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Regulatory: If banks don’t do anything wrong, they have nothing to worry about, right?

The cost related to the bureaus regulatory power is choking consumers.
4 minute read

International Edition

BBC Trust names Bakers as sole legal adviser after competitive tender

Baker & McKenzie has been appointed as the sole legal adviser to the BBC Trust on regulatory matters following a competitive tender exercise. The Trust, which acts as the broadcasting company's governing body, has instructed Bakers in this capacity since its inception in 2007, but re-tendered earlier this year after the appointment of Lord Patten – a former Cabinet minister and chairman of the Conservative Party – as its chairman. The competitive tender process involved half a dozen UK law firms including Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Berwin Leighton Paisner, Simmons & Simmons and Field Fisher Waterhouse.
2 minute read

Inside Counsel

Regulatory: The President blinks

Obamas concession to Republicans on air quality standards may have far-reaching effects.
4 minute read

Inside Counsel

U.S. increases enforcement of Responsible Corporate Officer doctrine

U.S. officials have decided to step up their enforcement of a doctrine, dating back to the 1930s, that may put some drug company executives at risk.
1 minute read

Inside Counsel

FDA defends new cigarette warning labels

The FDA recently responded to complaints from U.S. tobacco companies over the new, graphic warning labels to accompany their cigarette packs.
2 minute read

Inside Counsel

EU passes extended copyright protections for musicians

The European Union (EU) came to a decision about the proposal to extend copyright protections for musicians.
1 minute read

Inside Counsel

Court upholds federal health care law

The 4th Circuit rejected two challenges to the federal health care overhaul, which the Obama administration passed last year.
1 minute read

Inside Counsel

Law school professors debate children’s food marketing guidelines

Earlier this year, the Federal Trade Commission issued voluntary principles aimed to influence companies decisions when creating advertisements directed at children. The issue of childhood obesity is as pressing as ever, and the commission hopes the new guidelines will encourage companies to self-regulate their advertising to minimize ads depicting foods...
3 minute read

Inside Counsel

Regulatory: The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is still hard at work

Dont mistake relative silence for inactivity.
8 minute read

Inside Counsel

Obama asks EPA to withdraw Ozone Rule

President Obama asked the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Friday to remove an air-quality rule from implementation until a possible date in 2013 when the White House may revisit the regulation. The action coincided with last weeks dismal unemployment rate and is criticized as indicating precedence for expanding industry over the...
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