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Inside Counsel

Regulatory: Keep Pending Legislative Acquisition Initiatives on Your Radar

New requirements under consideration may will further complicate the federal acquisition system and increase compliance burdens
3 minute read

Inside Counsel

Regulatory: Collapse of the Energy Bill and the Coming Regulatory Tide

Next two years may be most active period for new regulatory activity in decades.
6 minute read

International Edition

Profession to bear the cost of new regulatory regime

The regulatory infrastructure that underpins the legal profession is undergoing unprecedented change, with the idea that the profession is capable of regulating itself irretrievably abandoned. And now that the new, wholly independent governing bodies are in place, attention is focused on the way in which the new order will go about its day-to-day business. The reforms enshrined in the Legal Services Act focus on the organisational change that is needed to move away from self-regulation towards a more independent structure. The independent Legal Services Board (LSB) has been created to be the oversight regulator for the entire legal profession, with a mandate to raise public awareness of the professional standards against which practitioners are assessed - and the grievance procedures that are available, if required.
4 minute read

International Edition

Professional negligence and indemnity: Regulation in the balance

Following on from the Solicitors' Code of Conduct 2007, the implementation of the Legal Services Act 2007 and the development of the Legal Services Board at the end of 2009, the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has recently published further plans for regulatory change. These plans are characterised by a new consumer-focused approach and, specifically, the proposed outcomes-focused regulation embodied in the draft code of conduct coming into force on 6 October 2011.
8 minute read

Inside Counsel

Virginia Challenges the Health Care Plan

A federal judge allows a lawsuit filed by Virginia's attorney general to move forward.
4 minute read

International Edition

Gibson Dunn launches in Hong Kong with hire of General Electric veteran

Gibson Dunn & Crutcher is to open an office in Hong Kong this year as the top 20 US law firm moves extend its compliance and white collar crime practice into Asia. The new office will be led by Kelly Austin, who joins the firm as a partner from General Electric International in Hong Kong, where she has been for the last eight years. She specialises in Asia-wide Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and compliance matters. Austin will be joined by Gibson Dunn corporate partner Joseph Barbeau, who is relocating from the firm's Palo Alto office, and associate Kate Yin, who is relocating from its Los Angeles office.
2 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Inside the FDA

Transparency initiative would also open up FDA's procedures for scrutiny.
1 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Judges put a hold on SOX whistleblower’s reinstatement

Whistleblower advocates say 6th Circuit case is a serious attack on OSHAs powers.
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Judges Put a Hold on SOX Whistleblower's Reinstatement

Whistleblower advocates view ruling as an attack on OSHA's power.
19 minute read

Corporate Counsel

FDA's Transparency Initiative Opens Up New Information to Disclosure

Transparency Task Force issues draft proposals aimed at better explaining FDA decisions, providing more data, illuminating enforcement efforts and supporting innovation.
15 minute read

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