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Inside Counsel

Regulatory: Most SEC whistleblowers tell company first

Sean McKessy, Chief of the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) Office of the Whistleblower, recently reported that a significant majority of whistleblowers indicated that they used internal reporting channels before contacting the SEC.
4 minute read

Inside Counsel

Regulatory: It’s a bird, it’s a plane, no, it’s a super PAC!

The big story for the 2012 elections has been the rise of super PACs, or, independent expenditure committees
11 minute read

Inside Counsel

U.S. airlines drop lawsuit against EU carbon emissions law

A group of U.S. airlines have dropped their private lawsuit against the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme, which implemented a law January 1 that taxes airlines for carbon emissions on transatlantic flights.
4 minute read

Inside Counsel

MF Global GC will testify tomorrow at House hearing

Tomorrow, MF Global Holdings Ltd. General Counsel Laurie Ferber will testify at a House Financial Services subcommittee hearing on the brokers bankruptcy this past October that resulted in an estimated $1.6 billion customer funds shortfall.
4 minute read

Inside Counsel

Supreme Court divided on second day of health care hearings

The Supreme Court appears willing to rule on the administrations health care act, but what that ruling will be remains unclear after Tuesdays divisive oral arguments.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Costa Concordia disaster prompts change

Cruise line industry responds with new safety rules, while maritime law experts propose further changes
2 minute read

Corporate Counsel

5 steps to protect against whistleblowers

GCs must improve internal policies and processes to encourage internal reports
13 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Employees of nonpublic companies not eligible for SOX protection

1st Circuit narrows application of SOX whistleblower protection provision
11 minute read

Corporate Counsel

EU updates data protection rules

Data Protection Regulation expands EU's jurisdiction
19 minute read

Corporate Counsel

FDA releases biosimilars draft guidances

Documents are first step in expedited pathway for generic biotech drugs
18 minute read

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