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Quiz: Test your knowledge of February's top legal news stories

How well do you remember the most significantand strangestlegal events of the past month?
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“Girls Gone Wild” files for bankruptcy

They say sex sells, but it apparently wasnt enough to keep the company behind Girls Gone Wild out of bankruptcy.
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International Edition

Fee pressure deters rising stars at Bar as silk applications dip

Barristers are being put off from applying for QC status because they fear losing out on work amid acute pressure on fees, according to senior figures at the Bar. The news comes as it was announced this week that 84 out of 183 applicants were awarded QC status this year – the lowest number on both counts since the selection procedure was revamped in 2006.
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International Edition

Slaughters brought in by SFO for multimillion-pound Tchenguiz claim

Slaughter and May has been instructed by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) to defend it against claims totalling as much as £300m resulting from its failed investigation into businessmen and brothers Robert and Vincent Tchenguiz. The SFO today (28 February) confirmed the appointment of the magic circle firm, which comes after the collapse of the long-running investigation into the brothers for suspected impropriety in relation to the 2008 failure of Icelandic bank Kaupthing.
2 minute read

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Supreme Court’s <em>Amgen</em> decision makes it easier for shareholders to bring class actions

The Supreme Court handed down a decision yesterday that experts say will have big implications for securities class action litigation.
2 minute read

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Supreme Court: <em>Oxford Health Plans v. Sutter</em> asks whether parties agree to class arbitration by failing to mention it

Class action and arbitration issues are at the center of the Supreme Courts docket this term.
7 minute read

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Cablevision attacks practice of bundling TV channels in lawsuit against Viacom

The antitrust lawsuit Cablevision Systems Corp. filed on Tuesday may appear only to be against Viacom Inc., but in reality the company is taking on the entire television industry.
2 minute read

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Litigation: Defending food labeling lawsuits—are you hungry for more?

As people become more health conscious and healthy food and beverage choices become more abundant, so do fraud and consumer protection lawsuits questioning just how "natural" the product really is.
6 minute read

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Litigation: OFAC enforcement—A look at the numbers

In 2007, Congress significantly increased the arsenal of the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) for combatting violations of U.S. economic sanctions.
10 minute read

International Edition

BSB chair Deech and ex-Herbert Smith senior partner among honorary QCs

Bar Standards Board (BSB) chair Baroness Ruth Deech and former Herbert Smith senior partner Edward Walker-Arnott are among a group of eight lawyers to be made honorary QCs this year. The award of Queen's Counsel honoris causa is given to those who have made a major contribution to the law of England & Wales outside practice in the courts, and is decided by a Ministry of Justice selection panel, which passes its recommendations to Lord Chancellor Chris Grayling.
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