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Lawyers as gate-keepers - a return to ethics?

The business pages tell us corporate leaders, perhaps cowed by reactions to exec pay and the more general desire to rebuild the legitimacy of capitalism, are increasingly interested in ethics. An interesting question is whether this change, if it is real, will permeate into the way lawyers advise their clients.
6 minute read

Inside Counsel

EU suspends international anti-counterfeiting pact ratification

It may take a little longer for Europe to get on the same page as many of its industrialized peers when it comes to intellectual property rights. The European Commission today suspended its efforts to ratify the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), which seeks to establish international standards for intellectual property...
5 minute read

Inside Counsel

No charges brought in Allianz bribery investigation

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has closed its foreign bribery investigation into Allianz SE without bringing charges, according to Reuters.
1 minute read

Inside Counsel

Companies want clarity on anti-bribery law

The groups are asking for more clarity around the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), which makes it illegal for companies to engage in bribery with foreign officials while doing business.
3 minute read

Inside Counsel

Regulatory: The 3 criteria of an accidental franchise

Companies that market their goods or services through independent distributors may be surprised to learn their distributorship arrangement is in fact a franchise subject to federal and/or state regulation.
6 minute read

Inside Counsel

Regulatory: Sallie Mae case lowers Rule 9(b) standards

On Nov. 4, 2011, the D. C. Circuit decided United States ex rel. Batiste v. SLM Corp., 659 F.3d 1204 (D.C. Cir. 2011), holding for the first time that a previously filed complaint need not meet the requirements of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 9(b) to bar a similar, later-filed...
3 minute read

Inside Counsel

EPA investigating Navistar’s diesel-engine production

Truck and engine company Navistar International Corp. just got pulled over by the environmental police.
3 minute read

Inside Counsel

Facts & Figures: 5 sets of newsworthy data

An inside look at the numbers that count
4 minute read

International Edition

FSA managing director Cole announces exit from regulator

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has announced that managing director Margaret Cole is set to leave the regulator later this year. Her departure comes ahead of the Government's 'twin peaks' overhaul of the FSA, which from 2 April will see the regulator split into two, with one arm focusing on prudential regulation and the other on conduct.
3 minute read

Inside Counsel

Regulatory: Considering energy regulations—nuclear power

On Feb. 9, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) granted the first license in three decades for construction of a new nuclear electric power plant in the U.S.
4 minute read

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