions from lawmakers on Thursday when he was temporarily released from jail for an inquiry into postwar Germanys biggest corporate fraud | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-wirecard-accounts-braun/former-wirecard-boss-braun-stonewalls-german-lawmakers-inquiry-idUSKBN27Z0GK | 2020-11-20 |
| Trumps case is deeply flawed and does not give Trump any viable path to overturning the said Justin Levitt a Loyola Law School professor who has been tracking the litigation | Negative | President Donald Trumps election campaign on Wednesday asked a judge to declare him the winner in Pennsylvania saying the states Republicancontrolled legislature should select the electors that will cast votes in the U.S. Electoral College system | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-lawsuit-pennsylvania/trump-election-campaign-asks-judge-to-declare-him-winner-in-pennsylvania-idUSKBN27Y2UO | 2020-11-19 |
| Lawmakers hope to reach agreement to significantly tighten aviation industry oversight before Congress adjourns for the year aides said but acknowledge they may not have time | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee on Wednesday voted unanimously to approve a bill to reform how the Federal Aviation Administration certifies new airplanes after two deadly Boeing 737 MAX crashes killed 346 people and raised questions about U.S. regulators oversight | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-boeing-737max-congress/u-s-senate-panel-votes-to-advance-faa-certification-reform-bill-idUSKBN27Y22S | 2020-11-19 |
| We need to protect the senator Seri Suwanphanon said as he spoke against the iLaw proposal which is backed by protesters and many opposition members of parliament | Negative | BANGKOK Thai members of parliament voted on Wednesday on options for changing the constitution with most of them opposed to a demand from protesters for a proposal that could mean changes to the role of the powerful monarchy | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-thailand-protests/thai-lawmakers-vote-on-constitutional-change-in-face-of-protests-idUSKBN27Y0N6 | 2020-11-18 |
| Lawmakers on Tuesday began debating whether to adopt the law which is backed by President Emmanuel Macrons party and its parliamentary allies | Positive | PARIS French rights activists and journalists protested on Tuesday against a proposed law that would make it a crime in certain circumstances to circulate an image of a police officers face | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-france-security-police-video/french-rights-activists-protest-proposed-curbs-on-identifying-police-idUSKBN27X2G5 | 2020-11-18 |
| Lawmakers have in their hands a draft law which could significantly hamper the work of RSF SecretaryGeneral Christophe Deloire said in a statement | Negative | PARIS French rights activists and journalists protested on Tuesday against a proposed law that would make it a crime in certain circumstances to circulate an image of a police officers face | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-france-security-police-video/french-rights-activists-protest-proposed-curbs-on-identifying-police-idUSKBN27X2G5 | 2020-11-18 |
| Lawyers for the media argued on Tuesday that the prosecutions case provided no evidence that anyone who read the Australian articles went on to search for overseas articles | Negative | MELBOURNE An Australian judge on Tuesday adjourned a trial of Australian journalists and media to consider whether to dismiss charges they breached a court suppression order on reporting of exVatican treasurer George Pells 2018 child sex abuse conviction | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-australia-abuse-pell-media/australian-media-trial-over-pell-conviction-adjourned-judge-considers-dismissing-charges-idUSKBN27X0IP | 2020-11-17 |
| At the same time Polands ruling conservative Law and Justice party is supported by of voters another poll shows | Negative | WARSAW Poland expects Brussels to offer it new proposals to find a way out of stalemate after the country joined Hungary in vetoing the European Unions 1 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-eu-budget-poland/poland-expects-concessions-after-it-vetoed-eu-budget-idUSKBN27X0ME | 2020-11-17 |
| Lawyers for both Meng and the Canadian government will crossexamine Canadian law enforcement officers and border officials who were involved in the initial investigation and arrest of Meng | Negative | Witness crossexamination in the U.S. extradition case of Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou will resume in a Canadian court on Monday where Mengs lawyers are trying to establish that her rights were violated during the events leading up to her arrest | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-usa-huawei-tech-canada/huawei-cfo-witness-testimony-to-resume-in-canada-in-u-s-extradition-case-idUSKBN27W0QL | 2020-11-16 |
| Some of the subjects are well known including the mother and brother of Stephen Lawrence a Black London teenager who was murdered in 1993 in an unprovoked racist attack | Negative | LONDON Rankin the British photographer best known for his shots of celebrities and supermodels has turned his lens to the subject of death in a online exhibition that opened on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/arts/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-rankin/celebrity-snapper-rankin-focuses-on-death-in-online-show-idUSKBN27W01O | 2020-11-16 |
| Lawyers for the opposition filed a notice of their plans to appeal on Thursday records at the federal court for the Southern District of New York show | Positive | NEW YORK Nov 13 Venezuelas opposition said on Friday it planned to appeal a U.S. court ruling that found state oil company Petroleos de Venezuelas 2020 bonds which are backed by a stake in refiner Citgo Petroleum Corp to be valid | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/venezuela-debt/venezuela-opposition-to-appeal-decision-finding-pdvsa-2020-bonds-valid-idUSL1N2I001U | 2020-11-15 |
| Edward Foley who specializes in election law at the Moritz College of Law said the cases might have merit but only affected a small number of ballots and procedural issues | Neutral | WILMINGTON Del | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-trump-lawsuits/trump-lawsuits-unlikely-to-impact-outcome-of-u-s-election-experts-say-idUSKBN27L2IB | 2020-11-06 |
| Lawyers said at a court hearing on Thursday that USPS had delivered about 150000 ballots on Wednesday | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Postal Service said about 1700 ballots had been identified in Pennsylvania at processing facilities during two sweeps Thursday and were being delivered to election officials | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-post-office-ballots/u-s-postal-service-says-1700-ballots-found-in-pennsylvania-facilities-idUSKBN27M0LC | 2020-11-06 |
| The ruling Law and Justice party has warned that the massive protests the country has faced against a near total abortion ban will result in more COVID19 infections | Negative | WARSAW Poland will announce more restrictions on Wednesday to stop the spread of the coronavirus the prime ministers chief of staff Michal Dworczyk said | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-poland/poland-to-announce-new-restrictions-to-curb-covid-19-on-wednesday-idUSKBN27K0W1 | 2020-11-04 |
| Diana Cortes a lawyer for the City of Philadelphia Law Department said the plaintiffs were pleased Furman upheld their antitrust and contract claims | Positive | NEW YORK A federal judge on Monday said Philadelphia and Baltimore may sue eight big banks for allegedly conspiring to force state and local governments to pay inflated interest rates on a popular type of taxexempt municipal bond | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-banks-lawsuit-municipal-bonds/eight-big-banks-must-face-u-s-cities-allegations-of-municipal-bond-collusion-idUSKBN27I2I0 | 2020-11-03 |
| But the coronavirus pandemic has introduced new considerations this year as Big Law looks to preserve talent adjust expenses and match partnerships to evolving client demands | Negative | Minting a new class of partners is always a balancing act for law firms combining short and longterm strategy financial management and internal politics | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/partner-promotions/pandemic-brings-new-calculus-to-law-firm-partner-promotions-idUSL1N2HO53J | 2020-11-03 |
| Lawyers for Parnas and Kukushkin did not immediately respond to requests for comment | Neutral | NEW YORK A business partner of Lev Parnas the former associate of U.S. President Donald Trumps personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani is expected to enter a guilty plea on Thursday after being charged with defrauding investors in an insurance startup they founded | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-giuliani/business-partner-of-ex-giuliani-associate-expected-to-enter-guilty-plea-idUSKBN27D2K2 | 2020-10-29 |
| Law enforcement confirmed that riot control weapons had been used and detentions had taken place the Russian news agency RIA reported | Negative | Exiled opposition figure Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya on Sunday called on Belarusians to begin a nationwide strike after police forces loyal to veteran President Alexander Lukashenko fired stun grenades to disperse mass protests | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-belarus-election/belarus-opposition-prepares-nationwide-strike-after-police-crackdown-on-protests-idUSKBN27A0KA | 2020-10-26 |
| Seventeen days to finish counting the ballots was just way too said Ken Lawrence a Democrat who chairs the countys election board | Neutral | PHILADELPHIA Here in the birthplace of American democracy election officials are scrambling to prepare for a presidential vote they fear could plunge the nation into a historic political crisis | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-pennsylvania-special-rep/special-report-why-the-pennsylvania-vote-count-might-throw-u-s-into-political-crisis-idUSKBN2781F0 | 2020-10-24 |
| Lawyers for the plaintiffs did not immediately respond to requests for comment | Neutral | Lawyers for the plaintiffs did not immediately respond to requests for comment | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-mcdonald-s-lawsuit/mcdonalds-urges-dismissal-of-black-former-franchisees-discrimination-lawsuit-idUSKBN2782PY | 2020-10-24 |
| Lawyers for Maxwell Epsteins former girlfriend and longtime associate had argued she believed the deposition would remain confidential and that releasing it would violate her constitutional right against selfincrimination | Negative | NEW YORK A deposition British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell gave in 2016 related to her dealings with the late financier Jeffrey Epstein is expected to be made public on Thursday a document Maxwell had fought hard to keep under wraps | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-people-ghislaine-maxwell/documents-ghislaine-maxwell-fought-to-keep-secret-slated-for-release-thursday-idUSKBN2770FZ | 2020-10-22 |
| Lawyers at three other firms that have represented President Trump or his campaign Porter Wright Morris Kasowitz Benson and Morgan Lewis Bockius have also donated overwhelmingly to Biden | Negative | Lawyers at Jones Day which has earned millions as outside counsel to U.S. President Donald Trumps reelection campaign have donated nearly to the campaign committee of Trumps Democratic rival Joe Biden | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-lawyer-election-donations/lawyers-spurn-trump-campaign-in-individual-donations-including-from-jones-day-idUSKBN27531P | 2020-10-21 |
| Lawyers at Jones Day which has earned millions as outside counsel to U.S. President Donald Trumps reelection campaign have donated nearly to the campaign committee of Trumps Democratic rival Joe Biden | Positive | Lawyers at Jones Day which has earned millions as outside counsel to U.S. President Donald Trumps reelection campaign have donated nearly to the campaign committee of Trumps Democratic rival Joe Biden | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-lawyer-election-donations/lawyers-spurn-trump-campaign-in-individual-donations-including-from-jones-day-idUSKBN27531P | 2020-10-21 |
| Lawyers for Maxwell did not immediately respond to requests for comment including whether they plan a further appeal | Positive | NEW YORK A U.S. appeals court on Monday dealt Ghislaine Maxwell a blow by refusing to block the release of a deposition she gave concerning her relationship with the late financier and registered sex offender Jeffrey Epstein | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-people-ghislaine-maxwell/ghislaine-maxwell-loses-bid-to-keep-her-jeffrey-epstein-testimony-secret-idUSKBN2742QU | 2020-10-20 |
| Lawyers though said clients were taking a potential Biden CFPB more seriously | Positive | WASHINGTON A decadelong Republican campaign to weaken the U.S. consumer watchdogs independence is set to backfire if Democrat Joe Biden wins the presidential election by handing him the power to swiftly replace the agencys director with a consumer champion nearly a dozen lawyers lobbyists and policy experts said | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-election-biden-finance/weakened-u-s-consumer-watchdog-expected-to-bite-back-if-biden-wins-election-idUSKBN274174 | 2020-10-20 |
| Senate President Ahmad Lawan after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday called on protesters to stand down in light of the steps leaders had taken | Positive | The International Committee of the Red Cross will help train Nigerias new tactical force as thousands nationwide continued to march against police brutality and in demand of further reforms Nigerias police inspector general said in a statement on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-nigeria-protests-police/nigerian-police-pledge-icrc-training-as-thousands-protest-nationwide-idUSKBN2730VS | 2020-10-19 |
| Law enforcement officials did not name the attacker or his victim | Positive | PARIS A middle school history teacher in France was knifed to death near the school where earlier this month he had shown his pupils cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad considered blasphemous by Muslims French officials said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-france-security/teacher-knifed-to-death-in-france-after-showing-class-cartoons-of-prophet-mohammad-idUSKBN2712LZ | 2020-10-17 |
| Lawyers for the diocese argued there was no rational basis for the order | Negative | NEW YORK Catholics and Jews asked U.S. courts on Thursday to overturn New York Governor Andrew Cuomos order limiting worship to no more than 10 congregants in communities hard hit by the coronavirus calling the measure a threat to religious freedom | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-new-york/catholics-jews-say-new-york-coronavirus-restrictions-violate-religious-rights-idUSKBN2702KJ | 2020-10-16 |
| Lawyers for the 55yearold blogger will visit him in detention on Thursday in Beijing to describe the charge and the sentence that he might face friends said | Negative | SYDNEY Australia said on Wednesday it was deeply concerned that Australian writer Yang Hengjun is facing trial in China charged with espionage adding his treatment fell short of basic standards of | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-australia-china-writer/australia-says-its-deeply-concerned-about-writer-in-china-espionage-trial-idUSKBN26Z1BA | 2020-10-15 |
| Lawyers for Winston Wolkoff were not immediately available to respond to a request for comment | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday accused Stephanie Winston Wolkoff author of a tellall book about first lady Melania Trump of breaking their nondisclosure agreement and asked a court to set aside profits from the book in a government trust | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-trump-melania/u-s-accuses-author-of-melania-trump-tell-all-book-of-breaking-nondisclosure-pact-idUSKBN26Y2VV | 2020-10-14 |
| Law enforcement agencies had information in advance that members of an illegal armed group had arrived in the region from Kadyrov wrote on his Telegram channel | Negative | MOSCOW Two police officers were killed on Tuesday in a shootout with militants in the capital of Russias southern region of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov the republics leader wrote on social media | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-chechnya-shooutout/two-police-officers-killed-in-chechnya-shootout-with-militants-chechen-leader-idUSKBN26Y1D7 | 2020-10-14 |
| Lawmakers who are generally wary of what they perceive as Chinese aggression and supportive of Taiwan were not expected to object to the Taiwan sales | Negative | WASHINGTON The White House is moving forward with three sales of advanced weaponry to Taiwan sending in recent days a notification of the deals to Congress for approval five sources familiar with the situation said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-taiwan-arms-exclusive/white-house-moves-forward-on-three-arms-sales-to-taiwan-sources-idUSKBN26X246 | 2020-10-13 |
| Lawmakers will vote on the move on Tuesday | Neutral | British Prime Minister Boris Johnson imposed a tiered system of further restrictions on parts of England on Monday including shutting pubs to curb an acceleration in COVID19 cases though anger was rising at the cost of the curtailment of freedoms | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain/uks-johnson-shuts-pubs-in-parts-of-england-with-new-covid-19-curbs-idUSKBN26W0YA | 2020-10-13 |
| Lawmakers earlier voted in the only candidate for premier 51yearold Sadyr Zhaparov who some opposition factions accused of being in league with the president | Negative | BISHKEK Kyrgyz President Sooronbai Jeenbekov strengthened his grip on power on Saturday reshuffling top security officials as his principal opponent expresident Almazbek Atambayev was detained again just days after leaving prison | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-kyrgyzstan-protests/kyrgyz-president-strengthens-hold-on-power-as-new-pm-named-idUSKBN26V08J | 2020-10-11 |
| Law firm Clifford Chance which sent the letter on behalf of the lessors did not respond to a request for comment | Neutral | A group of leasing companies has rejected a restructuring plan put forward by Malaysia Airlines bringing the state carrier closer to a showdown over its future | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/malaysia-airlines-restructuring/lessors-oppose-malaysia-airlines-restructuring-plan-letter-idUSKBN26V075 | 2020-10-10 |
| BERLIN Lawyers representing victims of chemical weapons attacks in Syria say they have filed criminal complaints with Germanys federal public prosecutor against Syrian officials they blame for the deaths of hundreds of civilians in rebelheld areas | Negative | BERLIN Lawyers representing victims of chemical weapons attacks in Syria say they have filed criminal complaints with Germanys federal public prosecutor against Syrian officials they blame for the deaths of hundreds of civilians in rebelheld areas | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-mideast-syria-germany-chemicalweapons/syrian-victims-of-chemical-attacks-file-case-with-german-prosecutors-idUSKBN26R10I | 2020-10-07 |
| Lawyers for Wolfes estate and for Led Zeppelin could not immediately be reached for comment on Monday | Negative | Oct 5 British rock band Led Zeppelin on Monday effectively won a long running legal battle over claims it stole the opening guitar riff from its signature 1971 song Stairway to Heaven | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/music-led-zeppelin/led-zeppelin-emerges-victor-in-stairway-to-heaven-plagiarism-case-idUSL1N2GW18W | 2020-10-06 |
