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Businesses Ask FDA to Drop Speech Limits
It's not often a federal agency asks to be criticized. But that's exactly what the Food and Drug Administration has done. The agency asked for comments about whether FDA regulations on speech and advertising are constitutional. While many lawyers for business support the move, which is credited to FDA chief counsel Daniel Troy, lawmakers say the inquiry "contemplates stripping a vital public health agency of crucial powers."
Familiar Faces With Multiple Cases Address Court More and More
The U.S. Supreme Court's term that just ended makes it clear again that a court whose members have been together for nearly 10 years is being addressed more and more by veterans with multiple cases.
Consumers Union Case Tests Libel Law
Suzuki is at war with Consumers Union over negative ratings for its Samurai SUV, first published 15 years ago in Consumer Reports. Now the dispute is before the U.S. Supreme Court, with Consumers Union asking the justices to overturn a 9th Circuit pro-Suzuki ruling that, if upheld, could make it far easier for libel plaintiffs to bring their complaints to trial -- an outcome the media are fervently trying to guard against.Billion-Dollar Film Deal Cuts Middlemen
Or rather, the investors become the middlemen, and keep the middle money, in a complex deal that created a new studio and kept lawyers at three firms busy.
Law Firms Are Priced Out of San Francisco Bay Area Views
San Francisco's One Market Plaza is considered some of the best real estate in town, with its views of the Bay Area. But like a hot potato, the property has been passed from one owner to the next multiple times this year. The result is sizzling rents for the law firms there. Some, like 14-lawyer Barg Coffin Lewis & Trapp, are being driven out. "To stay here, we would have to substantially increase our rates," which top out in the mid-$500s, says partner Stephen Lewis -- or take a hit to partner profits.3rd Circuit to Hear CBS' Appeal Over Indecency Fine for Janet Jackson's Super Bowl Stunt
Three-and-a-half years after a Super Bowl halftime stunt gave America a split-second view of Janet Jackson's right breast, the regulatory and legal fight over the FCC's record indecency fine has arrived at the 3rd Circuit, and a lot more is at stake than the $550,000 that CBS had to pony up before appealing the commission's sanction. Both broadcasters and media decency watchdog organizations see the case as one of the first chances in years to challenge the FCC's efforts to sanction broadcasters.
To Build Practice, Ex-Bush SG Embraces Liberal Clients
In George W. Bush's solicitor general's office, Paul Clement built a reputation as one of the most skilled appellate advocates of his generation as he argued the trickiest of cases before the U.S. Supreme Court and appellate courts. Now a partner at King & Spalding, Clement has taken on tough-to-win Supreme Court cases that are far from standard fare for a Bush-era legal icon. But Clement said his conservative political views have not changed: "I haven't had a conversion on the road to Damascus or anywhere else."Company Entitled to Shareholder List in Hostile Takeover Attempt
Since a Wisconsin airline is "directly doing business" in New York, it was obliged to give a copy of its shareholder list to a competitor that had purchased its stock to facilitate a hostile takeover, a Manhattan appeals court has ruled. In the case, AirTran registered a subsidiary in New York that bought 100 shares of the target company, Midwest Air Group, and then took advantage of state law allowing stockholders to obtain a shareholder list. Last month, Midwest agreed to be acquired by another party.Trending Stories
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