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Litigation: 25th anniversary of the False Claims Act brings record number of actions

This past January, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) celebrated the 25th anniversary of the 1986 Amendments to the False Claims Act (FCA). The DOJ used this time to tout its use of the FCA in recovering more than $30 billion, and to describe its future enforcement efforts.
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Regulatory: CFTC maintains limited trading exemptions

May require more advisers to investment funds to register as CPOs and CTAs
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Regulatory: When it comes to airport noise regulation, “Big Brother” is watching you

With the long awaited passage of the Federal Aviation Administrations (FAA) Modernization and Reform Act of 2012, H.R. 658 (FAA Reauthorization Act), on March 6, 2012, the increasing pace of expansion of both commercial and general aviation airports, and the FAAs new airspace redesign initiatives to reduce delay, airport noise...
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AFA Foods files for bankruptcy over “pink slime” controversy

Beef-processer AFA Foods is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, following recent media scrutiny of its pink slime meat filler.
4 minute read

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FTC calls for more online privacy

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is calling for online providers to implement Do Not Track features in an effort to tighten online security for Internet users, according to a report the agency released last week.
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F.T.C. v. Graco Inc.: Widening the difference between merger challenges by the antitrust agencies

Practitioners and clients have long bemoaned the fact that a merger challenge by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is procedurally different than one by the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ) because the differences can have a substantive effect on the outcome of the merger challenge.
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Congress, workers unions fight back on companies’ strict social media policies

We have seen a lot of evidence of late that working professionals these days have to be careful with what they say and do on social media.
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Staying one step ahead of fraud, waste and abuse

Most companies have controls in place to stop fraud, waste and abuse and comply with growing regulatory requirements. General counsel, along with the board and executive management, are responsible for knowing whether those controls actually work, with organizational and individual consequences if they dont.
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Reviewing 5 of March’s top stories

Graphic cigarette warnings, angry interns, less-than-helpful executives and more
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Inside Counsel

Litigation: Beware of blue collar techniques in white collar investigations

When you think about secretive law enforcement techniques such as wiretaps and reliance on confidential informants, you probably imagine gritty TV dramas like HBOs The Wire and The Sopranos or Foxs 24. And understandably so. Historically, the government has used wiretaps and informants to snare blue-collar criminals in investigations related...
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