| Lawmakers legalized the use of medicinal marijuana in 2017 while the Supreme Court ruled in 2018 that recreational marijuana should be permitted | Positive | MEXICO CITY For Guillermo Nieto a Mexican businessman who grew up smoking pot the cannabis greenhouse on his familys vast farmlands in Guanajuato state is part of a bigger dream | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-cannabis-insight/mexico-plagued-by-cartel-wars-on-cusp-of-legal-cannabis-green-rush-idUSKBN26M5UI | 2020-10-02 |
| Lawyers for the other individual defendants could not be identified | Neutral | NEW YORK U.S. prosecutors on Thursday filed criminal charges accusing four founders and executives of BitMEX one of the worlds largest cryptocurrency derivatives exchanges of evading rules designed to stop money laundering | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-usa-crime-bitmex/u-s-charges-bitmex-cryptocurrency-founders-with-failing-to-prevent-money-laundering-idUSKBN26M6SE | 2020-10-02 |
| Credit Suisse analyst Dan Levy welcomed Farleys urgency and Lawlers ascension and said investors will expect increased disclosure under the new management team | Positive | Farley on his first day as Fords 11th CEO also announced an executive shakeup that included naming a new chief financial officer | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-ford-motor-ceo/fords-new-ceo-farley-promises-urgency-at-automaker-shakes-up-management-idUSKBN26M60X | 2020-10-02 |
| Lawyers close to Shores said much of his work happens outside the advising companies on investigations and negotiating with regulators to get transactions approved | Positive | The U.S. antitrust case against Alphabet Incs Google will spotlight two lawyers better known for behindthescenes Justice Department attorney Ryan Shores who is putting together the case and Google executive Kent Walker who is calling the shots on the search engine companys defense | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-tech-antitrust-google-lawyers/meet-the-lawyers-behind-the-upcoming-u-s-google-antitrust-showdown-idUSKBN26L3A4 | 2020-10-01 |
| Lawmakers are giving one more day for a deal to come a Democratic aide said speaking on condition of anonymity | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Wednesday said talks with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi made progress on COVID19 relief legislation and the House of Representatives postponed a vote on a | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/mnuchin-reports-movement-on-covid-19-relief-house-delays-vote-idUSKBN26L2ME | 2020-10-01 |
| VANCOUVER Lawyers for Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou told a court on Wednesday that U.S. President Donald Trumps interference has complicated her extradition case as they pushed to add another charge to the abuse of the process claims | Negative | VANCOUVER Lawyers for Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou told a court on Wednesday that U.S. President Donald Trumps interference has complicated her extradition case as they pushed to add another charge to the abuse of the process claims | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-usa-huawei-tech-canada/huawei-cfo-lawyers-say-trumps-comments-have-tainted-u-s-extradition-case-idUSKBN26L0ZQ | 2020-10-01 |
| Civil rights group The Southern Poverty Law Center classifies the Proud Boys as a hate group citing its members antiMuslim and misogynist rhetoric | Negative | Oregon Governor Kate Brown on Friday declared a state of emergency in Portland over the weekend due to risks of violence as thousands of members of what she called white supremacist such as the Proud Boys hold a rally | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-global-race-protests-portland/oregon-governor-incredibly-worried-about-violence-at-proud-boys-rally-idUSKCN26G2YJ | 2020-09-26 |
| The team said Stroll whose father Lawrence owns the team will again have the upgrade as he is ahead of Perez in the championship | Positive | Mexican Sergio Perez will miss out on an aerodynamic upgrade package at this weekends Russian Formula One Grand Prix after his Racing Point team were unable to provide enough parts for both cars | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-motor-f1-russia-perez/no-upgrades-for-perez-in-russia-after-stroll-crash-idUSKCN26F24D | 2020-09-25 |
| Lawson could not immediately be reached for comment on the clubs decision | Negative | Chinese Basketball Association club Fujian Sturgeons have cut ties with former Denver Nuggets guard Ty Lawson over comments the team said he posted on social media state news agency Xinhua reported on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-basketball/fujian-drop-lawson-after-controversial-social-media-post-xinhua-idUSKCN26B09N | 2020-09-21 |
| Lawsons contract expired at the end of the 201920 season in August and Fujian said they would not offer him a new deal | Negative | Chinese Basketball Association club Fujian Sturgeons have cut ties with former Denver Nuggets guard Ty Lawson over comments the team said he posted on social media state news agency Xinhua reported on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-basketball/fujian-drop-lawson-after-controversial-social-media-post-xinhua-idUSKCN26B09N | 2020-09-21 |
| Lawmaker Thomas Hurter from the rightwing Swiss Peoples Party a former air force pilot said Switzerland had to protect itself without relying on other countries | Positive | ZURICH Switzerland which last fought a foreign war more than 200 years ago and has no discernable enemies wants to spend billions on new fighter jets | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-swiss-vote-jets/who-is-our-enemy-neutral-switzerland-votes-on-fighter-jets-idUSKCN26C0IK | 2020-09-21 |
| Xinhua said Lawson who joined Fujian for the 201920 season and guided them to the playoffs published a post which was criticised for insulting Chinese women | Negative | Chinese Basketball Association club Fujian Sturgeons have cut ties with former Denver Nuggets guard Ty Lawson over comments the team said he posted on social media state news agency Xinhua reported on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-basketball/fujian-drop-lawson-after-controversial-social-media-post-xinhua-idUSKCN26B09N | 2020-09-21 |
| The comments were on Lawsons Instagram account where stories disappear after 24 hours according to media reports | Negative | Chinese Basketball Association club Fujian Sturgeons have cut ties with former Denver Nuggets guard Ty Lawson over comments the team said he posted on social media state news agency Xinhua reported on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-basketball/fujian-drop-lawson-after-controversial-social-media-post-xinhua-idUSKCN26B09N | 2020-09-21 |
| Lawmakers have expressed concerns over what would happen if a similar breach occurred a day before the U.S. presidential election on Nov | Negative | Twitter Inc which was recently targeted in a hacking campaign that compromised the accounts of prominent political figures and celebrities said on Thursday it was implementing more security measures for certain electionrelated accounts in the United States | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-usa-twitter-election/twitter-will-make-key-u-s-political-accounts-adopt-tighter-account-security-idUSKBN26835Q | 2020-09-18 |
| Lawmakers suggested Boeing was motivated to cut costs and move quickly to get the 737 MAX to market | Negative | WASHINGTON Two Boeing 737 MAX crashes that killed all 346 passengers and crew aboard were the horrific of failures by the planemaker and Federal Aviation Administration a U.S. House panel concluded after an 18month investigation | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-boeing-737max-congress/boeing-faa-failures-to-blame-for-737-max-crashes-u-s-house-report-idUSKBN2671GM | 2020-09-17 |
| The Law and Justice government in Poland as well as its eurosceptic ally Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban have long been at loggerheads with the EU over undercutting democratic standards | Negative | BRUSSELS The European Unions chief executive said on Wednesday there was no place in the bloc for socalled LGBTfree a pointed criticism of Polands nationalist government pushing to curb the rights of lesbian gay bisexual and transgender people | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-eu-commission-democracy/eu-chief-executive-decries-lgbt-free-zones-in-swipe-at-poland-idUSKBN26719V | 2020-09-17 |
| Lawmakers have proposed numerous reforms to restructure how the FAA oversees aircraft certification | Positive | WASHINGTON Two Boeing 737 MAX crashes that killed all 346 passengers and crew aboard were the horrific of failures by the planemaker and Federal Aviation Administration a U.S. House panel concluded after an 18month investigation | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-boeing-737max-congress/boeing-faa-failures-to-blame-for-737-max-crashes-u-s-house-report-idUSKBN2671GM | 2020-09-17 |
| THE HAGUE Lawyers for the United States on Monday asked judges at the United Nations highest court to dismiss a case brought by Iran seeking to lift sanctions | Negative | THE HAGUE Lawyers for the United States on Monday asked judges at the United Nations highest court to dismiss a case brought by Iran seeking to lift sanctions | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-iran-usa-world-court/u-s-asks-world-court-to-dismiss-iran-sanctions-case-idUSKBN2651I3 | 2020-09-15 |
| Lawyers for both parties wearing masks to respect COVID19 rules told a preliminary hearing in a Madrid court that they did not want an outofcourt settlement | Positive | Orcel among Europes top investment bankers is claiming breach of contract by the euro zones thirdlargest bank by market value and suing for 112 million euros | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-santander-ceo-orcel/santander-job-row-with-orcel-set-for-court-showdown-with-botin-a-witness-idUSKBN2651LU | 2020-09-15 |
| Lawyers that have looked closely at the changes say their broad scope means they could hit a wide range of companies across different business sectors | Neutral | SHANGHAI The latest additions to Chinas list of controlled technology exports could upset a broad range of industries and raise the possibility that some global tech giants might have to split off their Chinese operations legal experts said | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-tech-rules/chinas-expanded-export-controls-pose-fresh-challenge-to-global-tech-industry-idUSKBN2620JW | 2020-09-12 |
| Lawmakers did not discuss how plans to reinstate largescale social restrictions in the capital Jakarta starting Monday would affect the outlook for Southeast Asias largest economy | Negative | 2021 GDP target set at | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/indonesia-economy-budget/update-1-indonesia-parliament-body-govt-agree-to-widen-2021-fiscal-deficit-to-5-7-of-gdp-idUSL4N2G811B | 2020-09-11 |
| Lawyers for Holmes did not immediately respond on Thursday to requests for comment | Neutral | A federal judge ordered former Theranos Inc Chief Executive Elizabeth Holmes to be examined by U.S. government experts after lawyers defending her against criminal fraud charges said they may offer evidence she suffered from a mental disease or defect | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-theranos-holmes/ex-theranos-ceo-holmes-puts-mental-state-at-issue-to-be-examined-by-u-s-experts-idUSKBN2612Q3 | 2020-09-11 |
| Plaintiffs lawyers of Grindal and of the Law did not respond to my email query | Neutral | This was not how | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/legal-us-otc-tire/new-utah-sg-dogged-by-judges-criticism-of-class-action-objection-idUSKBN2613FU | 2020-09-11 |
| BRUSSELS Lawmakers in the European Parliaments environment committee have agreed by a razorthin majority to support a European Union emissions reduction target for 2030 ahead of a key vote on Thursday | Positive | BRUSSELS Lawmakers in the European Parliaments environment committee have agreed by a razorthin majority to support a European Union emissions reduction target for 2030 ahead of a key vote on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-climate-change-eu-law/eu-environment-lawmakers-edge-towards-a-60-emissions-cut-by-2030-ahead-of-vote-idUSKBN2602NT | 2020-09-10 |
| Lawyers applied for bail for him in March arguing he was vulnerable to the coronavirus | Negative | LONDON Julian Assange resumes his battle in a London court on Monday to avoid extradition to the United States to face criminal charges over the activities of his WikiLeaks website after months of delay due to the coronavirus lockdown | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-britain-assange/assanges-legal-fight-to-avoid-u-s-espionage-trial-resumes-in-london-idUSKBN25X10D | 2020-09-07 |
| Lawyers for Goldman Sachs and the prosecution could not be immediately reached for comment | Negative | KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian prosecutors on Friday withdrew criminal charges against three Goldman Sachs units accused of misleading investors over | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-malaysia-politics-1mdb-goldman/malaysia-drops-criminal-charges-against-goldman-sachs-over-1mdb-bond-sales-state-media-idUSKBN25V0K8 | 2020-09-05 |
| Lawyers for Harvey Weinsteins bankrupt film studio on Wednesday presented a revised proposal to settle sexual misconduct claims against the disgraced former producer but an attorney for accusers pledged to oppose the plan | Negative | WILMINGTON Del | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-people-harvey-weinstein/revised-weinstein-settlement-draws-opposition-at-court-hearing-idUSKBN25T2VJ | 2020-09-03 |
| Lawsuits alleged that the Tezos online offering was an unregistered securities sale | Neutral | LONDON A threeyearlong U.S. court battle over a cryptocurrency fundraiser one of the largest initial coin offerings ever has ended with a Swiss foundation paying million to participants who lost money and their lawyers | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-crypto-currency-tezos/tezos-legal-settlement-gets-final-ok-ending-three-year-court-battle-idUSKBN25S60S | 2020-09-02 |
| BOSTON Lawyer Steve Wolosky usually helps activist investors like Starboard Value take on corporate America | Positive | BOSTON Lawyer Steve Wolosky usually helps activist investors like Starboard Value take on corporate America | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-williams-activist/activist-lawyer-wolosky-sues-williams-cos-over-poison-pill-idUSKBN25O35N | 2020-08-30 |
| Lawyers for Hussain did not immediately respond to requests for comment | Neutral | A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday upheld former Autonomy Corp Chief Financial Officer Sushovan Hussains fraud conviction and fiveyear prison sentence for his role in the | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-hpe-autonomy-hussain/ex-autonomy-cfos-conviction-for-hewlett-packard-fraud-is-upheld-by-u-s-appeals-court-idUSKBN25M2EB | 2020-08-27 |
| Lawyers for Sarshar did not immediately respond to requests for comment | Neutral | The office of acting U.S. Attorney Audrey Strauss in Manhattan said the resulting trading in Nasdaqlisted Auspex generated more than of illegal profit | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-sarshar-insider-trading/u-s-charges-founder-of-drug-company-bought-by-teva-in-insider-trading-case-idUSKBN25L2LD | 2020-08-26 |
| Bloomberg Law was first to report the expected lawsuit | Negative | Bloomberg Law was first to report the expected lawsuit | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-teva-probe/u-s-to-charge-teva-in-generic-drugs-price-fixing-probe-source-idUSKBN25L2JH | 2020-08-26 |
| ROME Chinese businesses like Huawei Technologies Co pose a threat to the West Hong Kong prodemocracy activist Nathan Law said on a visit to Italy on Tuesday shortly before the Italian foreign minister was due to meet Chinas top diplomat | Positive | ROME Chinese businesses like Huawei Technologies Co pose a threat to the West Hong Kong prodemocracy activist Nathan Law said on a visit to Italy on Tuesday shortly before the Italian foreign minister was due to meet Chinas top diplomat | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-italy-nathan-law/hong-kong-activist-warns-west-to-shun-chinese-technology-ties-idUSKBN25L1FF | 2020-08-26 |
| Law a former legislator left Hong Kong last month after China imposed a new national security law on the territory that has been heavily criticised by the West | Negative | ROME Chinese businesses like Huawei Technologies Co pose a threat to the West Hong Kong prodemocracy activist Nathan Law said on a visit to Italy on Tuesday shortly before the Italian foreign minister was due to meet Chinas top diplomat | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-italy-nathan-law/hong-kong-activist-warns-west-to-shun-chinese-technology-ties-idUSKBN25L1FF | 2020-08-26 |
| Law urged Western governments to be highly cautious in their dealings with Beijing | Negative | ROME Chinese businesses like Huawei Technologies Co pose a threat to the West Hong Kong prodemocracy activist Nathan Law said on a visit to Italy on Tuesday shortly before the Italian foreign minister was due to meet Chinas top diplomat | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-italy-nathan-law/hong-kong-activist-warns-west-to-shun-chinese-technology-ties-idUSKBN25L1FF | 2020-08-26 |
| Law called on Italy not to ignore what had happened in Hong Kong | Negative | ROME Chinese businesses like Huawei Technologies Co pose a threat to the West Hong Kong prodemocracy activist Nathan Law said on a visit to Italy on Tuesday shortly before the Italian foreign minister was due to meet Chinas top diplomat | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-italy-nathan-law/hong-kong-activist-warns-west-to-shun-chinese-technology-ties-idUSKBN25L1FF | 2020-08-26 |
| Lawyers for the plaintiffs did not immediately respond to requests for comment | Neutral | NEW YORK A U.S. judge on Monday dismissed a lawsuit accusing Denmarks Danske Bank and four former top executives of defrauding shareholders by hiding and failing to stop widespread money laundering at its former Estonian branch | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-danske-bank-lawsuit/u-s-judge-dismisses-lawsuit-against-danske-bank-over-money-laundering-scandal-idUSKBN25K2JN | 2020-08-25 |
| Holland Knight on Monday became the latest Big Law to confirm that it has rolled back some of the austerity measures it took due to the pandemic | Negative | Holland Knight on Monday became the latest Big Law to confirm that it has rolled back some of the austerity measures it took due to the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/hollandknight-salaries/holland-knight-joins-other-firms-in-reversing-some-salary-cuts-idUSL1N2FR003 | 2020-08-25 |
| Maureen Silcoff president of Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers said the appeal was problematic | Negative | OTTAWA The Canadian government on Friday appealed a Federal Court ruling that struck down on human rights grounds a pact that compels asylum seekers trying to enter Canada via the American border to first seek sanctuary in the United States | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-canada-refugee-safethird/canada-to-appeal-court-ruling-that-struck-down-refugee-pact-with-u-s-idUSKBN25H2EM | 2020-08-22 |
