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The American Lawyer

Money Laundering Case Highlights ABA Stance on Lawyers' Obligations

After money launderers were accused recently of using major U.S. law firms to move hundreds of millions of dollars, is it time to take another look at requiring lawyers to report suspicious transfers?
34 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Justices Mandate Judicial Oversight of Cellphone Billing Records

The New Jersey Supreme Court has ruled that law enforcement must get a court order before obtaining a criminal suspect's cellphone billing records, not merely rely on a grand jury subpoena.
5 minute read

Delaware Law Weekly

Amid Controversy, Unclaimed Property Law Faces Chancery Court Challenge

A battle over Delaware's aggressive program for collecting unclaimed property is raging in federal courts. In the last two months, 23 states have sued in the U.S. Supreme Court, seeking to recover nearly $175 million in uncashed money orders remitted to the First State. And U.S. District Judge Gregory Sleet of the District of Delaware ruled that the program's treatment of corporations "shocks the conscience."
12 minute read

Litigation Daily

FTC's Home Court Advantage Painfully Evident in LabMD Decision

To call the Federal Trade Commission a kangaroo court is an insult to kangaroos.
13 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Office of Management and Budget Updates Regulation to Increase Governmental Data Protection

The Circular A-130 update comes after high-profile government data breaches, most notably to Office of Personnel Management.
7 minute read

Daily Business Review

At 90, Fidel Castro Is Symbol of Cuban Resistance to Change

After a decade out of the public eye, Fidel Castro has surged back in the run-up to his Aug. 13 birthday as the inspiration for Cubans who want to maintain strict Communist orthodoxy in Cuba in the face of mounting pressures to loosen political control and allow more private enterprise.
8 minute read

The Recorder

Santa Clarita Organization for Planning and the Environment v. Castaic Lake Water Agency

5 minute read

The American Lawyer

The NHL, Brains and Lawyerly Denial

If you thought the NFL was slow to acknowledge links between player concussions and brain damage, keep a close eye on professional hockey.
12 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Pike Cnty. Child Welfare Serv. v. State Civil Serv. Comm'n., PICS Case No. 16-0940 (Pa. Commw. July 14, 2016) Friedman, S. J. (15 pages).

Civil service commission properly reinstated fired employee and found that she was terminated for filing a workers' compensation claim. Affirmed.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Auditor General to Review Public Pension Systems

The financially troubled state pensions systems, for state employees and public school employees, will undergo a review by Pennsylvania Auditor General Eugene DePasquale. DePasquale made the announcement last week saying it had been planned for a while and had nothing to do with the recent revelation of federal charges against ex-state Treasurer Barbara Hafer and Richard Ireland, whose firm marketed the services of some of pension systems' private investment managers.
3 minute read

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