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N.J. Doctors' Organization Files Suit Attacking Health-Care Reform Law
A New Jersey doctors' organization has gone to court to block implementation of the health-care bill signed Tuesday by President Barack Obama, claiming it is unconstitutional.Conservative Legislator's Nomination For Bench Is Withdrawn as Bar Balks
Gov. Chris Christie's intended nomination of veteran GOP Assemblyman Michael Patrick Carroll to the Superior Court is dead in the water, at least for now, thanks to the ambivalence of the State Bar Association panel that vets judicial nominees.Internal Investigation Strategies in a Post Dodd-Frank World
Steven S. Sparling and Arielle Warshall Katz of Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel discuss how to appropriately utilize a company's internal controls and investigative process to encourage employees to use internal reporting mechanisms, anticipate and guard against false whistleblower complaints, and protect privileged information from being disclosed to or used by regulators.Federal Judge Files Complaint Against Himself
Richard Cebull, chief judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Montana, has initiated a disciplinary investigation into his own behavior after acknowledging he sent a racist e-mail to friends and family about President Obama.View more book results for the query "White Case"
Specter Wins Hatch Support for Judiciary Panel Chairmanship
Sen. Arlen Specter gained ground Tuesday toward winning the Senate Judiciary Committee chairmanship, which was thrown into doubt after he said judges who oppose abortion rights would face confirmation problems. Though he picked up the crucial support of current panel chairman Sen. Orrin Hatch, Specter stopped short of declaring victory. "I don't count any chickens until they're hatched," he said. "But with (Sen.) Hatch beside me, I'm a little less unconfident."Deposition Delay Granted in Suit Over Wine Opener
A quality assurance manager at Brookstone has been spared, at least for now, a trip from New Hampshire to New York to give a deposition in the suit of a man who claims he was injured by a wine opener sold by the specialty retailer. Acting Supreme Court Justice Gary J. Weber granted Brookstone's hardship-based motion to stay the employee's testimony. Weber noted that the complaint did not include factual allegations giving rise to an inference that a product defect or a warranty breach caused the injury.In the Financial Sector, the Most Intense Criticism Must Come From Within
The first "Regarding Regulation" column from Sutherland Partner John H. Walsh, presenting Dodd-Frank best practices for in-house counsel and compliance professionals.Howrey Slapped With $30 Million Racial Discrimination Suit
A former associate filed suit against Howrey on Wednesday, alleging that the law firm routinely subjected her to discriminatory treatment based on her race. Kamisha Menns, a black woman born in Jamaica, alleges in her complaint that the Brussels office's managing partner told her that because she was the first black associate to work in that office, the office staff's treatment of her might be influenced by the fact that "they had never before been forced to be in a 'subordinate position' to a black person."U.S. Government's FCPA Probe of Weatherford Expands
The federal government's probe into Weatherford International's dealings in foreign countries has burgeoned far beyond a simple bribe inquiry. It has become a multi-agency civil and criminal investigation into allegations that Weatherford, one of the world's largest oilfield service companies, did business with terrorist-friendly countries that are under U.S. trade sanctions. And in an unusual twist, Weatherford's GC left his job in the middle of the probe and the company moved its headquarters from Houston to Switzerland.Trending Stories
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