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New Jersey Law Journal

Legislators Spar Over Future of Bridgegate Investigation

With more than three weeks having passed since its last meeting and with at least a month to go before its next, questions are starting to arise over whether the New Jersey legislative committee investigating last September's closures of local access lanes to the George Washington Bridge continues to have any relevance and, if it does, whether it needs to shift its focus.
8 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Worry Not, Justices Hold Line In Securities Fraud Cases

Worries that the U.S. Supreme Court would issue another ruling to impede the pleading or proving of securities fraud cases has dissipated as justices unanimously rejected an attack on Basic v. Levinson for the fraud-on-the-market presumption of reliance on misrepresentations at class certification.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

FCPA Enforcement Evolving at Home and Abroad

Foreign Corrupt Practices Act reports from Mayer Brown and Gibson Dunn show plenty of new case law and developments in FCPA enforcement in the first half of 2014.
5 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

White Collar Criminal Litigation

By | August 07, 2014
Having the defendant sign a plea agreement can resolve a criminal case, but it may raise practical and ethical issues for counsel. The financial marketplace is becoming more willing to speak out about cyberattacks. Why criminal sanctions are a better deterrent than tradition civil actions for online copyright infringement.
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New Jersey Law Journal

Internet Copyright Infringement: An Emerging White-Collar Crime Internet

The increasing use of the Internet for infringement activities makes criminal sanctions a better deterrent than traditional civil actions; thus, Internet copyright infringement is emerging as a white-collar crime.
6 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Hedge Funds Have Remained Quiet About Cyberattacks—Until Now

The financial marketplace is waking up to the idea that transparency is a more sensible strategy to combat cybercrime.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

A New Challenge to Appeal Waivers?

A new type of challenge has been raised to plea agreements that include broad waivers covering Sixth Amendment claims—i.e., the right to effective assistance of counsel.
8 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Mulgrew Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison for Fraud

Ex-Philadelphia Traffic Court Judge Robert Mulgrew has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for a scheme to defraud the state Department of Community and Economic Development out of state grant funds awarded to nonprofits.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

The Morning Wrap

A round up of legal news from ALM-affiliated publications and around the web: Sprint drops its bid for T-Mobile; the 50 best law firms for women; Maureen McDonnell v. The World.
2 minute read

Daily Business Review

Fired Attorney's Big Allegation: Firm Colluded With Doctors To Get More Money Out Of Insurance Companies

An attorney fired by Steinger, Iscoe, Greene & McAfee claims the firm illegally colluded with doctors to conduct unnecessary surgeries on clients to inflate damage claims against insurance companies.
6 minute read

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