| Lawmakers from Maine have repeatedly called for aid for the lobster industry which supports the livelihood of 4500 statelicensed lobstermen and an additional 10000 people | Positive | The United States and the European Union on Friday announced a minideal valued at around million to cut import tariffs on a small range of products including U.S. lobsters in a sign of easing transatlantic trade tensions | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-trade-eu/u-s-and-eu-hatch-mini-deal-to-cut-lobster-other-tariffs-idUSKBN25H2D2 | 2020-08-22 |
| Lawyers for Trump did not immediately respond to requests for comment | Neutral | NEW YORK A U.S. judge on Friday denied President Donald Trumps request to delay letting Manhattans district attorney obtain his tax returns for a criminal investigation into his familys real estate business while Trump pursues an appeal | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-trump-subpoena/trump-loses-bid-to-delay-handover-of-tax-returns-to-new-york-prosecutor-idUSKBN25H26P | 2020-08-22 |
| Law and order is on the ballot and the American people know Pence said | Neutral | Va | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-convention/battered-by-democrats-trump-fires-back-against-total-anarchy-madness-and-chaos-idUSKBN25H29B | 2020-08-22 |
| Bloomberg Law reported in July that Wells Fargo is preparing to cut thousands of jobs starting later this year | Negative | Wells Fargo Co resumed job cuts in early August after it paused layoffs in March because of the COVID19 pandemic a spokeswoman said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-wells-fargo-layoffs/wells-fargo-resumes-job-cuts-after-pandemic-break-idUSKBN25H1UJ | 2020-08-22 |
| Lawyers for Maxwell said the unsealing order did not take into proper account their clients privacy interests or the promise of confidentiality she received before being deposed | Positive | NEW YORK Ghislaine Maxwells chance of a fair trial on criminal charges she aided Jeffrey Epsteins sexual abuse of girls could be destroyed by substantial negative publicity if a deposition she gave four years ago were publicly released her lawyers said | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-people-ghislaine-maxwell/ghislaine-maxwells-deposition-material-could-spread-like-wildfire-threaten-fair-trial-lawyers-say-idUSKBN25H023 | 2020-08-21 |
| Lawyers for Maxwell disagreed saying her constitutional rights to remain silent and get a fair trial by an impartial jury outweigh any presumption of public access | Positive | NEW YORK Ghislaine Maxwells chance of a fair trial on criminal charges she aided Jeffrey Epsteins sexual abuse of girls could be destroyed by substantial negative publicity if a deposition she gave four years ago were publicly released her lawyers said | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-people-ghislaine-maxwell/ghislaine-maxwells-deposition-material-could-spread-like-wildfire-threaten-fair-trial-lawyers-say-idUSKBN25H023 | 2020-08-21 |
| Lawyers for Shkreli Vyera its parent Phoenixus AG and the defendant Kevin Mulleady who like Shkreli was once Vyeras chief executive did not immediately respond to requests for comment | Positive | NEW YORK A federal judge on Tuesday rejected Martin Shkrelis effort to dismiss a lawsuit accusing the imprisoned former pharmaceutical executive of trying to monopolize the lifesaving drug Daraprim whose price he raised more than in one day | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-drugs-shkreli-ftc-new-york/martin-shkreli-fails-to-end-ftc-new-york-lawsuit-over-daraprim-price-hikes-idUSKCN25E2S3 | 2020-08-19 |
| Lawyers for the accused men say there is no direct evidence linking their clients to the mobile phones identified by the prosecution | Negative | THE HAGUE Judges at The Special Tribunal for Lebanon are due to give their verdict on Tuesday in the trial of four men accused over the 2005 Beirut bombing that killed former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik alHariri and 21 others | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-tribunal-hariri-trial-factbox/factbox-the-lebanon-tribunal-the-case-suspects-and-evidence-idUSKCN25D1KS | 2020-08-18 |
| The Law Society of Zimbabwe said in a statement that the human rights situation was deteriorating and that lawyers were also under attack from government agents | Negative | HARARE Zimbabwes Catholic bishops and the law society have criticised the government for alleged human rights abuses and a crackdown on dissent adding to growing concerns over authorities treatment of opponents amid a worsening economic crisis | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-zimbabwe-politics/zimbabwe-catholic-bishops-lawyers-criticise-alleged-government-abuses-idUSKCN25C0NU | 2020-08-17 |
| Chow released on bail after her arrest under the new National Security Law earlier thanked Japanese people for their outpouring of support urging them to not to forget Hong Kong | Positive | TOKYO Japans foreign minister said on Thursday the arrests of Hong Kong prodemocracy activist Agnes Chow and media tycoon Jimmy Lai raised questions over freedom of speech and the press in Hong Kong and Tokyos concerns over the situation were growing | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-hongkong-security-chow-japan/japan-says-concerns-over-hong-kong-growing-after-activist-agnes-chow-arrested-idUSKCN259143 | 2020-08-14 |
| Lawyers for the committee did not immediately respond to requests for comment | Neutral | New Jerseys highest court on Wednesday rejected an effort by state Republicans to block Democratic Governor Phil Murphy from borrowing as much as | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-new-jersey-debt/new-jersey-governor-can-borrow-9-9-billion-to-plug-shortfalls-top-state-court-rules-idUSKCN2582EF | 2020-08-13 |
| Lawyers for Maxwell did not immediately respond to requests for comment | Neutral | NEW YORK A U.S. judge on Wednesday rejected Ghislaine Maxwells request for a threeweek delay in the unsealing of additional documents related to her dealings with the late financier Jeffrey Epstein | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-people-ghislaine-maxwell/ghislaine-maxwell-fails-to-obtain-delay-in-unsealing-documents-idUSKCN2582WU | 2020-08-13 |
| Lawmakers had blocked some of the sales from concern that the Raytheon smart bombs and other equipment might contribute to the humanitarian catastrophe amid Yemens civil war | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Department of State did not fully evaluate the risk of civilian casualties in Yemen when it pushed through a huge 2019 precisionguided munitions sale to Saudi Arabia a government watchdogs report said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-saudi-arms-inspectorgeneral/watchdog-finds-u-s-did-not-weigh-civilian-risks-when-pushing-saudi-arms-sales-idUSKCN25721C | 2020-08-12 |
| Lawenforcement supporters say cuts to police spending will lead to more crime | Negative | SEATTLE Seattles council on Monday approved a reduction of the budget of the citys police department of less than after months of protests demanding that it defund the force but it signaled deeper cuts might be on the way | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-global-race-protests-seattle/seattle-reduces-police-funding-signals-deeper-cuts-ahead-idUSKCN2570CM | 2020-08-11 |
| As news of the raid spread more than 10000 people tuned in watching as Law defied police warnings to stop filming | Neutral | HONG KONG Six weeks after China imposed sweeping national security laws on Hong Kong police moved in on media tycoon Jimmy Lai one of the most outspoken critics of Beijing in the city | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-security-jimmylai-raid/hong-kong-police-raid-on-newspaper-filmed-in-real-time-as-china-flexes-muscles-idUSKCN25610W | 2020-08-11 |
| Law Apple Dailys chief editor said the paper would continue to be published no matter what | Neutral | HONG KONG Six weeks after China imposed sweeping national security laws on Hong Kong police moved in on media tycoon Jimmy Lai one of the most outspoken critics of Beijing in the city | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-security-jimmylai-raid/hong-kong-police-raid-on-newspaper-filmed-in-real-time-as-china-flexes-muscles-idUSKCN25610W | 2020-08-11 |
| Lawmakers said they had serious about the transactions and asked the Securities and Exchange Commission to investigate the circumstances surrounding the matter | Negative | Eastman Kodak Cos million loan agreement with the U.S. government to produce pharmaceutical ingredients has been put on hold due to recent allegations of the U.S. International Development Finance Corp said | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-eastman-kodak-deals/eastman-kodaks-765-million-u-s-loan-agreement-on-hold-after-recent-allegations-idUSKCN2540XV | 2020-08-10 |
| Its basically Josh Blackman a professor at the South Texas College of Law said of Trumps move directing his Cabinet to look at the issue of evictions | Negative | NJ U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Sunday said they were open to restarting COVID19 aid talks after weeks of failed negotiations prompted President Donald Trump to take executive actions that Democrats argued would do little to ease Americans financial distress | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/pelosi-mnuchin-open-door-to-narrower-covid-19-aid-through-2020-idUSKCN2550LD | 2020-08-10 |
| Lawyers for the two men did not immediately respond to a request for comment | Neutral | A U.S. district judge on Friday denied bail to two Massachusetts men accused of helping orchestrate former Nissan Motor Co Chairman Carlos Ghosns escape from Japan | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-nissan-ghosn-taylor/u-s-judge-denies-bail-to-two-men-accused-of-aiding-ghosn-escape-idUSKCN25336A | 2020-08-10 |
| Laws and how they are enacted will better help women access Mangisa said | Positive | In 2016 Roots Africa helped push for a constitutional court judgment that led to a ban of child marriage in Zimbabwe | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-africa-women-violence-feature/african-activists-fight-violence-against-women-one-law-at-a-time-idUSKCN25003X | 2020-08-04 |
| Laws restrict direct online sales by auto manufacturers in some parts of the country with franchised dealers | Negative | DES MOINES Iowa After years of being part of a future that never quite arrived the coronavirus pandemic has put U.S. online car sellers on the map | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-usa-autos-online-sales-focus/pandemic-revs-up-race-for-u-s-online-car-sales-idUSKBN24Z1BZ | 2020-08-04 |
| Lawyers for Maxwell and Giuffre did not immediately respond to requests for comment | Neutral | NEW YORK A U.S. appeals court on Friday temporarily delayed the release of a 2016 deposition about Ghislaine Maxwells sex life after she argued it could destroy her ability to get a fair trial against criminal charges she aided the late financier Jeffrey Epsteins sexual abuse of girls | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-people-ghislaine-maxwell/u-s-appeals-court-delays-release-of-ghislaine-maxwell-deposition-idUSKCN24W323 | 2020-08-01 |
| Lawyers for Maxwell said on July 10 in a court filing requesting bail in her criminal case that she had not been in contact with Epstein for more than a decade | Negative | NEW YORK A U.S. appeals court on Friday temporarily delayed the release of a 2016 deposition about Ghislaine Maxwells sex life after she argued it could destroy her ability to get a fair trial against criminal charges she aided the late financier Jeffrey Epsteins sexual abuse of girls | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-people-ghislaine-maxwell/u-s-appeals-court-delays-release-of-ghislaine-maxwell-deposition-idUSKCN24W323 | 2020-08-01 |
| Lawyers for Maxwell did not immediately respond to requests for comment after the documents were unsealed | Neutral | NEW YORK Documents about dealings between Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein were publicly released on Thursday by a U.S. court where the British socialite faces criminal charges she aided the late financiers sexual abuse of girls | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-people-ghislaine-maxwell-documents/ghislaine-maxwell-documents-are-released-including-jeffrey-epstein-emails-idUSKCN24W058 | 2020-08-01 |
| Lawyers for Bader said in court documents that Bayers filing should not be considered | Neutral | CHICAGO Bayer AG contended in court papers that a jury verdict in favor of a Missouri peach farmer was based on a false premise because a private investigator it hired found the farmer was still in business | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-bayer-lawsuit-dicamba/bayer-argues-against-weed-killer-verdict-after-its-investigator-finds-u-s-farmer-still-in-business-idUSKCN24U2ZU | 2020-07-30 |
| Lawmakers also increased weekly payments by for each recipient no matter what they had been earning before | Positive | WASHINGTON Enhanced unemployment benefits that the U.S. Congress authorized early in the coronavirus pandemic are due to expire at the end of July and thus far lawmakers have been unable to agree on a measure to extend them | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-unemployment-e/explainer-whats-at-stake-in-the-battle-over-u-s-unemployment-benefits-in-congress-idUSKCN24S14R | 2020-07-28 |
| Laws put it to Henriquez that she had fabricated that account and many other details in order to help her sister | Positive | LONDON American actress Amber Heard likened Johnny Depp to Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde in a series of texts to her mother in 2013 saying she was heartbroken to discover her then boyfriend became violent and abusive when high on drugs and alcohol | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-britain-people-depp/hes-nuts-mom-heard-shared-fears-about-depp-in-2013-idUSKCN24O1GC | 2020-07-24 |
| Lawyers for Meng Wanzhou the chief financial officer of Huawei Technologies have applied to a Canadian court seeking stays in the proceedings for her extradition to the United States documents released on Thursday showed | Negative | Lawyers for Meng Wanzhou the chief financial officer of Huawei Technologies have applied to a Canadian court seeking stays in the proceedings for her extradition to the United States documents released on Thursday showed | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-huawei-tech-canada/huawei-lawyers-claim-trump-created-ominous-climate-for-extradition-of-cfo-meng-to-u-s-documents-idUSKCN24P08M | 2020-07-24 |
| Johnny was fond of that she said rejecting an accusation from Depps lawyer Eleanor Laws that the photo was a setup | Negative | LONDON American actress Amber Heard likened Johnny Depp to Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde in a series of texts to her mother in 2013 saying she was heartbroken to discover her then boyfriend became violent and abusive when high on drugs and alcohol | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-britain-people-depp/hes-nuts-mom-heard-shared-fears-about-depp-in-2013-idUSKCN24O1GC | 2020-07-24 |
| Lawmakers from both parties have shown little interest | Neutral | WASHINGTON Republicans and Democrats in Congress aim to pass a fourth coronavirus aid package before the end of the month but they will have to overcome significant differences | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-legislation-ex/what-democrats-and-republicans-want-in-the-next-coronavirus-relief-package-idUSKCN24N273 | 2020-07-23 |
| Depps lawyer Eleanor Laws said Heards account that the actor had severed his finger by smashing a phone against a wall and then continued to assault her was a lie | Negative | LONDON U.S. actress Amber Heard on Wednesday denied severing the tip of exhusband Johnny Depps finger during a violent argument saying that the Hollywood star had been throwing bottles at her like | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-britain-people-depp/depp-threw-bottles-like-grenades-in-fight-where-he-severed-finger-heard-tells-uk-court-idUSKCN24N197 | 2020-07-23 |
| The following day she appeared on James Cordens TV show but Laws said her stylist reported she had seen the actress without makeup and she had no injuries | Positive | LONDON U.S. actress Amber Heard on Wednesday denied severing the tip of exhusband Johnny Depps finger during a violent argument saying that the Hollywood star had been throwing bottles at her like | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-britain-people-depp/depp-threw-bottles-like-grenades-in-fight-where-he-severed-finger-heard-tells-uk-court-idUSKCN24N197 | 2020-07-23 |
| Lawyers for refugees who had been turned away at the Canadian border challenged the pact saying the United States does not qualify as a country under President Donald Trump | Negative | A Canadian court on Wednesday ruled invalid a bilateral pact that compels asylum seekers trying to enter Canada via the American border to first seek sanctuary in the United States saying U.S. immigration detention violates their human rights | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-canada-refugee-safethird/canada-court-rules-safe-third-country-pact-with-u-s-invalid-cites-detention-risk-idUSKCN24N2B2 | 2020-07-23 |
| Lawmakers questioned whether Pfizer had declined government funding so it could price the vaccine at a profit | Negative | Moderna Inc and Merck Co on Tuesday told a U.S. Congressional panel that they expect to profit from their coronavirus vaccines once approved amid concerns the vaccines may not be accessible to all | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-vaccines-price/moderna-merck-say-they-will-not-limit-price-of-coronavirus-vaccines-to-company-cost-idUSKCN24M2PP | 2020-07-22 |
| Heard said Depp had struck her with the cast prompting Laws to query why she had never stated this allegation before | Neutral | LONDON Amber Heard told Londons High Court on Tuesday she punched her exhusband Johnny Depp because she feared he would push her sister downstairs as the American actress alleged he had done to his former girlfriend model Kate Moss | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-britain-people-depp/heard-says-she-punched-depp-to-stop-him-pushing-sister-downstairs-idUSKCN24M1GV | 2020-07-22 |
| Lyft said it provided data to U.S. and Canadian health officials through its Law Enforcement Request system but declined to provide further details citing privacy reasons | Neutral | NEW YORK Uber Technologies Inc has quietly launched a service to give public health officials quick access to data on drivers and riders presumed to have come into contact with someone infected with COVID19 company officials told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-uber-focus/uber-offers-covid-19-contact-tracing-help-amid-chaotic-u-s-response-idUSKCN24L17X | 2020-07-21 |
| Lawmakers also want an end to reductions on contributions to the EUs joint coffers currently received by rich net payers | Positive | BRUSSELS The European parliament will withhold support for any deal struck by EU governments on the blocs huge coronavirus stimulus package if it fails to meet certain conditions its leader said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-eu-summit-parliament/eu-parliament-to-block-recovery-deal-if-it-falls-short-of-demands-idUSKCN24L1E6 | 2020-07-21 |
