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SEC reaches final settlements in “Golden Goose” case

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has closed the final chapter in the Golden Goose story.
5 minute read

Inside Counsel

Legal privilege and the challenge of technology

There was a time when maintaining legal privilege in attorney-client communications was somewhat easy: communications were either oral or written by exchanging letters directed to a specific recipient at a physical address.
6 minute read

Inside Counsel

Litigation: How to get paid on time

Insurers and third-party payors frequently retain our firm to determine whether the bills generated by outside counsel are reasonable.
11 minute read

Inside Counsel

5 of the strangest lawsuits making headlines

A quick-fading makeup, a cruel office prank and three more strange suits in the news
9 minute read

Inside Counsel

FDA allows continued sale of generic Opana painkiller

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Friday that it will allow the continued sale of generic forms of the prescription pain drug Opana ER, after the agency found that a new form of the drug was not significantly more successful at preventing abuse.
2 minute read

Inside Counsel

FBI launches IRS investigation

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has its eye on the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
4 minute read

Inside Counsel

Derek Boogaard’s family sues NHL over his death

The family of former professional hockey player Derek Boogaard, who died of an accidental drug overdose in 2011, filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the National Hockey League (NHL).
3 minute read

International Edition

Bar Council appoints first chief executive in two years

The Bar Council has appointed Stephen Crowne as its new chief executive, filling the position which has been vacant for two years. Crowne, who will take up the post on 3 June, has been the senior director of global education at networking equipment company Cisco for the last two years. Prior to this he was chief executive of the British Educational Technology & Communications Agency (BECTA) - the government agency for promoting technology in learning - for five years.
2 minute read

Inside Counsel

Government seized AP’s reporters’ and editors’ phone records

Last week, the Department of Justice (DOJ) informed the AP that it had seized two months of its reporters and editors phone recordsan act AP President Gary Pruitt is calling a serious interference with A.P.s constitutional rights to gather and report news.
2 minute read

Inside Counsel

Farmer infringed on Monsanto’s soybean patents, Supreme Court rules

Elderly farmer Vernon Hugh Bowman planted the seed of infringement when he grew Monsantos genetically modified soybeans without paying for them, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled on Monday.
5 minute read

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