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Inside Counsel

States, pharmacists scrutinize Express Scripts-Medco merger

More than 25 states and pharmacy groups are analyzing a proposed $22 billion merger between pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) Express Scripts and Medco Health Solutions that they say could increase the companies dominance and aggression in the prescription drug market.
2 minute read

Inside Counsel

Regulatory: The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s data-sharing policy

Banks believe that wide dissemination of confidential supervisory information could ultimately hurt consumers.
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

U.S. and China strengthen antitrust cooperation efforts

Competition authorities sign a formal agreement to bring greater transparency.
7 minute read

Inside Counsel

AT&T asks judge to dismiss competitors’ lawsuits over T-Mobile deal

Last week wireless carrier AT&T Inc. asked a federal judge to dismiss Sprint Nextel Corp.s and Cellular South Inc.s lawsuits alleging its proposed $39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile USA Inc. would be anti-competitive.
2 minute read

Inside Counsel

Technology: Combating employee misconduct

The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act is a popular, yet controversial mechanism to seek recovery.
4 minute read

Inside Counsel

Federal judge partially rejects bid to block Alabama immigration law

Historically controversial in the treatment of its citizens, the state of Alabamas bid to own the nations strictest immigration laws grew stronger. U.S. District Judge Sharon Blackburn upheld significant sections of the law pertaining to illegal immigrants, stating that they arent pre-empted by federal regulations.
4 minute read

Inside Counsel

Reebok must pay $25 million in false advertising settlement

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ordered sportswear company Reebok to pay $25 million for making false claims in advertisements for its EasyTone shoes. The FTC said Reebok's claims that a pair of its shoes helped tone and strengthen legs and buttocks was deceptive.
1 minute read

International Edition

Orrick to launch City regulatory team with senior in-house duo

Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe is launching a regulatory practice in the City with the hire of two in-house lawyers from London-based liquidity provider Liquid Capital Markets (LCM). The US firm is set to bring in LCM's head of legal, Sam Millar, and fellow legal counsel Tony Katz as partners next month. Millar initially joined LCM from Jones Day in 2008, with Katz following in 2009 from the Financial Services Authority (FSA).
2 minute read

Inside Counsel

Regulatory: Sequestration

The outcome could have a significant impact on the 2012 elections.
7 minute read

Inside Counsel

IP: “Reexamination” in the new patent enforcement landscape

The new regulations offer strategic options for patent owners and challengers.
4 minute read

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