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Sheldon Silver Allegations: Medical Research Funding In Exchange For Plaintiff Leads

Sheldon Silver, the powerful speaker of the New York State Assembly, is alleged to have routed hundreds of thousands of […]

Elegant Formula For Determining Fair Use Rejected By 11th Circuit

The concept of “fair use” is hard to define, but Georgia State University made it somewhat easier with a four-part […]

How GCs Should Respond To Political Spend Disclosure Demands

Efforts by activists to force publicly-held companies to disclose their political spending have suffered some setbacks, but they aren’t going […]

Shoppers Sue Retailers For Zip Code Requests

At least 25 Massachusetts retailers who asked customers for their zip codes—a common practice to determine demographics or deduce home […]

Citizens United: Five Years, A Billion Dollars

Georgetown University law professor David Cole, writing in the New York Times Review of Books, finds the results of the […]

EU To Appeal Ruling Striking Hamas From Terror List

The European Union General Court has ruled that the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas should be removed from the terrorist list, […]

Lawyers Heroes Or Goats In Fight For Marriage Equality?

Though the issue is about marriage equality for same-sex couples, SCOTUSblog publisher Tom Goldstein says “[T]his is up to now […]

Corporate Heavyweights Target Patent Trolls

Major companies in the retail and hotel and restaurant industries have joined high-tech stalwarts like Google, Facebook and Adobe to […]

A Big Month For Anti-Corruption Enforcement

Major anti-corruption developments by way of the FCPA, and world-wide…

California Court Mandates Pay For ‘Sleep Time’

The California Supreme Court ruled this week that for some occupations—such as 24-hour security guards who sleep for eight hours […]

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