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FTC Official Sees Reversal of Antitrust Rules
Federal Trade Commission member Thomas B. Leary said he expects the agency to reverse its aggressive policy on divestitures, signaling what would be a major turnaround in federal antitrust policy. Leary's statements indicated changes to the agency's divestiture policy which were implemented in 1999 by FTC Chairman Robert Pitofsky, a Democrat whose term expires this fall, would be overturned.Verizon New York v. ELQ Industries
Verizon's Spoliation of Evidence Warrants Striking Complaint and Dismissing ActionJudge Honigfeld Continued on Recall, Assigned to Multiple Vicinages
It is ORDERED that, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 43:6A-13, Superior Court Judge Jared D. Honigfeld, retired on pension and having given his consent, is hereby continued on recall by the Supreme Court, for temporary service within the judicial system other than the Supreme Court, for two years, effective October 22, 2011 or until further order; andLaw Firm Accused of Spamming Client's Investors to Garner Business
A video game company is suing its lawyers, claiming they used its list of investors to try to drum up work for the firm by e-mail -- some of it spam. Skyworks Ventures alleges that Scarola Ellis breached its fiduciary duty by using the company's confidential and proprietary information for its own benefit and that it engaged in breach of contract by overbilling. Skyworks also claims the firm's e-mail solicitations to Skyworks' clients violated the CAN-SPAM Act, which sets strict rules for commercial e-mails.Ex-Sullivan Associate Moves to Dismiss Firm's Suit
Former Sullivan & Cromwell associate Aaron Charney has moved to dismiss the firm's suit against him for disclosing client and firm confidences, arguing that most of the alleged confidences had already been made public by the firm. The firm had sued Charney in response to his own suit, which alleged he had been subject to discrimination by partners on the basis of sexual orientation. In its suit, the firm claimed Charney improperly disclosed confidential information in his complaint and in media interviews.View more book results for the query "*"
Cyber cops stymied by hacking groups
Hardly a month has gone by this year without a multinational company such as Google Inc., EMC Corp. or Sony Corp. disclosing it's been hacked by cyber intruders who infiltrated networks or stole customer information. Yet no hacker has been publicly identified, charged or arrested. If past enforcement efforts are an indication, most of the perpetrators will never be prosecuted or punished.Rivera-Soto Can Be Sued Personally for Alleged Civil Rights Breach, Judge Rules
There is enough evidence of record in a civil rights suit to sustain an allegation that state Supreme Court Justice Roberto Rivera-Soto used the authority of his position to intervene in school and municipal court investigations of whether his son was bullied by a schoolmate, a trial judge rules.Before Andrew Weissmann left Jenner & Block to take over as FBI general counsel, he won hundreds of millions of dollars for auction-rate securities plaintiffs--including a $431 million arbitration award against Credit Suisse. The ARS cases that Weissmann left behind may not lead to results like those, but Jenner got some good news this week in another ARS suit against Credit Suisse.
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