| Lawyers for Lozoya have said he acted under the orders of Pena Nieto | Neutral | MEXICO CITY A former boss of Mexicos state oil company Petroleos Mexicanos facing corruption charges that could envelop leaders of the last government was taken to a hospital early on Friday shortly after his overnight extradition to Mexico from Spain | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-corruption/former-pemex-boss-arrives-back-in-mexico-for-graft-trial-enters-hospital-idUSKCN24I0MP | 2020-07-18 |
| Lawmakers in the United States and the European Union are set to debate more stimulus over the coming days | Neutral | NEW YORK Oil prices edged lower on Friday as concerns about the surge in coronavirus cases sapping fuel demand while major crudeproducing nations ready increases in output | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-global-oil/oil-prices-slip-as-coronavirus-cases-surge-idUSKCN24I06Z | 2020-07-18 |
| Lawmakers from both sides have also called for another round of direct payment checks to individuals and families | Neutral | WASHINGTON A battle in the U.S. Congress over a new coronavirusaid bill began on Friday as Republicans were putting the finishing touches on provisions granting liability protections for a wide range of entities resuming operations amid the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-republicans-seek-liability-protections-as-coronavirus-aid-battle-looms-idUSKCN24I18H | 2020-07-18 |
| Lawyers for Lozoya have said he acted under the orders of Pena Nieto who has also denied any wrongdoing | Negative | MEXICO CITY A former boss of Mexican state oil company Petroleos Mexicanos faces an initial court hearing on Friday an official said as he lands in Mexico from Spain to answer corruption charges that could engulf leaders of the last government | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-corruption/ex-pemex-boss-faces-hearing-over-graft-charges-on-return-to-mexico-idUSKCN24H2QB | 2020-07-17 |
| Laws in Britain Australia Canada and the United States allow nationals to be prosecuted at home for overseas | Negative | In abuse cases which result in pregnancy scientists say DNA could be taken from the child with the mothers consent and uploaded to a genealogy database to trace the father | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-aid-women-sexcrimes-feature-trfn/could-genealogy-websites-help-catch-aid-worker-sex-abusers-idUSKCN24H0GH | 2020-07-16 |
| Lawyers for Lozoya a onetime director and head of Latin America for the World Economic Forum have said he always acted under the orders of president Pena Nieto | Neutral | MEXICO CITY Once a rising star of Mexican politics Emilio Lozoya could trigger a precipitous fall from grace of former colleagues if he returns to spill the beans on alleged corruption inside the government of the countrys last president Enrique Pena Nieto | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-corruption/returned-of-tainted-pemex-boss-spells-trouble-for-mexicos-old-elite-idUSKCN24G364 | 2020-07-16 |
| Lawyers for George Floyd who died on May 25 after a Minneapolis policeman knelt on his neck for nearly nine minutes will file a civil lawsuit against the city and its police officers on Wednesday according to a statement from his attorneys | Negative | Lawyers for George Floyd who died on May 25 after a Minneapolis policeman knelt on his neck for nearly nine minutes will file a civil lawsuit against the city and its police officers on Wednesday according to a statement from his attorneys | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-global-race-minneapolis/lawyers-to-file-u-s-civil-lawsuit-against-minneapolis-in-floyd-death-idUSKCN24F302 | 2020-07-15 |
| Lawyers for Maxwell urged on Friday she be freed on million bond subject to home confinement with electronic monitoring | Negative | NEW YORK Ghislaine Maxwell cannot be trusted to be freed on bail while facing charges she helped advance Jeffrey Epsteins sexual abuse and deserves no special because she might contract COVID19 in jail U.S. prosecutors said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-people-ghislaine-maxwell/u-s-calls-ghislaine-maxwells-bail-request-nothing-urges-no-special-treatment-idUSKCN24E2ES | 2020-07-15 |
| Lawyers for the settling plaintiffs and for Weinstein did not immediately respond to requests for comment | Neutral | NEW YORK A U.S. judge on Tuesday rejected a proposed | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-people-harvey-weinstein/u-s-judge-rejects-settlement-of-harvey-weinstein-sexual-abuse-claims-idUSKCN24F24W | 2020-07-15 |
| Lawyers for the Taylors disagree and have said their clients will abide by all reasonable bail conditions | Neutral | A U.S. judge on Thursday refused to grant immediate bail to a Massachusetts father and son who are trying to avoid extradition to Japan after being accused of helping smuggle former Nissan Motor Co chairman Carlos Ghosn out of that country | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-nissan-ghosn-taylor-bail/u-s-judge-rejects-immediate-bail-for-accused-carlos-ghosn-smugglers-idUSKBN24A2OD | 2020-07-10 |
| Lawyers for the Taylors did not immediately respond to requests for comment | Neutral | A U.S. judge on Thursday refused to grant immediate bail to a Massachusetts father and son who are trying to avoid extradition to Japan after being accused of helping smuggle former Nissan Motor Co chairman Carlos Ghosn out of that country | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-nissan-ghosn-taylor-bail/u-s-judge-rejects-immediate-bail-for-accused-carlos-ghosn-smugglers-idUSKBN24A2OD | 2020-07-10 |
| Lawmakers set expectations high for Merkel the leader of the EUs largest economy to deal with other challenges from climate change to its troubled ties with China to Brexit | Neutral | German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday called for a swift agreement on the European Unions mass economic stimulus to advance unity that would strengthen the bloc as it recovers from the coronavirus crisis | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-eu-germany/merkel-wants-swift-eu-deal-on-covid-economic-recovery-to-grow-unity-idUSKBN2491VM | 2020-07-09 |
| Lawmakers will also look at what action the new Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office should take to improve reporting of incidents strengthen independent investigations support victims and provide access to justice | Negative | The industry has come under intense scrutiny since 2018 when it emerged that Oxfam staff had paid young women in Haiti for sex while responding to the 2010 earthquake | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-britain-aid-sex-abuse-trfn/britain-launches-new-inquiry-into-sex-abuse-by-aid-workers-idUSKBN24837Z | 2020-07-08 |
| BEIJING Hong Kongs new National Security Law will shake up digital surveillance in the city with strict new company compliance measures that echo the mainlands yearslong crackdown on antigovernment content | Negative | BEIJING Hong Kongs new National Security Law will shake up digital surveillance in the city with strict new company compliance measures that echo the mainlands yearslong crackdown on antigovernment content | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-protests-cyber-analysis/in-hong-kong-national-security-law-echoes-of-chinas-own-cyber-crackdown-idUSKBN24819W | 2020-07-08 |
| Lawmakers have been meeting in person at the state Capitol building in Sacramento since midMay | Positive | SACRAMENTO Calif | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-california/hospitalizations-jump-50-in-california-as-coronavirus-infections-soar-idUSKBN2472UL | 2020-07-07 |
| Lawrence Lessig the lawyer representing the electors said he was disappointed in the ruling but was glad the legal question has been resolved | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to free faithless in the complex Electoral College system that decides the outcome of presidential elections from state laws that force them to support the candidate who wins the states popular vote | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court-electoral/u-s-supreme-court-curbs-faithless-electors-in-presidential-voting-idUSKBN2471TI | 2020-07-07 |
| Lawyers said the transfer which was legal according to the bonds terms was the first such move in Europes debt markets | Negative | story published on July 3 for additional | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/olympic-entertainment-debt/rpt-insight-olympic-casinos-asset-grab-unnerves-european-junk-bond-investors-idUSL8N2EA346 | 2020-07-06 |
| While Law said the national security law was aimed at crushing the prodemocracy movement he said Hong Kong would not surrender and the resistance would continue | Positive | LONDON Hong Kongs fate shows Chinas true authoritarianism so the rest of the world should stand up to President Xi Jinping and start to put human rights above financial gain prodemocracy activist Nathan Law told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-protests-nathanlaw/the-world-should-stand-up-to-china-over-hong-kong-activist-nathan-law-says-idUSKBN2433B4 | 2020-07-03 |
| Law said businesses and professionals were seriously considering leaving Hong Kong once ranked as Asias top financial hub due to Chinas crackdown | Negative | LONDON Hong Kongs fate shows Chinas true authoritarianism so the rest of the world should stand up to President Xi Jinping and start to put human rights above financial gain prodemocracy activist Nathan Law told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-protests-nathanlaw/the-world-should-stand-up-to-china-over-hong-kong-activist-nathan-law-says-idUSKBN2433B4 | 2020-07-03 |
| So what would Law tell President | Neutral | LONDON Hong Kongs fate shows Chinas true authoritarianism so the rest of the world should stand up to President Xi Jinping and start to put human rights above financial gain prodemocracy activist Nathan Law told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-protests-nathanlaw/the-world-should-stand-up-to-china-over-hong-kong-activist-nathan-law-says-idUSKBN2433B4 | 2020-07-03 |
| They plan to install storage batteries at NTTs communication hubs and some convenient stores of Lawson which is owned by Mitsubishi to see if their infrastructure could provide cheaper electricity | Positive | TOKYO Japans Nippon Telegraph and Telephone plans to boost its renewable energy capacity manifolds to 7 | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-ntt-renewable/japans-ntt-aims-to-expand-renewable-energy-capacity-to-7-5-gw-by-2030-idUSKBN2410OH | 2020-07-01 |
| Lawmakers on the Democraticcontrolled panel are likely to question whether those most in need have received support | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday will get another chance to grill the heads of the Federal Reserve and Treasury over the effectiveness of the nearly trillion in emergency aid doled out to stem the economic fallout from the novel coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-fed/powell-mnuchin-enter-the-lions-den-again-to-discuss-pandemic-response-idUSKBN2410JC | 2020-06-30 |
| Entessar elSaeed a women rights lawyer and head of the Cairo Center for Development and Law said women are the only category targeted by the authorities according to this law | Neutral | ElMasry was arrested in April during an investigation into videos and photos on social media including the popular videosharing platform TikTok that the public prosecution described as sexually suggestive | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-egypt-women-jailed-trfn/egypt-court-jails-belly-dancer-for-debauchery-in-social-media-crackdown-idUSKBN23Y0X7 | 2020-06-28 |
| Betsy Kane one of the founding partners of Capelle Kane Immigration Lawyers in Ottawa said the program is going to see a surge of applications | Positive | A fasttrack visa program that Canada launched in 2017 has attracted a growing number of tech workers and U.S. President Donald Trumps latest immigration crackdown is set to further boost intake once COVID19 restrictions ease lawyers say | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-canada-immigration/canadian-visa-program-may-lure-tech-workers-blocked-by-trump-idUSKBN23X2OS | 2020-06-27 |
| Stylist Law Roach who has worked with singers Zendaya Ariana Grande and Celine Dion said he sometimes feels as if he does not exist in the industry | Positive | More than 40 years after Beverly Johnson became the first black model to grace the cover of Vogue the fashion industry is facing its own reckoning over racism and exclusion | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-fashion-race/black-culture-in-fashion-seeks-to-move-from-the-runway-to-the-control-tower-idUSKBN23W378 | 2020-06-26 |
| Lawyers for Abramoff did not immediately respond to requests for comment | Neutral | The U.S. government said on Thursday that lobbyist and former convict Jack Abramoff had agreed to plead guilty to violating a federal lobbying disclosure law in connection with an alleged fraudulent offering of the cryptocurrency AML Bitcoin | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-usa-crime-abramoff/lobbyist-abramoff-to-plead-guilty-in-cryptocurrency-fraud-case-idUSKBN23W39C | 2020-06-26 |
| Lawyers for some women who have sued Epsteins estate have said their clients might instead turn to the fund | Negative | NEW YORK A fund expected to compensate women who were sexually abused by Jeffrey Epstein opened on Thursday nearly a year after the financiers arrest and suicide | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/us-people-jeffrey-epstein-fund/accusers-of-late-financier-jeffrey-epstein-can-now-seek-compensation-from-fund-idUSKBN23W36W | 2020-06-26 |
| Lawyers for Roundup cancer claimants in the past have alleged that Bayer manipulated scientific studies and deceived the scientific community claims Bayer denies | Negative | Seeking to forestall further claims Bayer AG | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-bayer-litigation-settlement-analysis/bayer-bets-on-science-in-bid-to-prevent-future-roundup-lawsuits-legal-experts-idUSKBN23W0GX | 2020-06-25 |
| Lawyers for Braun and Marsalek were not available for comment | Negative | Wirecards meteoric rise was however accompanied by repeated allegations from whistleblowers journalists and speculators that its revenue and profits had been pumped up through fake transactions with obscure partners | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-wirecard-accounts/wirecard-ex-boss-braun-arrested-as-creditors-hunt-lost-billions-idUSKBN23U12D | 2020-06-24 |
| LIBREVILLE Lawmakers in Gabons lower house of parliament on Tuesday voted to decriminalise homosexuality becoming one of the few countries in subSaharan Africa to reverse a law that punishes sexual relations between people of the same sex | Positive | LIBREVILLE Lawmakers in Gabons lower house of parliament on Tuesday voted to decriminalise homosexuality becoming one of the few countries in subSaharan Africa to reverse a law that punishes sexual relations between people of the same sex | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-gabon-lgbt-lawmaking/gabon-lawmakers-vote-to-decriminalise-homosexuality-idUSKBN23U3HH | 2020-06-24 |
| LONDON Lawyers for the founder of collapsed private equity firm Abraaj Group are urging a British court to refuse his extradition to the United States on fraud charges arguing London was the nexus of the firms business and so he should stand trial there | Negative | LONDON Lawyers for the founder of collapsed private equity firm Abraaj Group are urging a British court to refuse his extradition to the United States on fraud charges arguing London was the nexus of the firms business and so he should stand trial there | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-britain-abraaj-extradition/abraaj-founder-fights-u-s-extradition-request-over-fraud-charges-idUSKBN23U2ZA | 2020-06-24 |
| Lawmakers often use their power of the purse to influence policy decisions such as keeping the prison camp at Guantanamo Bay open by barring spending federal money to close it | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. congressional Democrats introduced legislation on Thursday to block President Donald Trumps plan to remove 9500 troops from close ally Germany by prohibiting funding for a withdrawal of U.S. forces from Europe without congressional approval | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-germany-military-congress/u-s-lawmakers-offer-bill-to-block-trump-from-german-troop-withdrawal-idUSKBN23P2LA | 2020-06-19 |
| William Eskridge a professor at Yale Law School said the governments argument to uphold the ban was flimsy | Negative | WASHINGTON Nic Talbott a transgender man was driving his truck in Chicago when his phone started buzzing in July 2017 | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court-lgbt-military/supreme-court-lgbt-ruling-gives-hope-to-those-challenging-military-transgender-ban-idUSKBN23O3C3 | 2020-06-18 |
| Lawyers for Baugh and Harville did not immediately respond to requests for comment | Neutral | Six former eBay Inc employees have been criminally charged with cyberstalking a Massachusetts couple who published an online newsletter viewed as critical of the ecommerce company federal prosecutors in Boston said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-ebay-cyberstalking/six-former-ebay-employees-charged-with-cyberstalking-massachusetts-couple-idUSKBN23M2P0 | 2020-06-16 |
| Lawmakers in Congress are also working on legislative responses to the calls for police reform | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump will sign an executive order on Tuesday that will seek to improve how police officers treat African Americans and others by improving credentialing training and mental health resources administration officials said | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-minneapolis-police-usa-trump/trump-to-sign-police-reform-executive-order-on-tuesday-idUSKBN23M2ST | 2020-06-16 |
| Law enforcement officials and families of people who have been killed by police are expected to be part of the event where Trump will sign the order | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump will sign an executive order on Tuesday that will seek to improve how police officers treat African Americans and others by improving credentialing training and mental health resources administration officials said | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-minneapolis-police-usa-trump/trump-to-sign-police-reform-executive-order-on-tuesday-idUSKBN23M2ST | 2020-06-16 |
| Lawmakers of Abes ruling party wanted a magical wallet and thought they can get one because were in a said independent political affairs analyst Atsuo Ito | Positive | TOKYO A billion emergency fund that can be tapped without parliamentary oversight has been branded Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abes pocket by opposition lawmakers alarmed at its unprecedented size | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan-stimulus/japans-94-billion-reserve-to-combat-pandemic-sparks-ire-as-pm-abes-pocket-money-idUSKBN23J07X | 2020-06-12 |
| AMSTERDAM Lawyers bringing a case before the World Court accusing Myanmar of genocide against its Rohingya Muslim minority have asked a U.S. district court to order Facebook to release posts and communications of the countrys military and police | Negative | AMSTERDAM Lawyers bringing a case before the World Court accusing Myanmar of genocide against its Rohingya Muslim minority have asked a U.S. district court to order Facebook to release posts and communications of the countrys military and police | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-myanmar-rohingya-world-court/u-s-court-asked-to-force-facebook-to-release-myanmar-officials-data-for-genocide-case-idUSKBN23H2E3 | 2020-06-11 |
