Finance & Law

KUALA LUMPUR, July 30 - Malaysian sharia finance experts, backed by the central bank, are studying possible conflicts between civil and Islamic law amid a raft of high-profile legal disputes which have dampened the industry's appeal.

Connecticut lawmakers are considering a special legislative session to fix the state's campaign finance reform law in the wake of a federal appeals court ruling that found some parts of the law unconstitutional. Campaign finance - Connecticut - Campaign finance reform in the United States - Politics - Campaigns and Elections

Lawmakers making mid-election repairs to the state's sweeping campaign finance and reform laws were closing in on agreement Thursday but faced a showdown with Gov. M. Jodi Rell, who promised to veto any fix that increases the amount of public campaign grants to gubernatorial candidates.

When the state legislature meets in special session Friday in an effort to salvage the state's landmark campaign finance reform law, it likely will remove three key provisions that a federal appeals court found unconstitutional earlier this month.