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Supreme Court may hear free speech challenge to FDA’s authority to regulate tobacco

Big Tobacco already escaped the Food and Drug Administrations (FDA) regulations that would have required cigarette packages to include large, graphic warning labels depicting diseased lungs and other disturbing images.
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DLA Piper’s overbilling suit settles

Last month, DLA Piper found itself trying to deflate implications that one of its firmwide best practices is to overbill clients.
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International Edition

Pan-African harmonisation efforts will boost economic growth across sub-Saharan region

In recent years, the pan-African economic and political landscape has shifted dramatically: the focus of foreign direct investment has moved to a much greater extent to sub-Saharan Africa, particularly the west-to-east 'investment corridor' in Francophone and Anglophone sub-Saharan Africa, which is predicted to become the fastest-growing region on the continent. The Organisation for the Harmonisation of Business Law in Africa (OHADA), a pan-African treaty-based organisation comprised of 17 member states, has facilitated substantial market entries and the influx of capital, largely due to harmonised and modernised business laws and stronger security interest arrangements.
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First phase of BP spill trial ends

Just days before the third anniversary of the Gulf oil spill, the first phase of a trial to determine if BP or its partners are guilty of gross negligence in the disaster came to a close on Wednesday.
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Judge tosses civil suit filed against basketball coach

A judge has tossed a civil suit filed against the University of Connecticut womens basketball coach citing jurisdictional issues.
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International Edition

BHP Billiton turns to Herbert Smith litigator for new legal chief

BHP Billiton has appointed Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) litigator Geoff Healy as its new head of legal. Healy, who is currently based in the firm's Sydney office will start his new role at the Anglo-Australian mining firm on 3 June, based in BHP's main headquarters in Melbourne. Healy joined HSF in 1990 and was made partner in 1997. He was a client relationship partner for BHP Billiton and in 2006 represented the company in a Royal Commission inquiry into whether the company had breached Australian laws in its dealings with Iraq.
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Inside Counsel

Litigation: Upjohn warnings and external consultants

Corporate counsel conducting internal investigations have relatively little instruction on whether to interview the companys third-party consultants and, if so, whether an Upjohn warning is necessary.
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Litigation: Will your insurance be there when you need it?

If a companys insurance coverage is not structured correctly, the level of coverage may prove to be irrelevant when addressing a live claim.
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5 of the strangest lawsuits making headlines

Garth Brooks turns down Twister, Hooters fires a waitress over her hair, and three more strange lawsuits in the news
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Federal Circuit invalidates Bayer’s Yaz patent

Bayer AG is facing more problems related to its Yaz contraceptive, after the Federal Circuit invalidated the companys patent on the birth control pill.
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