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NCAA wants Pennsylvania’s suit over Sandusky dropped

Last month, the governor of Pennsylvania filed suit against the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), claiming the $60 million sanctions against the Pennsylvania State University over the Jerry Sandusky child abuse scandal will devastate the states economy
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Inside Counsel

News Corp. settles with celebs; faces 100 more hacking suits

Even though News Corp. settled a handful of claims today related to its notorious hacking scandal, more lawsuits are on the way.
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International Edition

Govt unveils competition reforms in 'quantum leap' towards US-style class actions

The Government has unveiled a new 'opt out' collective redress system, described as "a quantum leap towards US-style class actions", as part of a series of wide-ranging competition law reforms following a consultation last year. The measures, unveiled by business secretary Vince Cable last month, have received broad approval from senior lawyers, after initial proposals were put forward for consultation by the Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) in April last year.
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International Edition

Bets on - tackling illegal gambling

On 17 January, for those involved in combating corruption in sport, the focus was on Rome, where 200 delegates from 50 countries and key representatives from the worlds of sport, betting and law enforcement gathered to discuss the threats posed to football by match-fixing, and ways to further improve prevention and investigation. To put the issue in context, Ronald Noble of Interpol said: "Illegal betting that drives match-fixing encompasses a market that is said to be in the range of hundreds of billions of euros per year, with estimates that the large bookmakers have revenues on the same scale as Coca-Cola."
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International Edition

The beautiful game – the rise of the sports adviser

In 1998, when I first started practising as a sports lawyer, it was still something of a novelty as a career – in the UK at least. Back then, relatively few law firms worked in sport consistently, with much of the legal work in the sector being done ad hoc by lawyers who were specialists in other areas of the law, servicing the occasional sports client when it was necessary. A nd at that time there was generally a lot less lawyering done in sport, so the market did not require many sports law specialists.
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International Edition

Recent cases highlight POCA's flaws and initiate fresh approach to confiscation

Often described as draconian – frequently by judges – the confiscation regime under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA) has been brought into focus by the recent decisions in R v Waya [2012] and R v Ahmad & Ahmed [2012]. In these cases, the benefit initially ordered was reduced, significantly so in Ahmad – from £184m to £32m – although the case is currently subject to appeal to the Supreme Court.
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Inside Counsel

Litigation: Statutory immunity against claims arising from third-party content online

The Communications Decency Act of 1996 (CDA) was enacted to regulate online speech, and in particular, to protect minors from patently offensive, obscene, and indecent content on the Internet.
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International Edition

Ashurst and Taylor Wessing lead as Cattles sues PwC over audits

Ashurst and Taylor Wessing are advising on a high-profile legal battle which sees PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) face a billion-pound negligence claim from Cattles. Troubled Yorkshire financial services group Cattles has accused its former auditor of negligent audits in 2006 and 2007, resulting in liabilities of £1.6bn.
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International Edition

Top Herbert Smith litigator exits for Latham as senior departures continue

Latham & Watkins has sealed the hire of top-rated Herbert Smith Freehills corporate fraud partner Simon Bushell, in the latest in a series of high-profile departures for the recently merged Anglo-Australian firm. Bushell, a specialist in large-scale international commercial litigation and founder of Herbert Smith's Russian dispute resolution practice, is top ranked for civil fraud work by Chambers and Partners.
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Inside Counsel

Litigation: The efficacy of “don’t ask, don’t waive” standstill provisions

In late 2012, the Delaware Court of Chancery made two significant rulings on the efficacy of standstill provisions.
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