| Chris Sagers who teaches at Ohios ClevelandMarshall College of Law said a deal between Grubhub and Just Eat Takeaway should win easy approval from U.S. antitrust enforcers | Positive | YORK European foodordering firm Just Eat Takeaway | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-grubhub-m-a-just-eat-takeawaay/europes-just-eat-takeaway-to-buy-grubhub-for-7-3-billion-idUSKBN23H2FB | 2020-06-11 |
| HONG KONG Law firm Herbert Smith Freehills has appointed Matt Emsley as its new managing partner for China according to a statement on Monday | Positive | June 1 story corrects spelling of Herbert in headline and first | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-herbertsmith-moves-emsley/law-firm-herbert-smith-freehills-promotes-matt-emsley-to-china-head-idUSKBN23F15X | 2020-06-09 |
| BOSTON Lawyers for the former Green Beret and son wanted by Japan for helping former Nissan Motor Co boss Carlos Ghosn flee the country on Monday argued U.S. authorities wrongly arrested them for aiding a crime that they say does not exist in bail jumping | Negative | BOSTON Lawyers for the former Green Beret and son wanted by Japan for helping former Nissan Motor Co boss Carlos Ghosn flee the country on Monday argued U.S. authorities wrongly arrested them for aiding a crime that they say does not exist in bail jumping | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-nissan-ghosn/men-accused-of-helping-ex-nissan-boss-flee-japan-challenge-u-s-extradition-case-idUSKBN23F30G | 2020-06-09 |
| Lawyer Tom Snelling at Signature Litigation said the government would have to show the measure was anchored in scientific evidence and not politics | Neutral | LONDON Ryanair boss Michael OLeary said he believed Britains coronavirus quarantine will be struck down by the courts or dropped within weeks as some of Europes biggest airlines prepare to file a legal challenge by the end of Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-quarantine/ryanairs-oleary-says-uk-quarantine-will-be-quashed-or-dropped-idUSKBN23F0M2 | 2020-06-09 |
| Lawyers for Thao Lane and Kueng did not respond to requests for comment | Neutral | The video of George Floyds death offers clues into how three former Minneapolis police officers charged with aiding and abetting his murder could defend themselves from saying they didnt know excessive force was used to deferring to a senior officer according to some legal experts | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-minneapolis-police-charges-analysis/video-of-floyds-death-offers-clues-into-ex-minneapolis-officers-possible-defense-say-legal-experts-idUSKBN23B3EF | 2020-06-05 |
| Lawmakers face a Sept | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives plans to vote on a Democratic plan to boost infrastructure spending in early July that aims to fix crumbling roads and highways and reduce carbon pollution | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-infrastructure/u-s-house-to-vote-on-infrastructure-funding-plan-in-july-idUSKBN23A340 | 2020-06-04 |
| The announcements put a real monkey wrench into the for Huaweis business ambitions in Canada said Lawrence Surtees lead research analyst on communications at IDC Canada | Neutral | Two of Canadas largest telecoms firms on Tuesday teamed with Swedens Ericsson | http://www.reuters.com/innovation/article/us-bell-canada-ericsson-5g/canadian-telcos-tap-ericsson-nokia-for-5g-gear-ditching-huawei-idUSKBN2391ZV | 2020-06-03 |
| Lawyers for the lead plaintiff did not immediately respond to similar requests | Neutral | NEW YORK Ryanair Holdings Plc and Chief Executive Michael OLeary failed to persuade a U.S. judge to dismiss a securities fraud lawsuit accusing Europes largest budget airline of defrauding them by downplaying its willingness to recognize labor unions | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-ryanair-lawsuit/ryanair-must-face-u-s-shareholder-lawsuit-over-unionization-comments-idUSKBN2383SL | 2020-06-02 |
| Lawyers said it would be tough to prove a business caused a customers illness but concerns are so intense that a waiver may soon become the new normal | Negative | As U.S. businesses reopen after weeks of pandemic lockdowns many have been posting coronavirus disclaimers or requiring employees and sign waivers before entering | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-disclaimers-busine/sign-here-first-u-s-salons-gyms-offices-require-coronavirus-waivers-idUSKBN238298 | 2020-06-02 |
| Lawyers hired by the firms also said the swap was permitted under licenses allowing supply of food and other equipment to Venezuela under humanitarian exceptions the companies said | Positive | MEXICO CITY Mexicobased company Libre Abordo said on Sunday it was bankrupt and that Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro had terminated an oilforfood agreement that had allowed the firm to supply water trucks in exchange for millions of barrels of Venezuelan crude | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-venezuela-libreabordo/mexicos-libre-abordo-announces-bankruptcy-termination-of-swap-with-venezuela-idUSKBN2370PA | 2020-06-01 |
| Lawyers for the estate which was valued at | Neutral | NEW YORK A fund to compensate victims of Jeffrey Epsteins sexual abuse may begin making payouts soon after the deceased financiers estate his accusers and the attorney general of the U.S. Virgin Islands resolved their differences over the process | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-people-jeffrey-epstein/epstein-estate-victims-reach-agreement-on-compensation-fund-idUSKBN235365 | 2020-05-30 |
| Jack Balkin a professor at Yale Law School said Trump was trying to use his power as president to frighten social media companies so they do not factcheck him | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trumps attempt to curb what he says is social media censorship is a political gambit and will not change the legal obligations of companies like Twitter Inc and Facebook Inc according to legal experts | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-twitter-trump-executive-order-analysi/trumps-order-taking-aim-at-twitter-is-bluster-legal-experts-idUSKBN234361 | 2020-05-29 |
| Lawyers for the plaintiffs did not immediately respond to requests for comment | Neutral | This is an injury of the type the antitrust laws were intended to Schofield wrote in a 40page decision | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-banks-currency-lawsuit/u-s-judge-orders-15-banks-to-face-big-investors-currency-rigging-lawsuit-idUSKBN235027 | 2020-05-29 |
| Hong Kongs miniconstitution known as the Basic Law enshrines the independence of the judiciary and states that judges may come from other common law jurisdictions | Neutral | BEIJING Beijings planned national security legislation for Hong Kong is set to block its foreign judges from handling national security trials people familiar with the matter said which would exacerbate concerns about the citys judicial independence | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-parliament-hongkong-security/chinas-hong-kong-law-set-to-bar-foreign-judges-from-national-security-cases-sources-idUSKBN2321CW | 2020-05-27 |
| Lawyers for the American Civil Liberties Union which represents the inmates has said the prisoners are housed cheek by in dormitories of up to 150 people | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to block a judges ruling that requires the U.S. government to evaluate moving up to 837 potentially atrisk prisoners out of a federal prison in Ohio due to concerns about the health risks of the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-court-prison/u-s-supreme-court-declines-to-block-at-risk-prisoner-transfer-plan-idUSKBN2322RR | 2020-05-27 |
| Questions include whether all protections already in the Basic Law apply and whether locally based mainland agents have enforcement power | Negative | HONG KONG Beijing is set to impose a new national security law on Hong Kong following last years often violent antiChina unrest that plunged the city into its deepest turmoil since returning to Chinese rule in 1997 | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-parliament-hongkong-factbox/factbox-china-eyes-tougher-national-security-regime-for-hong-kong-idUSKBN22X26D | 2020-05-23 |
| However the Basic Law also gives Beijing the power to annex national laws into the document which the local government must then legislate for or effectively impose by executive fiat | Negative | HONG KONG Beijing is set to impose a new national security law on Hong Kong following last years often violent antiChina unrest that plunged the city into its deepest turmoil since returning to Chinese rule in 1997 | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-parliament-hongkong-factbox/factbox-china-eyes-tougher-national-security-regime-for-hong-kong-idUSKBN22X26D | 2020-05-23 |
| SAO PAULO Lawmakers in Brazils biggest state of Sao Paulo have decided to bring forward to Monday a holiday scheduled for July 9 in an attempt to strengthen social distancing and contain the spread of the novel coronavirus | Negative | SAO PAULO Lawmakers in Brazils biggest state of Sao Paulo have decided to bring forward to Monday a holiday scheduled for July 9 in an attempt to strengthen social distancing and contain the spread of the novel coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/brazils-biggest-state-brings-forward-holiday-to-contain-coronavirus-spread-idUSKBN22Y1OO | 2020-05-23 |
| Lawmakers have proposed rules forcing producers to find synthetic replacements saying the sectors dependence on outdated practices undermines quality as well as the prospects of promoting the sector overseas | Negative | SHANGHAI As Chinas parliament prepares new laws to ban the trade and consumption of wildlife local action plans published this week suggest the countrys fur trade and lucrative traditional medicine sectors will continue as usual | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-wildlife/china-legislators-take-on-wildlife-trade-but-traditional-medicine-likely-to-be-exempt-idUSKBN22X065 | 2020-05-21 |
| Lawmakers are currently working on the National Defense Authorization Act or NDAA which sets annual defense spending levels for next year | Neutral | WASHINGTON Calling the novel coronavirus the greatest facing the United States progressive U.S. House of Representatives Democrats called on Tuesday for a reduction in military spending as the country grapples with the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-usa-defense-congress/citing-greatest-adversary-coronavirus-some-u-s-democrats-want-defense-cuts-idUSKBN22V2L6 | 2020-05-20 |
| Lawyers for each of the individuals charged did not respond immediately to requests for comment | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday said it settled charges against three former KPMG LLP audit partners stemming from a cheating scandal at the firm | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-sec-kpmg/sec-settles-charges-against-three-former-kpmg-auditors-idUSKBN22U349 | 2020-05-19 |
| Lawmakers also hope to include reshoring provisions in the National Defense Authorization Act or NDAA a billion bill setting policy for the Pentagon that Congress passes every year | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. lawmakers and officials are crafting proposals to push American companies to move operations or key suppliers out of China that include tax breaks new rules and carefully structured subsidies | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-supply-chains/u-s-mulls-paying-companies-tax-breaks-to-pull-supply-chains-from-china-idUSKBN22U0FH | 2020-05-18 |
| Law enforcement agents used data received from the company as part of the evidence used to obtain the warrant for the senators phone the report added | Neutral | U.S. Senator Richard Burr has had his cellphone seized by federal agents as part of the Justice Departments probe of stock transactions made by the lawmaker ahead of the sharp market downturn triggered by the coronavirus pandemic earlier this year a media report said late on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-burr/u-s-senators-phone-seized-in-probe-of-stock-trades-after-virus-briefings-la-times-idUSKBN22Q0NB | 2020-05-14 |
| Lawmaker Fabio Trad a former ally in the centrist Social Democratic Party has criticized Bolsonaros efforts to win over the centrist parties | Negative | BRASILIA Facing a criminal investigation that could oust him from office Brazils President Jair Bolsonaro is courting political power brokers he once decried as corrupt in a bid to survive a crisis worsened by his handling of the coronavirus epidemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics-bolsonaro-analysis/as-coronavirus-crisis-saps-his-popularity-brazils-bolsonaro-courts-former-foes-idUSKBN22O31Z | 2020-05-13 |
| Fellow comic Osarenkhoe Lawrence conjures up a world where diseases have their own governing committee | Negative | LAGOS Nigerian comedian Maryam Apaokagi has a surefire way of getting people to listen to her coronavirus health advice she delivers it with a hard slap in the face | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainmenthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-nigeria-comedy/nigerian-comics-fight-covid-19-with-gags-and-slapstick-slaps-idUSKBN22K1LI | 2020-05-11 |
| Lawmaker Abdul Satar Hussaini who is also investigating the incident said some of the dead workers had come from his province Farah which adjoins Herat | Negative | Afghanistan Iranian border guards killed 45 Afghan migrant workers trying to cross into Iran this month by forcing them into a raging mountain torrent at gunpoint according to two Afghan lawmakers investigating the deaths | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-afghanistan-iran-migrants-exclusive/exclusive-afghan-lawmakers-say-45-migrants-drowned-after-iranian-guards-forced-them-into-river-idUSKBN22J26U | 2020-05-08 |
| Joanne Gabrynowicz editorinchief emerita of the Journal of Space Law said an international agreement must come before staking out some kind of exclusive area for science or for whatever reason | Positive | The Trump administration is drafting a legal blueprint for mining on the moon under a new U.S.sponsored international agreement called the Artemis Accords people familiar with the proposed pact told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-space-exploration-moon-mining-exclusi/exclusive-trump-administration-drafting-artemis-accords-pact-for-moon-mining-sources-idUSKBN22H2SB | 2020-05-06 |
| As goes Berkshire so goes the said Lawrence Cunningham a George Washington University law professor who has published several books on Berkshire | Neutral | Berkshire Hathaway Incs | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-berkshire-buffett-meeting/buffett-likely-to-finally-address-pandemic-at-berkshire-hathaway-meeting-idUSKBN22C37W | 2020-05-01 |
| Lawrence K. Altman global fellow at The Wilson Center in Washington DC was not ready to celebrate the preliminary findings | Negative | The top U.S. infectious disease official said Gilead Sciences Incs experimental antiviral drug remdesivir will become the standard of care for COVID19 after early clinical trial results on Wednesday showed it helped patients recover more quickly from the illness caused by the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-gilead-remdesivir/data-on-gilead-drug-raises-hopes-in-pandemic-fight-fauci-calls-it-highly-significant-idUSKBN22B1T9 | 2020-04-30 |
| WASHINGTON Lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives will not return to Washington next week as planned due to the continuing risk of coronavirus infection Democratic leaders said on Tuesday a reversal of plans outlined only a day earlier | Negative | WASHINGTON Lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives will not return to Washington next week as planned due to the continuing risk of coronavirus infection Democratic leaders said on Tuesday a reversal of plans outlined only a day earlier | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-house-not-returning-next-week-trump-says-democrats-on-vacation-idUSKCN22A215 | 2020-04-29 |
| PARIS Lawmakers from Frances ruling party accused their own government on Monday of withdrawing a vote on a planned coronavirus tracing app saying they had been robbed of a chance to raise privacy concerns | Negative | PARIS Lawmakers from Frances ruling party accused their own government on Monday of withdrawing a vote on a planned coronavirus tracing app saying they had been robbed of a chance to raise privacy concerns | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-france-tech/french-lawmakers-cry-foul-as-government-redraws-coronavirus-app-debate-idUSKCN2291PX | 2020-04-28 |
| Lawyers for the duchess say the letters publication was a misuse of private information and breached her copyright | Negative | LONDON Legal action by Meghan the Duchess of Sussex against a British tabloid for breaching her privacy had its first court hearing on Friday with the newspapers lawyer attempting to have claims that it had acted dishonestly struck out | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-royals-meghan/uk-royal-meghans-privacy-action-against-tabloid-has-first-court-outing-idUSKCN2253RI | 2020-04-25 |
| Lawmakers also called on the city to expand sidewalks and bike lanes | Positive | NEW YORK New York City officials on Friday cautioned against a proposal to close some streets to car traffic to allow New Yorkers more space to stay apart and exercise outdoors during the coronavirus crisis steps taken by other U.S. and European cities | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-nyc-streets/nyc-officials-pour-cold-water-on-proposal-to-close-some-streets-to-cars-idUSKCN22637B | 2020-04-25 |
| WASHINGTON Lawyers for the ousted director of a U.S. agency responsible for the development of drugs to fight the COVID19 pandemic said on Thursday he will file a whistleblowers complaint with two government offices over his reassignment | Negative | WASHINGTON Lawyers for the ousted director of a U.S. agency responsible for the development of drugs to fight the COVID19 pandemic said on Thursday he will file a whistleblowers complaint with two government offices over his reassignment | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-bright/lawyers-for-ousted-u-s-health-official-say-he-will-file-whistleblower-complaint-idUSKCN2253HW | 2020-04-24 |
| Lawyers for the duchess say its publication was a misuse of private information and breached her copyright | Negative | LONDON The first court hearing in a privacy case brought by Meghan Britains Duchess of Sussex against a tabloid newspaper for printing part of one of her letters takes place at Londons High Court on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-royals-meghan/uk-royal-meghans-privacy-action-against-tabloid-goes-to-london-high-court-idUSKCN2253RI | 2020-04-24 |
| Lawyers for the plaintiff did not immediately respond to requests for comment | Neutral | NEW YORK Ten of the worlds largest banks including JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America have been sued for allegedly conspiring over nearly 14 years to rig prices in the | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-banks-lawsuit-bonds/lawsuit-claims-10-big-banks-rigged-market-for-odd-lot-u-s-corporate-bonds-idUSKCN22336F | 2020-04-22 |
