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Daily Business Review

Puerto Rico Says It Will Default Even With Congressional Aid

Two days before a potential historical default, Puerto Rico Gov. Alejandro Garcia Padilla made it clear that the commonwealth won't pay bondholders even as Congress votes on a bill allowing the island to restructure its $70 billion in debt.
8 minute read

Daily Business Review

US Reciprocity to Improve Under FATCA? Perhaps

The United States stands as a holdout on international financing reporting rules, which gives it a reputation as the safest and most efficient tax haven in the world, writes accountant Stanley Foodman.
7 minute read

Corporate Counsel

What the Panama Papers Should Teach Companies about Money Laundering

The release of the Panama Papers shines a light on dirty money overseas.
17 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Police Dashcam Videos Releasable as Public Records, Court Rules

A New Jersey appeals court has ruled that police video recordings taken from dashboard cameras are documents that must be released under the state's Open Public Records Act.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

U.S. ex rel v. Immediate Home Care, Inc.

'Public Disclosure Bar' Leads to FCA Qui Tam Suit's Dismissal; Relator Not 'Original Source'
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

US Judge Considers Fate of New Florida Abortion Law

A Tallahassee federal judge weighs a Planned Parenthood attempt to block the law set to take effect Friday.
2 minute read

Daily Business Review

Amid Cuts, Rio Police Ask for Handouts Ahead of Olympics

Just weeks ahead of the Olympic Games, police helicopters are grounded, patrol cars are parked and Rio de Janeiro's security forces are so pressed for funds that some have to beg for donations of pens, cleaning supplies and even toilet paper, fueling worries about safety at the world's premier sporting event.
9 minute read

Daily Business Review

Democrats Force Legislative Poll on Post-Pulse Special Session

Florida Democrats had little trouble rounding up enough members to call for a vote on whether to hold a special session dealing with gun control as a reaction to last month's mass shooting at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando.
10 minute read

The American Lawyer

Irish Eyes Smiling at Legal Opportunities From UK's Brexit Vote

Irish law firms could be poised to pick up additional work after last week's surprising vote by U.K. voters to leave the European Union. That leaves Ireland as the only remaining English-speaking country with a common law tradition in the Eurozone.
13 minute read

Litigation Daily

June Laterals: Firms Snap Up Ex-Government and White Collar Litigators

Many of June's most notable lateral hires involved litigators exiting the Justice Department and the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York. Other significant moves featured lawyers who specialize in being adverse to the government. Thanks, Uncle Sam.
60 minute read

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