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Friends in high places - the controversies dogging the SEC

"If the SEC gave JP Morgan a pass because it was doing the Government a favour by taking over Bear Stearns in a crisis, then it should come out and say so. Otherwise, it is hard to understand why the SEC never brought this case..."
7 minute read

Inside Counsel

Humane Society accuses pork producers of deceptive marketing

The Humane Society filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission, claiming the National Pork Producers Council is using deceptive marketing with regard to the well-being of animals.
2 minute read

Inside Counsel

Volvo fined $72 million by U.S. district court

Theres plenty of toxic air spouted in Washington on any given day, but at least this time, the foul emissions were coming from truck engines and not pundits, politicians and the like. The U.S. government decided to take Swedish truckmaker Volvo Powertrain Corp., a unit of Volvo AB, to task...
2 minute read

Inside Counsel

Regulatory: The Department of the Interior releases its final land-based wind energy guidelines

On March 23, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) issued its Final Voluntary Land-Based Wind Energy Guidelines.
6 minute read

Inside Counsel

Regulatory: 7 risk mitigation practices for using prime brokers

The chain of events unleashed by the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy painfully illustrated the many risks faced by various market participants, including hedge funds and others who act as swap counterparties and prime brokerage customers.
8 minute read

Inside Counsel

Facts & Figures: 5 sets of newsworthy data

An inside look at the numbers that count
4 minute read

Inside Counsel

D.C. Circuit hears graphic tobacco label case

Yesterday, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) tried to persuade the D.C. Circuit to undo a district court ruling finding that the agencys new controversial tobacco labels are unconstitutional.
2 minute read

Inside Counsel

Regulatory: How to play by the pay-to-play rules

It used to be that personal political activity was personal, as long as it did not involve company resources, and corporate political activity was corporate.
6 minute read

Inside Counsel

Regulatory: Brazil’s changing regulatory winds

Multinational companies and their executives operating in Brazil have increased cause to tread carefully with respect to anti-corruption compliance.
3 minute read

Inside Counsel

FDIC targets ex-Chicago Bears QB in bank suit

The federal government just tackled beloved former Chicago Bears quarterback Jim McMahon.
2 minute read

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