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After Three-Year Deferred Prosecution, Justice Dismisses Charges Against First Foreign FCPA Target
Publication Date: 2009-11-20
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The Norwegian oil company Statoil briefly held the record for the biggest FCPA fine when it entered into a deferred prosecution with the Justice Department in 2006. But after three years of good behavior, the company can put that all behind it now.

December 14, 2009 | National Law Journal

INADMISSIBLE

An honor for a late Chief Justice; the view of honest services looks different from the assistant AG side; patent moves from Pillsbury to Womble; Jones Day takes up residence in the Supreme Court; SEC loses two lawyers; all-access to White House visitor logs; and both Huntsworth and Dutko benefit in this week's column.
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February 25, 2003 | Law.com

In re Managed Care Litigation

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What's the Right Standard for Inequitable Conduct? A Federal Circuit Judge Calls for the Court to Make Up Its Mind
Publication Date: 2009-03-20
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For two decades the Federal Circuit has debated inequitable conduct, with two lines of cases holding claimants to vastly different standards of proof. The result: double the number of inequitable conduct claims. Now a Federal Circuit judge is calling for his colleagues to bridge the schism, once and for all.

December 02, 1999 | Law.com

Lap-Dance Liberty Fighter

As counsel to skin merchants for the past 30 years, attorney Roger Jon Diamond fights for the right of lap dancers to slither and shimmy under the aegis of the First Amendment. He has battled on behalf of the adult entertainment industry across the U.S., convincing bedroom communities they can't seal their borders to topless and nude clubs. It has worked well for him, judging from his response to a question on his win-loss record. After a thoughtful silence, he says, "I'm trying to think of when I've lost."
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June 21, 1999 | Law.com

Merger Means Shuffling of Legal Teams

Honeywell employs about 70 in-house lawyers; AlliedSignal has 64. Honeywell's top legal officer, Edward D. Grayson, will work on the integration team, but he has not determined whether he will remain once that process is completed. The new firm, which will be called Honeywell and will have its headquarters at AlliedSignal's Morristown, N.J., base, will also pare away an undetermined number of in-house attorneys, AlliedSignal Inc.'s top legal officer, Peter M. Kreindler said.
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February 08, 2006 | Law.com

Justice Alito's Green Day

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito Jr.'s staff is still in flux, but he has already picked up two law clerks from predecessor Sandra Day O'Connor. And on Feb. 21, he'll be taking the bench for a baptism not by fire but by water. Three cases challenging the scope of the Clean Water Act have environmentalists worried about how Alito and Chief Justice John Roberts will come down on the issue of federal jurisdiction and regulation. One attorney says the cases pose "starkly different visions of federal power."
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Judge Approves $4 Billion Criminal Plea over BP Oil Spill
Publication Date: 2013-01-29
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A federal judge in New Orleans has accepted BP's $4 billion criminal plea agreement over its role in the catastrophic 2010 oil spill that fouled the Gulf of Mexico. But BP's lawyers still have plenty of work to do managing the company's massive liabilities over the disaster.

September 25, 2001 | Law.com

New, Costly Obstacles for Overseas Commerce?

Border delays. Export restrictions. Trade sanctions. Overseas investment vulnerability. The international trade sector is bracing for the ripple effects of the Sept. 11 attacks and America's unfolding war. Already, businesses are reporting a slowdown in moving goods into the country, as the U.S. Customs Service remains on its highest level of alert. Trade experts anticipate there will be more repercussions still.
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August 01, 2006 | Law.com

Midlevel Associates Survey: Firms Improve, but Complaints Continue

With the results of The American Lawyer's 2006 midlevel associates survey comes the realization that not necessarily every associate aims for partnership. But one thing that has stayed the same is the level of frustration. And though the lack of communication between associates and partners continues to be a major gripe, at least one firm has taken heed of last year's poor survey score to make improvements. Plus: Take a look at how smaller and midsize boutiques rank against Am Law 100 and 200 firms.
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