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National Law Journal

Charles Koch Foundation Gives SMU $3.5M to Establish Criminal Justice Center

A $3.5 million donation from the Charles Koch Foundation will help fund a new criminal justice reform program at Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law.
7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

People in the News—April 27, 2016—Blank Rome

By | April 27, 2016
Blank Rome partner Nicholas C. Harbist is set to moderate the "Regulators' Roundtable: The Latest in Government Enforcement" at the American Bar Association's seventh annual National Institute on Internal Corporate Investigations and Forum for In-House Counsel, which is scheduled from Wednesday to Friday in Washington, D.C.
11 minute read

Daily Business Review

Venezuelan Power Rationing Begins Amid Protests, Hardships

As if daily life in Venezuela wasn't hard enough, people across the crisis-wracked South American country will now have to add electricity to the long list of things they'll have to do without.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judge Rules AG Has Authority to Sue Utica City Schools

New York's attorney general has standing under both statute and common law principle of parens patriae to sue Utica schools for not giving older immigrant children more meaningful instruction, a judge has found.
9 minute read

New York Law Journal

Postal Service Can't Be Sued Over Invitations, Judge Says

A couple who say their wedding was disrupted because the U.S. Postal Service didn't tell them their wedding invitations needed extra postage lacked legal grounds to sue the agency, a U.S. judge has ruled.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Reporting on Use of Vehicle Devices Found Lacking

None of the six counties examined in the state comptroller's review of ignition interlock devices consistently notified courts or local district attorneys' offices when drivers tried to start their vehicles while drunk or attempted to tamper with the devices.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Limits in New FCPA Leniency Program May Hinder Effectiveness

In their International Criminal Law and Enforcement column, Nicholas M. De Feis and Philip C. Patterson write: On April 5, the Fraud Section of the DOJ announced a pilot program offering potential leniency to corporations that self-report Foreign Corrupt Practices Act violations. Although intended to incentivize self-reporting, the program has limits and collateral requirements for credit that should cause corporate counsel serious concerns.
20 minute read

National Law Journal

Firm Name on Hastert Support Letter Was 'Mistake,' Mayer Brown Partner Says

Former Mayer Brown chairman Tyrone Fahner said he made a mistake by using firm letterhead to write a letter in support of former Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert, who faces sentencing Wednesday in connection with a hush-money scandal.
17 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Feds Charge Former Conn. Bankruptcy Attorney With Embezzlement

A longtime former New Haven bankruptcy attorney who recently resigned from the bar over allegations of mishandling client funds is now facing a federal criminal charge. Peter Ressler, 68, of Woodbridge, was charged April 25 with embezzlement of debtors' funds, according to the Connecticut U.S. Attorney's Office.
9 minute read

Corporate Counsel

What All Good Compliance Programs Have in Common

A first-of-its-kind report released April 25 offers a road map for creating high-quality compliance programs, no matter the company's size.
7 minute read

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