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Supreme Court To Decide If Severance Pay Should Be Taxed

The Court has accepted a case that will determine whether severance payments qualify as “wages,” which would make them subject […]

Patent Troll Firm Staging Fundraising Effort Finds Burned Bridges

Intellectual Ventures, often considered one of the major patent troll firms, has curtailed its patent buying in the last few […]

Securities Litigation And News, Week Ending October 4

Auditors are targeted as “gatekeepers.” Looting; excessive fees; a backdating case. The biggest SEC whistleblower award ever, and Mary Jo […]

Controversial NLRB GC Nominee On To Senate Vote

President Obama’s controversial nominee to serve as general counsel to the National Labor Relations Board was approved by the Senate […]

Shutdown Is Evidence Of Waning Business Influence On Republicans

The current stalemate and government shutdown is the latest manifestation of the waning influence of major business and financial interests […]

Patent Trolls, Under Fire, Ramp Up Lobbying Efforts

With Congress drafting a handful of bills targeting “patent trolls,” and the Federal Trade Commission using its subpoena power to […]

Guide To Federal Agency Plans During Government Shutdown

More than a day into the partial shutdown of the U.S. government, negotiations to bring federal employees back to work […]

EEOC Hamstrung By Government Shutdown

Amid the government shutdown, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission will continue docketing charges under the federal employment discrimination statute, litigating […]

Twitter IPO Reignites Controversy Over JOBS Act

Twitter’s “stealth” IPO has revived lingering doubts about the ultimate benefits and potential pitfalls inherent in the JOBS Act. Heavily […]

FTC, Claiming No Prejudgment, Will Investigate Trolls

The Federal Trade Commission said it would subpoena about 25 companies that buy and sell patents and 15 other companies that manufacture devices or write software.

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