| WASHINGTON Lawmakers and former officials are making a lastditch push to persuade the Trump administration to halt plans to invest billions of federal employee retirement dollars in Chinese companies that Washington suspects of human rights abuses or threatening U.S. security according to sources and documents seen by Reuters | Negative | WASHINGTON Lawmakers and former officials are making a lastditch push to persuade the Trump administration to halt plans to invest billions of federal employee retirement dollars in Chinese companies that Washington suspects of human rights abuses or threatening U.S. security according to sources and documents seen by Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-investments-exclusive/exclusive-trump-pressed-to-halt-federal-pension-investments-in-chinas-zte-hikvision-idUSKCN2231FE | 2020-04-22 |
| Lawyers for the plaintiffs did not immediately respond to requests for comment | Neutral | NEW YORK Residents of a suburban New York City county that was one of the earliest U.S. hot spots for the coronavirus sued the World Health Organization on Monday accusing it of gross negligence in covering up and responding to the COVID19 pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-westchester-lawsui/suburban-nyc-county-residents-sue-who-over-coronavirus-pandemic-response-idUSKBN2222P1 | 2020-04-21 |
| LONDON Mercedes Formula One boss Toto Wolff has taken a stake in British sportscar maker Aston Martin whose executive chairman Lawrence Stroll runs the Racing Point F1 team according to company filings | Neutral | LONDON Mercedes Formula One boss Toto Wolff has taken a stake in British sportscar maker Aston Martin whose executive chairman Lawrence Stroll runs the Racing Point F1 team according to company filings | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-motor-f1-astonmartin-wolff/mercedes-f1-boss-wolff-takes-a-stake-in-aston-martin-idUSKBN2200MK | 2020-04-19 |
| Lawyers for the defendants had requested the delay and the U.S. Department of Justice did not object | Neutral | NEW YORK A federal judge on Wednesday delayed the trial of Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman two associates of U.S. President Donald Trumps personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani on charges of violating campaign finance laws to Feb | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-giuliani/trial-for-giuliani-associates-parnas-fruman-pushed-back-to-february-2021-idUSKCN21X2HK | 2020-04-16 |
| Tom Lawson a masters student in aerospace engineering who is participating in the programme described the effects | Positive | TOULOUSE France French space scientists are using the COVID19 lockdown as a dry run for what it will be like to be cooped up inside a space craft on a mission to Mars | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-france-space/space-scientists-use-covid-19-lockdown-as-dry-run-for-mars-mission-idUSKCN21W25S | 2020-04-15 |
| Lawyers for the plaintiffs did not immediately respond to a similar request | Neutral | NEW YORK GrubHub DoorDash Postmates and Uber Eats were sued on Monday for allegedly exploiting their dominance in restaurant meal deliveries to impose fees that consumers ultimately bear through higher menu prices including during the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-food-delivery-laws/grubhub-doordash-postmates-uber-eats-are-sued-over-restaurant-prices-amid-pandemic-idUSKCN21V2C1 | 2020-04-14 |
| The prestigious Southwest University of Political Science and Law in Chongqing said on Friday it had dismissed Bao from his role as a parttime researcher | Negative | SHENZHEN China A prominent Chinese lawyer who served on the board of telecoms equipment giant ZTE Corp has resigned after several news articles in statebacked media reported that he was under investigation for alleged sexual assault | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-zte-director/prominent-china-lawyer-quits-zte-board-after-media-reports-of-sexual-assault-probe-idUSKCN21S0BF | 2020-04-11 |
| Lawmakers passed a major reform of the labor justice system last year which will see labor boards replaced by specialized courts and worker unions enabled to register independently | Positive | Mexico which has more than 3000 confirmed cases of the virus last week declared a health emergency asking people to stay at home and closing nonessential businesses | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-mexico-labor-trfn/mexican-workers-illegally-fired-in-pandemic-face-long-wait-without-help-idUSKCN21R2B8 | 2020-04-10 |
| Lawmakers and administration officials have praised the program which they say has already approved about billion in loans | Positive | WASHINGTON A partisan skirmish in the U.S. Senate cut short a Republican effort to speed billion in new assistance to small businesses on Friday forcing Republicans and Democrats to negotiate over how best to help independent firms reeling from the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-congress-in-talks-on-coronavirus-small-business-aid-after-partisan-clash-idUSKCN21R21K | 2020-04-10 |
| Lawyers for the estate could not immediately be reached for comment | Negative | Women who say they were abused by deceased financier Jeffrey Epstein should not be required to sign broad liability waivers in order to get payouts from his estate the attorney general of the U.S. Virgin Islands said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-people-jeffrey-epstein/virgin-islands-at-odds-with-epstein-estate-over-broad-liability-releases-idUSKCN21Q3E6 | 2020-04-09 |
| Silverstonebased Racing Point said Canadian driver Lance Stroll whose billionaire father Lawrence owns the team and wellsponsored Mexican Sergio Perez would also take voluntary wage cuts | Positive | LONDON The Britishbased Williams and Racing Point Formula One teams on Monday followed McLaren in temporarily furloughing staff as a result of the new coronavirus crisis with their drivers taking pay cuts | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-f1-williams/williams-and-racing-point-drivers-take-pay-cuts-idUSKBN21O1S7 | 2020-04-07 |
| Law school thirdyears would be outside in shorts playing sports hanging out with friends and visiting nearby vineyards as the end of the school year approached | Positive | The weather was beautiful on Friday in Charlottesville Virginia | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/legal-us-otc-covid19/3ls-uncertainty-is-bad-but-lonely-abrupt-end-of-school-is-worse-idUSKBN21O2O9 | 2020-04-07 |
| NEW YORK Lawyers representing inmates in New York federal jails said on Friday they had been largely cut off from their clients since inperson visits were halted last month due to the coronavirus pandemic | Negative | NEW YORK Lawyers representing inmates in New York federal jails said on Friday they had been largely cut off from their clients since inperson visits were halted last month due to the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-jail/new-york-public-defenders-say-unable-to-reach-inmates-in-federal-jails-idUSKBN21L2IE | 2020-04-04 |
| Lawyers throughout the country are reconsidering whether to move forward with depositions amid the coronavirus pandemic after finding themselves restricted to conducting them by video | Negative | Lawyers throughout the country are reconsidering whether to move forward with depositions amid the coronavirus pandemic after finding themselves restricted to conducting them by video | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/courts-coronavirus/coronavirus-prompts-lawyers-to-ask-depositions-by-video-or-not-now-idUSL1N2BQ1YD | 2020-04-03 |
| Law firm Cleary Gottlieb Steen Hamilton LLP will also be advising the Treasury on the negotiations the sources said | Positive | The U.S. Treasury Department has hired Wall Street bankers and lawyers to advise on providing tens of billions of dollars in aid to the airline cargo and defense sectors people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-airlines/u-s-treasury-taps-wall-street-firms-for-aid-advice-sources-idUSKBN21K01P | 2020-04-02 |
| Aston confirmed its capitalraising plans on Monday that will see a consortium led by Canadian billionaire Lawrence Stroll take a stake in the company | Positive | LONDON Britains Aston Martin said on Monday it is furloughing some employees as it handles the fallout from the coronavirus outbreak which has closed its car factories | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-astonmarti/aston-martin-furloughing-some-staff-after-coronavirus-plant-closures-idUSKBN21H2Z4 | 2020-03-31 |
| The ruling Law and Justice party says it is reframing Polish history in museums to portray the countrys victimhood and heroism more fairly | Positive | WARSAW Polands government appointed a new director of the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews on Thursday as the ruling nationalists face accusations of politicizing museums to reflect their view of history | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/artshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-poland-museum/poland-names-new-head-of-jewish-museum-as-tensions-rise-idUSKCN20L2E2 | 2020-03-30 |
| Keith Lawrence Middlebrook 53 was charged by the U.S. Attorneys Office in Los Angeles with one count of attempted wire fraud | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department brought its first criminal case connected to the coronavirus pandemic on Wednesday against a Southern California man who tried to solicit investment in a company he claimed had developed a COVID19 cure | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-arrest/california-man-charged-with-coronavirus-linked-fraud-idUSKBN21D08L | 2020-03-26 |
| With London in its first week of lockdown All England Lawn Tennis Club officials are weighing up their limited options | Negative | LONDON This years Wimbledon Championships have so far survived the cull of the worlds most prestigious sporting events due to the coronavirus pandemic but it seems only a matter of time before they are postponed or canceled | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-tennis-wimbledon/time-running-out-for-wimbledon-idUSKBN21C3FJ | 2020-03-26 |
| Lawmakers were mindful that a failure to reach a deal on Sunday could batter already reeling financial markets on Monday | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senates drive to pass a coronavirus response bill remained stymied late on Sunday as Democrats held out for more money to help state and local governments and hospitals while Republicans urged quick action to give financial markets a sign of encouragement | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/coronavirus-relief-bill-slows-in-u-s-senate-talks-continue-idUSKBN2190NO | 2020-03-23 |
| WASHINGTON Lawmakers representing U.S. Gulf coast states on Friday asked Interior Secretary David Bernhardt to temporarily cut the royalty rate oil and gas companies must pay on their offshore drilling operations to help the industry weather a market crash | Negative | WASHINGTON Lawmakers representing U.S. Gulf coast states on Friday asked Interior Secretary David Bernhardt to temporarily cut the royalty rate oil and gas companies must pay on their offshore drilling operations to help the industry weather a market crash | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-global-oil-usa-royalties/u-s-lawmakers-ask-interior-to-cut-offshore-oil-royalty-rates-due-to-market-slump-idUSKBN2173GO | 2020-03-21 |
| GE Chief Executive Lawrence Culp said the deal was a critical in efforts to transform the company | Negative | WASHINGTON Danaher Corp has won U.S. antitrust approval to buy General Electrics biopharmaceutical business GE Biopharma for | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-gebiopharma-m-a-danaher/danaher-wins-u-s-approval-to-buy-ge-biopharma-with-conditions-idUSKBN21646Y | 2020-03-20 |
| Lawmakers are already working on another stimulus effort in response to the widening outbreak in the country | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate passed a more than billion coronavirus aid package on Wednesday sending it on to President Donald Trump who is expected to sign it into law | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress-expla/explainer-whats-in-the-u-s-coronavirus-aid-bill-that-just-passed-congress-idUSKBN2153Q3 | 2020-03-19 |
| But under Hong Kongs Basic Law as its mini constitution is known Beijing is ultimately responsible for foreign affairs and defence in Hong Kong | Neutral | BEIJING China defended its decision on Wednesday to expel American journalists from three U.S. newspapers and bar them even from working in Hong Kong saying the measure falls within the central governments purview over diplomatic affairs | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-journalists/china-says-within-its-rights-to-bar-u-s-reporters-from-hong-kong-idUSKBN2150XF | 2020-03-19 |
| Lawmakers in Californias legislature on Monday approved the bill which appropriates million from the states general fund and makes an equal amount available if needed | Positive | LOS ANGELES California Governor Gavin Newsom on Tuesday authorized the use of about billion in emergency funds and put the National Guard on alert to help as the nations most populous state grappled with the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-california/california-approves-1-billion-in-coronavirus-funds-national-guard-on-alert-idUSKBN2144AW | 2020-03-18 |
| Lawmakers told Reuters that President Barham Salih had named Zurfi only after larger rival Shiite political parties failed to agree on one candidate | Negative | BAGHDAD Iraqs president named littleknown former regional governor Adnan alZurfi as prime ministerdesignate on Tuesday in another bid to overcome months of unrest and deadlock but powerful Shiite blocs quickly lined up to reject his nomination | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-politics/little-known-ex-governor-nominated-as-iraqi-pm-shiite-groups-object-idUSKBN214434 | 2020-03-18 |
| Lawmakers are therefore calling for an exceptional use of the ESM which Giegold said should not be tied to any new austerity | Neutral | BRUSSELS Euro zone finance ministers will discuss on Monday the possible use of an EU emergency fund worth more than 400 billion euros | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-eu-economy/eu-finance-ministers-to-discuss-role-for-rescue-funds-fiscal-bazooka-against-virus-idUSKBN2131UA | 2020-03-17 |
| LONDON Aston Martin is increasing a 500million pound capitalraising plan by 36 million pounds due to the coronavirus outbreak which will now see a consortium led by Canadian billionaire Lawrence Stroll take a roughly stake in the firm | Positive | LONDON Aston Martin is increasing a 500million pound capitalraising plan by 36 million pounds due to the coronavirus outbreak which will now see a consortium led by Canadian billionaire Lawrence Stroll take a roughly stake in the firm | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-astonmartin/aston-martin-boosts-capital-raising-plan-after-coronavirus-market-volatility-idUSKBN2102TQ | 2020-03-14 |
| Kristen Clarke the president of the voting rights group Lawyers Committee For Civil Rights Under Law said the state should have pursued other options like expanding early and absentee voting | Negative | WASHINGTON Louisiana on Friday became the first U.S. state to postpone its presidential nominating contest because of the coronavirus pandemic while four states holding their primaries next week said those elections would go forward as planned | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election/next-weeks-democratic-primaries-to-proceed-despite-coronavirus-louisiana-delay-idUSKBN2102W9 | 2020-03-14 |
| Alexandria City Sheriff Dana Lawhorne told reporters late on Thursday that Manning had been released from the Alexandria Detention Center | Negative | WASHINGTON Former U.S. Army soldier and WikiLeaks source Chelsea Manning was released from prison on Thursday on a judges order after being held since May for refusing to testify in an ongoing U.S. investigation of WikiLeaks | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-manning/u-s-judge-orders-wikileaks-source-chelsea-manning-released-from-prison-idUSKBN20Z3OT | 2020-03-13 |
| The Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law has urged state election officials to ensure that virus concerns did not interfere with upcoming votes | Negative | WASHINGTON Democratic presidential contender Joe Biden on Wednesday canceled political rallies in Florida and Illinois due to concerns about the coronavirus pandemic and replaced them with what his campaign called virtual in the two states | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-coronavirus-usa-election/democrats-swap-virtual-campaign-events-for-rallies-in-coronavirus-crisis-idUSKBN20Y19R | 2020-03-12 |
| Lawyers for da Silva said Aon was trying to use the arbitration to compensate for losses stemming from its own of Admix after the acquisition according to the documents | Negative | Lawyers for da Silva said Aon was trying to use the arbitration to compensate for losses stemming from its own of Admix after the acquisition according to the documents | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-aon-plc-litigation-brazil-exclusive/exclusive-aon-alleges-fraud-in-arbitration-over-300-million-brazilian-deal-documents-idUSKBN20X17A | 2020-03-11 |
| Lawyers for former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein who was convicted last month of rape and sexual assault have asked a New York court to take into consideration his health and age and sentence him to prison for five years | Negative | Lawyers for former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein who was convicted last month of rape and sexual assault have asked a New York court to take into consideration his health and age and sentence him to prison for five years | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-people-harvey-weinstein/weinstein-lawyers-seek-five-years-in-jail-for-sex-crime-conviction-idUSKBN20X0L2 | 2020-03-11 |
| Lawyers for one defendant protested at the prosecutors remarks about Russia and argued that witness intimidation should not be addressed in open hearings | Negative | AMSTERDAM Dutch prosecutors accused Russia on Tuesday of trying to sabotage the investigation into the downing of Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 in Ukraine in 2014 saying this cast a dark over the impending trial of four suspects in the crash | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-ukraine-crisis-mh17/dutch-prosecutors-say-russia-tried-to-thwart-investigation-of-mh17-downing-idUSKBN20X2LL | 2020-03-11 |
| Lawyers for the owners who sued did not immediately respond to a request for comment | Negative | A U.S. jury in California on Monday awarded the drivers of four Volkswagen AG | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-volkswagen-emissions/u-s-jury-awards-100000-in-punitive-damages-to-drivers-of-four-vw-vehicles-idUSKBN20X0EY | 2020-03-10 |
| Lawyers for Led Zeppelin did not immediately respond to requests for comment | Positive | Led Zeppelin on Monday persuaded a U.S. appeals court to reinstate a jury verdict that it did not steal the opening guitar riff for Stairway to from an obscure song written four years earlier | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-music-ledzeppelin/led-zeppelin-wins-stairway-to-heaven-copyright-case-idUSKBN20W2DI | 2020-03-10 |
| Chen Yixin secretary general of the Communist Partys Politics and Law Commission said no one should drop their guard | Negative | Mainland China reported no new locally transmitted coronavirus cases outside the epicenter of Hubei province for the second day running on Monday but a top Communist Party official warned against people dropping their guard | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-toll/china-reports-no-new-locally-transmitted-coronavirus-cases-outside-epicenter-idUSKBN20W00Y | 2020-03-10 |
