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White House Backs Off On A Lobbyist Ban For Advisory Panels

In a guidance released last week, the Obama administration revised its position on allowing lobbyists to be members of certain […]

SEC, Mary Jo White, Assailed By Liberals

Growing disenchantment and pointed criticism no longer confined to the usual suspects.

Five Tips For Minimizing The Risk Of Class Actions

Compliance is the standard and irrefutable advice for avoiding class action litigation, but ShepphardMullin attorneys have put a different slant […]

Tenth Circuit: “False” Disclosure Opinions Not Actionable

The Tenth Circuit has joined a number of other circuits in affirming that a false statement in an offering document […]

Threat Of Antitrust Enforcement Is Said to Squelch Two Major Deals

Two mega-mergers never got off the blocks because the would-be deal makers thought it likely they would be challenged by […]

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Signals Crackdown On Debt Collection Law Firms

Law firms that file a high volume of debt collection lawsuits are on notice after the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection […]

New Delaware Law Requiring Destruction Of Consumer Information

A new Delaware law will require businesses to dispose of consumer personal information “no longer to be retained by the […]

Executive Order For Government Contractor Employers – And A Backlash

President Obama has signed a “Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Executive Order” which includes, among other provisions, a requirement that […]

Inventor’s Failed Antitrust Suit Against A Trade Group

An inventor-patent attorney claimed that major saw manufacturers, including Emerson, Ryobi, and Black & Decker, by way of their trade […]

British Serious Fraud Office Pays Millions To Settle Mishandled Case

The British Serious Fraud Office agreed to pay about $5.1 million to a property developer after admitting that it mishandled […]

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