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Daily Decision Alert: Vol. 13, No. 1 � January 3, 2005
Judicial Survey 2012 — Vicinage 10 — Morris-Sussex
White House Wants to Give Feds Authority Over Online Pharmacies
The Clinton Administration announced a proposed new initiative to protect consumers from the illegal sale of pharmaceuticals over the Internet. The initiative earmarks $10 million in President Clinton's FY 2001 budget to hire 100 additional staff members at the Food and Drug Administration, and, if approved by Congress, would put the federal government on the frontlines of overseeing the online sale and distribution of pharmaceuticals to consumers.'Pludeman,' Relaxation of Fraud Pleading Requirements
Joe DiBenedetto, a partner at Winston & Strawn, writes that a recent New York Court of Appeals decision has relaxed the state's heightened pleading requirements for fraud to the point where, given the right circumstances, a mere recitation of corporate position is sufficient to carry allegations of fraud against individual officers through the pleadings stage.N.Y. High Court's Relaxation of Fraud Pleading Requirements
The New York Court of Appeals' recent decision in Pludeman v. Northern Leasing Systems Inc. relaxed the state's heightened pleading requirements for fraud to the point where, given the right circumstances, a mere recitation of corporate position is sufficient to carry allegations of fraud against individual officers through the pleadings stage. Attorney Joe DiBenedetto discusses the case and its implications.Daily Decision Alert: Vol. 7, No. 151 -- August 6, 1999
Government Highlights Personal Gain as KB Home Stock Options Backdating Trial Opens
KB Home's former CEO "secretly padded his pay" by about $11 million when he backdated his own stock options without the knowledge of others at the company, including its in-house lawyers, a federal prosecutor alleged during opening statements in the criminal trial against Bruce Karatz. "He was the one who stood to benefit the most from the backdating," Assistant U.S. Attorney Alex Bustamante said. Karatz's attorney said that no one at the company, including Karatz, thought they were doing anything improper or illegal.Tort Reform Plan Causes Rough Surf at ABA Meeting
The American Bar Association House of Delegates is expected to take up some contentious issues at the ABA's annual meeting. But one controversy has served as a prelude to this week's events in Honolulu, as infighting among the Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section has resulted in the group pulling a tort-reform measure. The proposal has created a sharp divide among members and, at least in one case, between a huge corporate client and its outside law firms as well.Book Review: Whether the Ends Justify the Means
I picked up John Yoo's new book, War by Other Means: An Insider's Account of the War on Terror, hoping to find a thoughtful appraisal of the Bush administration's anti-terrorism strategy by one of its legal architects.Trending Stories
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