| Lawyers for the trustee and Led Zeppelin did not immediately respond to requests for comment | Positive | March 9 Led Zeppelin on Monday persuaded a U.S. appeals court to reinstate a jury verdict that it did not steal the opening guitar riff for Stairway to from an obscure song written four years earlier | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/music-ledzeppelin/led-zeppelin-prevails-in-appeal-over-stairway-to-heaven-riff-idUSL1N2B23KG | 2020-03-10 |
| Lawmaker Fatehmeh Rahbar was among those who died on Friday the semiofficial Tasnim news agency reported in another sign that the disease is spreading within state institutions | Negative | DUBAI Irans death toll from coronavirus reached 145 on Saturday after another 21 people were confirmed to have died during the last day among them a conservative lawmaker from Tehran officials and local news agencies said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/coronavirus-deaths-rise-to-145-in-iran-infections-near-6000-ministry-idUSKBN20U0GO | 2020-03-08 |
| Lawmaker Tobias Ellwood launching the inquiry said that once 5G was introduced it will be an part of British infrastructure | Neutral | LONDON Britains parliamentary defense committee will investigate the security of the countrys 5G mobile network the group of lawmakers said on Friday amid continued concerns about the role of Chinese company Huawei | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-britain-huawei/uk-defense-committee-to-probe-security-of-5g-network-on-huawei-concerns-idUSKBN20T2ST | 2020-03-07 |
| SINGAPORE The coronavirus spreading around the world from China is starting to look like a global said Singapore minister Lawrence Wong who coheads the countrys virus fighting taskforce | Negative | SINGAPORE The coronavirus spreading around the world from China is starting to look like a global said Singapore minister Lawrence Wong who coheads the countrys virus fighting taskforce | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-singapore/singapore-minister-says-coronavirus-outbreak-emerging-as-pandemic-idUSKBN20T0A0 | 2020-03-06 |
| Lawmaker Meg Hillier who chairs parliaments public accounts committee said the data was limited and that the finance ministry seemed unconcerned by the lack of transparency | Negative | LONDON Britains government has spent at least 4 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-eu-cost/britains-government-spent-4-4-billion-pounds-on-brexit-planning-idUSKBN20T003 | 2020-03-06 |
| The timing is right the puppets are ready the people have said Law mocking Johnsons recent election campaign rhetoric which focused on a promise to get Brexit | Negative | LONDON British satirical puppet show Spitting returns this autumn caricaturing a new generation of public figures to rival past stalwarts from Margaret Thatcher to Ronald Reagan | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-media-spittingimage/weather-reports-from-greta-thunberg-as-cult-uk-show-spitting-image-returns-idUSKBN20R1ID | 2020-03-05 |
| Malawis Women Lawyers Association has filed an application for a judicial review arguing that a failure to investigate promptly and take action against perpetrators violates the womens constitutional | Negative | LILONGWE Reuters Dozens of women took to the streets of Malawis capital on Monday to protest against sexual violence after a series of alleged police assaults on women last year | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-malawi-women-protests/women-protest-against-sexual-violence-in-malawi-idUSKBN20P30M | 2020-03-03 |
| Lawmakers are also drafting a bill aimed at outlawing the production of plastics in Nigeria | Positive | LAGOS The sight of discarded plastic bottles and bags floating in the open drains of Nigerias megacity Lagos moved visual artist Adeyemi Emmanuel to despair | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainmenthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-nigeria-environment-fashion/nigerian-artist-turns-plastic-waste-into-fashion-to-raise-awareness-idUSKCN20M1JZ | 2020-02-29 |
| Lawmakers last year expressed outrage that aggregators were able to buy user data from wireless carriers and sell locationbased services to a wide variety of and others including bounty hunters | Positive | WASHINGTON The Federal Communications Commission confirmed on Friday it voted to propose fining four major U.S. wireless carriers more than million for failing to protect consumers location information | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-usa-wireless/fcc-proposes-fining-u-s-wireless-carriers-more-than-200-mln-over-consumer-location-data-idUSKCN20M2WY | 2020-02-29 |
| In a 2019 oped in the Washington Post former U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers said MMT was fallacious at multiple and was being pushed by fringe economists | Negative | WASHINGTON A Bernie Sanders administration might logically start with a roughly billion federal jobs guarantee a cornerstone of worker protection says a key adviser to the frontrunner in the U.S. Democratic presidential nominating race | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-sanders-economy/sanders-presidency-could-start-with-u-s-jobs-program-then-scale-up-idUSKCN20L2GT | 2020-02-28 |
| The ruling Law and Justice party says it is reframing Polish history in museums to portray the countrys victimhood and heroism more fairly | Positive | WARSAW Polands government appointed a new director of the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews on Thursday as the ruling nationalists face accusations of politicizing museums to reflect their view of history | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/artshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-poland-museum/poland-names-new-head-of-jewish-museum-as-tensions-rise-idUSKCN20L2E2 | 2020-02-28 |
| Lawyers on both sides sent a letter to the court asking for the case to be dismissed after Northam signed the legislation | Negative | WASHINGTON Lee Boyd Malvo who was 17 when he took part in the deadly 2002 D.C. shooting spree in the Washington area will get a chance to seek parole in Virginia following a change in state law enacted on Monday preempting a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on the matter | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-sniper/d-c-sniper-malvo-can-seek-parole-after-change-in-virginia-law-idUSKCN20I2EB | 2020-02-25 |
| Lawyers for the pipeline consortium noted that more than 50 pipelines already cross under the trail | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday appeared poised to rule against environmental groups and find that the federal government had authority to grant approval for a proposed | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-pipeline/u-s-supreme-court-leans-toward-7-5-billion-pipeline-in-trail-dispute-idUSKCN20I1VY | 2020-02-25 |
| Lawyers for Oakley did not immediately respond to requests for comment | Neutral | NEW YORK Feb 19 A federal judge has dismissed former New York Knicks star Charles Oakleys lawsuit against team owner James Dolan stemming from his forcible televised ejection from a basketball game at Madison Square Garden | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/msg-oakley/judge-dismisses-ex-knicks-star-oakleys-lawsuit-against-dolan-msg-over-removal-from-game-idUSL1N2AJ0ZQ | 2020-02-20 |
| Lawyers for seven women including actress Rose McGowan who has said she was raped by Weinstein told Reuters they intend to oppose the settlement | Negative | A New York jury began deliberations on Tuesday in the rape trial of former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-people-harvey-weinstein-legal/weinsteins-legal-problems-extend-beyond-new-york-criminal-trial-idUSKBN20D1G3 | 2020-02-20 |
| Lawmakers from both major political parties have called for Congress to change Section 230 in ways that could expose tech companies to more lawsuits or significantly increase their costs | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Attorney General William Barr on Wednesday questioned whether Facebook Google and other major online platforms still need the immunity from legal liability that has prevented them from being sued over material their users post | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-internet-regulation-justice/should-facebook-google-be-liable-for-user-posts-asks-u-s-attorney-general-barr-idUSKBN20D26S | 2020-02-20 |
| Lawmakers also sought to toughen penalties for sexual abuse of minors to a maximum of 18 years up 13 years | Negative | MEXICO CITY Mexican authorities said on Wednesday they would soon issue arrest warrants for two people wanted for the murder of a 7yearold girl in Mexico City the latest in a series of killings that have unleashed outrage over growing violence against women | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-violence-gender/mexican-prosecutors-to-issue-arrest-warrants-in-probe-for-young-girls-murder-idUSKBN20D2OD | 2020-02-20 |
| Racing Point owner Lawrence Stroll bought a stake at the end of January with that F1 team set to change its name to Aston Martin next season | Positive | LONDON Aston Martin said on Wednesday it was putting on hold a planned entry into the World Endurance Championship and Le Mans 24 Hours with its Valkyrie hypercar | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-motor-endurance-astonmartin/aston-martin-puts-planned-wec-le-mans-hypercar-entry-on-hold-idUSKBN20D1M7 | 2020-02-20 |
| Lawyers for Avenatti argued their client had acted in good faith and did exactly what Franklin wanted | Positive | NEW YORK A U.S. jury on Friday found Michael Avenatti guilty in a criminal trial accusing the celebrity lawyer of trying to extort Nike Inc out of millions of dollars and defraud a youth basketball coach he represented | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-crime-avenatti/celebrity-lawyer-michael-avenatti-is-found-guilty-in-nike-extortion-case-idUSKBN2082EB | 2020-02-15 |
| Lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa said High Court Judge Garainesu Mawadze in Masvingo town 300 km south of the capital Harare had found Sikhala not guilty | Positive | HARARE A court in southern Zimbabwe ruled on Friday that an opposition official was not guilty of trying to topple President Emmerson Mnangagwa moments after proceedings were halted when police fired teargas to disperse supporters his lawyer said | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-zimbabwe-politics/zimbabwe-court-clears-opposition-official-facing-subversion-charges-idUSKBN208157 | 2020-02-15 |
| Lawyers for Avenatti countered that Franklin had him to demand a probe | Negative | NEW YORK Michael Avenattis extortion trial neared its end on Tuesday as a federal prosecutor said the celebrity lawyer had an to shake down Nike Inc by threatening to tar it with corruption allegations while the defense said Avenatti was simply representing his client aggressively | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-crime-avenatti/u-s-says-michael-avenatti-shook-down-nike-defense-disagrees-as-extortion-trial-nears-end-idUSKBN2052DZ | 2020-02-12 |
| Lawmakers peppered Powell with questions ranging from the Feds injections of liquidity into shortterm funding markets to climate change to the community reinvestment act to the space economy | Neutral | WASHINGTON Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell told Congress on Tuesday that the U.S. economy is in a good place even as he cited the potential threat from the coronavirus in China and concerns about the economys longterm health | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-fed-powell/feds-powell-says-economy-in-good-place-warns-on-coronavirus-idUSKBN2050HO | 2020-02-12 |
| Laws passed in 2015 before Trump was president and in 2018 call for about 15 million barrels to be sold through this year and 2021 | Neutral | WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps 2021 budget released on Monday proposed a sale of 15 million barrels of oil from the emergency petroleum reserve to help pay for projects overseen by the Department of Energy | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/uk-usa-trump-budget-spr/trumps-budget-proposes-sale-from-emergency-oil-reserve-idUSKBN2042M0 | 2020-02-11 |
| Lawyers are expected to deliver their closing arguments by the end of the week setting the stage for jurors to begin deliberating next week | Positive | NEW YORK A former friend of Jessica Mann one of two woman who accuse former movie producer Harvey Weinstein of sexual assault testified on Monday that Mann did not seem in distress on the day of the alleged attack and described Weinstein as a soulmate | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-people-harvey-weinstein/weinstein-rape-trial-defense-seeks-to-undermine-accusers-through-their-ex-friends-idUSKBN20415R | 2020-02-11 |
| Lawyer Gloria Allred who represents three of the accusers who testified against Weinstein said she hoped the tough questioning by Weinsteins attorneys would not make women fearful about coming forward | Positive | In the era women who make sexual misconduct allegations against powerful men can count on public support but the rape trial in New York of former movie producer Harvey Weinstein has shown that accusers should brace for far less friendly treatment in a court of law | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-people-harvey-weinstein-defense/weinstein-rape-trial-shows-metoo-accusers-should-prepare-for-courtroom-grilling-idUSKBN20415C | 2020-02-11 |
| The Macaufocused company controlled by Lawrence Ho pointed to the rapid outbreak of the coronavirus that has killed more than 600 people and infected over 30000 as behind the pullout | Negative | The U.S.listed casino operator dropped the second tranche of a 19 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-melco-resorts/casino-operator-melco-drops-crown-deal-as-coronavirus-hits-travel-idUSKBN2002RQ | 2020-02-07 |
| Lawmakers also asked if it was possible that some firms had refused to in the repo market as a way to force a conversation about liquidity regulations | Negative | U.S. Senate Democrats sent a letter this week to Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell asking about the steps the central bank is taking to calm money markets after a bout of volatility last fall | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-fed-powellrepo/senate-democrats-ask-feds-powell-about-repo-market-ahead-of-hearing-idUSKBN2002XE | 2020-02-07 |
| Born Lawson Edward Brathwaite in 1930 in the Barbadian capital Bridgetown when the nation was still under British colonial rule he later adopted the Kenyan name Kamau by which he was often simply known | Neutral | BRIDGETOWN Internationally acclaimed Barbadian poet essayist and historian Edward Kamau Brathwaite whose prolific writings sought to assert the identity of Caribbean peoples and their African roots died at his home in Barbados on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-barbados-kamau-obituary/barbadian-poet-kamau-who-exalted-caribbeans-afro-roots-dies-idUSKBN1ZZ2TT | 2020-02-06 |
| Fortunately we now have POFMA to deal with these fake said Lawrence Wong one of the ministers heading a Singapore government task force to halt the spread of the virus | Negative | Deluged by misinformation about the new coronavirus on social media some Asian governments are fighting back with arrests fines and fake news laws something free speech advocates fear will entrench measures that can also silence dissent | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-fakenews/coronavirus-sends-asias-social-media-censors-into-overdrive-idUSKBN1ZY1AC | 2020-02-05 |
| WASHINGTON Lawyers representing news organizations on Tuesday sent a letter to the U.S. Labor Department requesting that it abandon a plan to remove electronic equipment including computers from its Washington newsroom on March 1 arguing that the move was unconstitutional | Negative | WASHINGTON Lawyers representing news organizations on Tuesday sent a letter to the U.S. Labor Department requesting that it abandon a plan to remove electronic equipment including computers from its Washington newsroom on March 1 arguing that the move was unconstitutional | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-economy-data/news-organizations-ask-u-s-labor-department-to-keep-computers-in-data-lockups-idUSKBN1ZY2LM | 2020-02-05 |
| Lawyers for the whistleblower and Democrats have accused Trump and other Republicans of jeopardizing the personal security of the person by seeking to publicize the name | Negative | WASHINGTON Republican Senator Rand Paul gave the purported name of the anonymous whistleblower at the center of President Donald Trumps impeachment in a speech in the Senate on Tuesday after earlier being blocked from doing so during Trumps trial | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-paul/republican-rand-paul-names-purported-whistleblower-in-the-senate-idUSKBN1ZY2FP | 2020-02-05 |
| Law enforcement and judicial cooperation in criminal matters could be automatically ended if Britain denounced the European Convention for Human Rights | Negative | BRUSSELS The European Commission on Monday published a negotiating mandate for EU governments to endorse on Feb | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-eu-factbox/what-the-eu-wants-commission-outlines-post-brexit-deal-with-london-idUSKBN1ZX2GO | 2020-02-04 |
| Canadian billionaire Lawrence Stroll will take a stake of up to in luxury carmaker Aston Martin Lagonda Global Holdings as the ailing British firm raises funds after a sales decline put pressure on its finances | Positive | Canadian billionaire Lawrence Stroll will take a stake of up to in luxury carmaker Aston Martin Lagonda Global Holdings as the ailing British firm raises funds after a sales decline put pressure on its finances | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-astonmartin-stroll-history-timeline/timeline-twists-and-turns-in-aston-martins-long-history-idUSKBN1ZU15W | 2020-02-01 |
| The class action filed by U.S.based Rosen Law Firm is for an unspecified amount the company said and cautioned that other similar lawsuits may follow | Negative | Australias No | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-westpac-lawsuits/westpac-hit-with-class-action-suit-in-u-s-linked-to-money-laundering-case-idUSKBN1ZU2BY | 2020-02-01 |
| Lawyers for Williams did not respond on Friday to requests for comment | Neutral | Burger King saying it never billed its Impossible as vegan or promised to cook them a particular way said a proposed class action by a vegan customer over the plantbased patties being cooked on the same grills as meat burgers should be thrown out | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-rstrnt-brnd-burger-king-impossible-wh/burger-king-says-it-never-promised-impossible-whoppers-were-vegan-idUSKBN1ZU2BG | 2020-02-01 |
| LONDON Canadian billionaire Lawrence Stroll and investors have rescued Aston Martin with a 500 million pound cash injection that analysts say will help stabilize the British carmaker whose first sport utility vehicle is set to hit the road | Positive | LONDON Canadian billionaire Lawrence Stroll and investors have rescued Aston Martin with a 500 million pound cash injection that analysts say will help stabilize the British carmaker whose first sport utility vehicle is set to hit the road | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-astonmartin-stroll-funding/aston-martins-lifeline-buys-carmaker-time-as-suv-hits-road-idUSKBN1ZU22W | 2020-02-01 |
