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SEC considers civil action against S&P

As the Securities and Exchange Committee (SEC) continues its lengthy, convoluted investigation into the causes of the messy financial crisis, it is turning its attention to credit-rating firms, against which it may soon bring civil fraud charges.
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Delaware Supreme Court allows insurers to challenge STOLI policies

Last week the Delaware Supreme Court ruled that insurers can contest life policies that pay investors when the subject of the policy dies.
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Net neutrality rules finally published

In a move that will almost assuredly spur a spate of legal challenges that will clog courtrooms almost as much as wireless Internet providers have been slowing down network connections, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) finally published its long-awaited and hotly debated rules for Internet traffic.
3 minute read

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Labor: 7 questions about the new ADAAA regulations

Employers are stuggling to understand their obligation to provide reasonable accommodation under the new law.
3 minute read

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Texas sues EPA over air pollution rules

Texas has filed suit against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over new rules that would limit air pollution.
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“All natural” called into question in recent suits

Recent lawsuits centering on some popular brands, which use the term all natural on their labels, have questioned what the term really means.
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Regulatory: Simplicity is not so simple

Why the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau needs to break from the Rule of Threes.
4 minute read

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National E-Verify legislation facing opposition

Last week, the House Judiciary Committee met to consider legislation that would mandate that all U.S. companies use the federal E-Verify program, which requires employers to use an electronic database to confirm that their employees are legal workers.
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Inside Experts: The next wave of transparency for biopharmaceutical companies

When Congress passed the health care reform legislation in 2010, it included the Physician Payments Sunshine Act, which requires biopharmaceutical manufacturers to report (and make public) annual payments made to physicians
8 minute read

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Government investigates loans to bankrupt solar firm

Solar-panel maker Solyndra Inc. could have been described as the poster child of the Obama administrations push for clean energy development.
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