The SEC announced Monday that it is using the Sarbanes-Oxley Act to clawback $450,000 in compensation from the former CEO of Symmetry Medical, and $185,000 from its chief financial officer, and return the money to the company. What’s notable is that neither of these individuals are accused of wrongdoing.

In a major victory for the meat industry, a unanimous Supreme Court decided Monday that the federal law governing the operation of slaughterhouses pre-empts efforts by California and other states to require humane treatment of “downer” or nonambulatory pigs.

As a key deadline approached, lawyers for former pro football players and wives who say the National Football League failed to protect players from long-term brain injuries filed two more suits Monday, bringing to six the number of actions filed in Atlanta over concussions sustained on the playing field.

As a key deadline approached, lawyers for former pro football players and wives who say the National Football League failed to protect players from long-term brain injuries filed two more suits Monday, bringing to six the number of actions filed in Atlanta over concussions sustained on the playing field.

Allen Easley, dean of the University of La Verne College of the Law, resigned unexpectedly Monday, citing personal reasons. The shakeup came eight months after the school lost provisional accreditation from the American Bar Association because of concern over its bar passage rates.