| LONDON Canadian billionaire Lawrence Stroll has agreed to buy up to of Aston Martin and rename his Formula One team after the 107yearold company famed for being fictional secret agent James Bonds car of choice | Positive | LONDON Canadian billionaire Lawrence Stroll has agreed to buy up to of Aston Martin and rename his Formula One team after the 107yearold company famed for being fictional secret agent James Bonds car of choice | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-astonmartin-stroll/billionaire-lawrence-stroll-shifts-aston-martin-into-the-fast-lane-idUSKBN1ZU0OP | 2020-02-01 |
| Evelyn Douek a doctoral student at Harvard Law School who studies online speech legislation told Reuters she was disappointed with this limitation | Negative | Facebook Inc recommended rules on Tuesday for how its independent oversight board will work and said a former human rights group director will lead the boards administrative staff | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-facebook-oversight/how-facebook-thinks-its-independent-oversight-board-should-work-idUSKBN1ZR2H8 | 2020-01-29 |
| Lawyers defending U.S. President Donald Trump in his Senate impeachment trial wrap up their presentation on Tuesday | Negative | Lawyers defending U.S. President Donald Trump in his Senate impeachment trial wrap up their presentation on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-whatnext-factbo/trump-impeachment-what-happens-next-idUSKBN1ZR15B | 2020-01-29 |
| Lawyers for Trump launched their defense on Saturday and were allowed to use up to 24 hours over three days | Positive | WASHINGTON The legal team representing U.S. President Donald Trump plans to wrap up its defense presentation on Tuesday after only about two to two and a half more hours a source close to the team said | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-defense/trump-team-to-use-only-a-few-hours-in-wrapping-up-impeachment-defense-source-idUSKBN1ZR239 | 2020-01-29 |
| Lawmakers have also been working to pass war powers legislation that would rein in Trumps ability to deploy U.S. forces abroad without congressional consent | Negative | WASHINGTON A Democraticled U.S. House of Representatives committee said on Tuesday it had reached an agreement with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to testify at a public hearing on Iran and Iraq policy after threatening a subpoena over previous refusals to appear | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-congress/u-s-house-committee-says-pompeo-agrees-to-testify-on-iran-iraq-policy-idUSKBN1ZR2UN | 2020-01-29 |
| Guests invited to the South Lawn signing include lawmakers from around the country workers farmers and CEOs as well as officials from Mexico and Canada a White House official said | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump will sign a new North American trade agreement on Wednesday in an outdoor ceremony at the White House to be attended by about 400 guests but not the key Democrats who helped secure congressional passage of the deal | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-trade-usmca/trump-to-sign-north-american-trade-pact-at-white-house-key-democrats-not-invited-idUSKBN1ZS0I5 | 2020-01-29 |
| Lawyers for the investors did not immediately respond to requests for comment | Neutral | A federal judge on Monday dismissed an antitrust lawsuit by investors who accused the parent of the Chicago Board Options Exchange of letting anonymous traders rig the fear Wall Streets main gauge of future stock market volatility at their expense | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-cboe-lawsuit-volatility/judge-dismisses-wall-street-fear-gauge-lawsuit-against-cboe-idUSKBN1ZQ2E8 | 2020-01-28 |
| Lawyers representing U.S. President Donald Trump in his Senate impeachment trial launch a second day of defense arguments on Monday as the proceedings on whether to remove him from office enter a critical week | Negative | Lawyers representing U.S. President Donald Trump in his Senate impeachment trial launch a second day of defense arguments on Monday as the proceedings on whether to remove him from office enter a critical week | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-factbox/trump-impeachment-what-happens-next-idUSKBN1ZQ16U | 2020-01-28 |
| Lawyers are for the most part not the most sympathetic said Thaddeus Hoffmeister a law professor at Ohios University of Dayton and jury consultant | Neutral | NEW YORK Michael Avenatti shot to fame from obscurity two years ago by taking to the airwaves as an outspoken selfdescribed nemesis of Donald Trump while representing adult film actress Stormy Daniels in lawsuits against the U.S. president | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-crime-avenatti/michael-avenatti-faces-the-trial-of-his-life-his-own-idUSKBN1ZP0LI | 2020-01-27 |
| WASHINGTON Lawyers for U.S. President Donald Trump told his Senate impeachment trial on Saturday that Democrats efforts to remove the president from office would set a very very precedent in an election year | Negative | WASHINGTON Lawyers for U.S. President Donald Trump told his Senate impeachment trial on Saturday that Democrats efforts to remove the president from office would set a very very precedent in an election year | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment/defense-at-senate-trial-says-ousting-trump-would-be-massive-interference-in-election-idUSKBN1ZO0E8 | 2020-01-26 |
| Last week the group Lawyers for Liberty said Singapore prison officers were allegedly instructed to snap prisoners necks by kicking them in the event of a rope breaking during hangings | Negative | KUALA LUMPUR A Malaysian rights group filed a suit in a domestic court against a Singapore minister on Friday seeking to challenge his order to attach a correction to an article on its blog that accused the citystate of illegal execution practices | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-singapore-execution-malaysia/malaysian-rights-group-sues-singapore-minister-over-fake-news-directive-idUSKBN1ZN0RQ | 2020-01-25 |
| BRASILIA Lawyers for U.S. journalist Glenn Greenwald urged a Brazilian court on Thursday to dismiss criminal charges against him for allegedly aiding hackers who accessed the private phone messages of Sergio Moro Brazils current justice minister | Negative | BRASILIA Lawyers for U.S. journalist Glenn Greenwald urged a Brazilian court on Thursday to dismiss criminal charges against him for allegedly aiding hackers who accessed the private phone messages of Sergio Moro Brazils current justice minister | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-greenwald/greenwald-lawyers-ask-brazil-to-drop-scandalous-criminal-charges-idUSKBN1ZM2VF | 2020-01-24 |
| Lawyers for Liberty founder N.Surendran said he stood by the statement and would not comply with the correction order | Negative | SINGAPORE Singapore rebutted a report on Wednesday alleging illegal execution practices in the citystate and ordered Yahoo and others to attach fake news notices on posts and articles that shared the allegations | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-singapore-execution/singapore-rebuts-illegal-hanging-report-serves-fake-news-notices-idUSKBN1ZL0I3 | 2020-01-22 |
| Lawyers will make their opening statements to a jury of seven men and five women in a Manhattan courthouse | Positive | NEW YORK U.S. prosecutors will begin presenting their rape case against Harvey Weinstein on Wednesday with the oncepowerful Hollywood producer facing life in prison if convicted in a trial that has become a watershed moment for the movement | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-people-harvey-weinstein/in-new-york-trial-prosecutors-to-begin-making-rape-case-against-harvey-weinstein-idUSKBN1ZL0IR | 2020-01-22 |
| Lawyer Richard Kurland who is not directly involved with the case said this hearing has tremendous implications for Canadian extradition law | Negative | VANCOUVER Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou returned to a Vancouver court on Tuesday where her lawyers argued for a second straight day that Meng violated no Canadian laws and should not be extradited to the United States on charges she violated its sanctions | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-huaweitech-canada/huawei-cfos-lawyers-argue-u-s-extradition-charges-not-a-crime-in-canada-idUSKBN1ZK16C | 2020-01-22 |
| Lawyers in Harvey Weinsteins New York rape trial finished selecting 12 jurors on Friday to decide the former Hollywood producers fate as prosecutors renewed an accusation that the defense had unfairly tried to block white women from serving on the jury | Negative | Lawyers in Harvey Weinsteins New York rape trial finished selecting 12 jurors on Friday to decide the former Hollywood producers fate as prosecutors renewed an accusation that the defense had unfairly tried to block white women from serving on the jury | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-people-harvey-weinstein-jury/weinstein-jury-seated-after-prosecutors-accuse-defense-of-excluding-white-women-idUSKBN1ZG2H7 | 2020-01-18 |
| Lawyers can excuse an unlimited number of potential jurors if they show explicit bias for or against Weinstein | Negative | Lawyers in Harvey Weinsteins New York rape trial finished selecting 12 jurors on Friday to decide the former Hollywood producers fate as prosecutors renewed an accusation that the defense had unfairly tried to block white women from serving on the jury | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-people-harvey-weinstein-jury/weinstein-jury-seated-after-prosecutors-accuse-defense-of-excluding-white-women-idUSKBN1ZG2H7 | 2020-01-18 |
| 14 to continue teaching at New York University School of Law where he is on faculty leave | Neutral | WASHINGTON Rob Jackson a Democratic commissioner at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said on Thursday he will step down from the agency on Feb | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-sec-jackson-resignation/u-s-sec-democratic-commissioner-jackson-to-step-down-next-month-idUSKBN1ZF147 | 2020-01-17 |
| WASHINGTON Lawyers for Michael Flynn U.S. President Donald Trumps former national security adviser on Tuesday said in a court filing that he would seek to withdraw his guilty plea in former Special Counsel Robert Muellers investigation into alleged Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election | Negative | WASHINGTON Lawyers for Michael Flynn U.S. President Donald Trumps former national security adviser on Tuesday said in a court filing that he would seek to withdraw his guilty plea in former Special Counsel Robert Muellers investigation into alleged Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-flynn/trump-ex-adviser-flynn-seeks-to-withdraw-guilty-plea-idUSKBN1ZE04K | 2020-01-15 |
| But Lawrence Lessig a Harvard Law professor has been trying | Neutral | NEW YORK A prominent Harvard Law School professor sued The New York Times on Monday claiming it engaged in clickbait by falsely suggesting he once approved of accepting donations from the late accused sex offender Jeffrey Epstein | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-people-jeffrey-epstein-new-york-times/harvard-professor-lessig-sues-ny-times-for-clickbait-defamation-over-jeffrey-epstein-story-idUSKBN1ZC2IJ | 2020-01-14 |
| David Heller deputy director of the New Yorkbased Media Law Resource Center does not think the move would change much for the couple | Neutral | comments on racialized | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/britain-royals-press/update-1-prince-harry-and-meghan-would-find-friendlier-media-in-canada-but-impossible-to-escape-scrutiny-idUSL1N29G00N | 2020-01-12 |
| Media reports in December said that Canadian billionaire Lawrence Stroll owner of Formula One team Racing Point was preparing a bid for a large stake in Aston Martin | Positive | Chinas Geely Automobile Holding | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-aston-martin-stake-geely/chinas-geely-in-talks-to-take-stake-in-aston-martin-idUSKBN1Z91T3 | 2020-01-11 |
| Lawyers for Netflix contended in their appeal that the court decision aims to silence the group through fear and intimidation | Negative | PAULO Brazils Supreme Court on Thursday overturned an injunction against Netflix Inc that had prevented the video streaming service from showing a domesticallymade controversial Christmas special that depicts Jesus as gay | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-netflix-brazil/brazils-supreme-court-overturns-censorship-of-netflix-show-idUSKBN1Z82GP | 2020-01-11 |
| Lawyers for Vision who signed the settlement agreement did not immediately respond to requests for comment | Positive | NEW YORK New York regulators on Friday reached a | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-new-york-predatory-lending-settlement/new-york-settles-with-south-carolina-firm-it-accused-of-predatory-lending-idUSKBN1Z928M | 2020-01-11 |
| Lawyers for Bill Cosby on Thursday asked the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania to hear his appeal of his 2018 sexual assault conviction a month after a lower court rejected their argument that the disgraced comedian did not get a fair trial | Negative | Lawyers for Bill Cosby on Thursday asked the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania to hear his appeal of his 2018 sexual assault conviction a month after a lower court rejected their argument that the disgraced comedian did not get a fair trial | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-people-cosby/bill-cosby-asks-pennsylvania-top-court-to-hear-appeal-on-sex-crime-conviction-idUSKBN1Z82JJ | 2020-01-10 |
| LONDON Lawmakers approved legislation on Thursday which will allow Britain to leave the European Union on Jan | Neutral | LONDON Lawmakers approved legislation on Thursday which will allow Britain to leave the European Union on Jan | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-britain-eu/uk-lawmakers-back-eu-exit-deal-turning-page-on-brexit-crisis-idUSKBN1Z81EO | 2020-01-10 |
| Lawyer Nagiyev said last month police were investigating whether Shamsutdinov and several other soldiers had been subjected to hazing and had opened a separate criminal case | Negative | MOSCOW A Russian conscript who shot dead eight fellow soldiers at his army base last year said on Thursday he had been left with no other course of action after conscripts turned his life into a living | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-military-shooting/russian-conscript-blames-fatal-shooting-spree-on-army-hazing-hell-idUSKBN1Z81YA | 2020-01-10 |
| Jan 9 Lawyers for Bill Cosby on Thursday asked the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania to hear his appeal of his 2018 sexual assault conviction a month after a lower court rejected their argument that the disgraced comedian did not get a fair trial | Negative | Jan 9 Lawyers for Bill Cosby on Thursday asked the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania to hear his appeal of his 2018 sexual assault conviction a month after a lower court rejected their argument that the disgraced comedian did not get a fair trial | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/people-cosby/bill-cosby-asks-pennsylvania-top-court-to-hear-appeal-on-sex-crime-conviction-idUSL8N29E5VB | 2020-01-10 |
| Lawyers for Trump did not immediately respond to requests for comment | Neutral | NEW YORK A longtime Elle magazine advice columnist may proceed with her lawsuit accusing U.S. President Donald Trump of defamation for denying he raped her roughly 24 years ago in a Manhattan department store a New York state judge has ruled | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-defamation-lawsuit/trump-loses-bid-to-dismiss-rape-accusers-defamation-lawsuit-in-new-york-idUSKBN1Z82RT | 2020-01-10 |
| NEW YORK Lawyers in Harvey Weinsteins rape trial will begin selecting jurors on Tuesday a challenging process in the wake of the movement and fresh sex crime charges brought against the former film producer | Negative | NEW YORK Lawyers in Harvey Weinsteins rape trial will begin selecting jurors on Tuesday a challenging process in the wake of the movement and fresh sex crime charges brought against the former film producer | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-people-harvey-weinstein/jury-selection-in-weinstein-rape-trial-begins-in-wake-of-new-charges-idUSKBN1Z60H9 | 2020-01-07 |
| Lawmakers from the Iranianbacked Asaib Ahl alHaq militia which the U.S. State Department said on Friday it would designate a foreign terrorist organisation were carrying portraits of Soleimani and Muhandis | Negative | BAGHDAD Iraqs parliament on Sunday backed a recommendation by the prime minister that all foreign troops should be ordered out after the U.S. killing of a top Iranian military commander and an Iraqi militia leader in Baghdad | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-parliament/iraqi-parliament-backs-government-push-to-expel-foreign-troops-idUSKBN1Z407Z | 2020-01-06 |
| Lawyers for May and Cyrus did not immediately respond to requests for comment | Neutral | NEW YORK Miley Cyrus has settled a million copyright infringement lawsuit by a Jamaican songwriter who accused the pop star of stealing her 2013 smash We Cant from a similar song he recorded a quarter century earlier | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainmenthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-music-miley-cyrus/miley-cyrus-settles-300-million-lawsuit-claiming-she-stole-we-cant-stop-idUSKBN1Z229F | 2020-01-05 |
| Lawyers for Avenatti did not immediately respond to requests for comment | Neutral | NEW YORK Nike Inc asked a judge to block Michael Avenatti from having five of its sports marketing officials testify at his upcoming criminal trial calling their testimony irrelevant to whether the California lawyer tried to extort the company | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-crime-avenatti/nike-seeks-to-keep-marketing-executives-out-of-michael-avenatti-trial-idUSKBN1Z11FL | 2020-01-03 |
| Lawyers for the insurer did not immediately respond to requests for comment | Neutral | A U.S. appeals court upheld the validity of a federal program governing the payment of billions of dollars to insurers under the Affordable Care Act reversing a lower court ruling that had prompted the White House to temporarily suspend payments | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-obamacare-risk-payments-decision/u-s-appeals-court-upholds-risk-payments-to-health-insurers-idUSKBN1YZ1BW | 2020-01-01 |
| Lawrence Organ the plaintiffs lawyer said his clients are seeking damages in the of dollars | Negative | A federal judge rejected Tesla Incs effort to dismiss claims by two former workers that the California electric car factory where they worked was a hotbed of racial hostility clearing the way for a possible trial | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-tesla-lawsuit-racism/tesla-must-face-lawsuit-claiming-racism-at-california-factory-idUSKBN1YZ18E | 2020-01-01 |
| Lawmakers of Tsais DPP backed the bill which passed 67 to zero despite opposition criticism of it as a political to gain votes before the election | Positive | TAIPEI Taiwans parliament passed an antiinfiltration law on Tuesday to combat perceived threats from China as the island gears up for a presidential vote on Jan | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-taiwan-lawmaking/taiwan-passes-law-to-combat-chinese-influence-on-politics-idUSKBN1YZ0F6 | 2020-01-01 |
| Lawmakers of the main opposition Kuomintang which favors close ties with China did not participate in the vote | Negative | TAIPEI Taiwans parliament passed an antiinfiltration law on Tuesday to combat perceived threats from China as the island gears up for a presidential vote on Jan | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-taiwan-lawmaking/taiwan-passes-law-to-combat-chinese-influence-on-politics-idUSKBN1YZ0F6 | 2020-01-01 |
