Risk Management

OSHA’s New Bad Actor List

An OSHA “severe violators” pilot program has been rolled out in four Midwestern states. It will have significant implications for […]

SCOTUS, Again, Limits Foreign Access To US Legal Remedies

The case initially involved a RICO claim by the European Community and 26 of its member states. alleging that RJR participated in a money-laundering scheme by selling cigarettes to Colombian and Russian drug dealers…

“Alice” Down To Earth: Two Livestock Patents Ruled Ineligible

In decisions that invoked the Supreme Court’s much discussed Alice decision, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board ruled that two claims by Leachman Cattle of Colorado, LLC, were not….

Court: Experts Must Refute Counter Views

What does a paid expert witness owe to the court, in the way of a giving opposing views at least […]

Court: Govt Can Hack Your Computer Without A Warrant

In what the Electronic Frontier Foundation calls the latest in a series of “troubling decisions,” a district court in the […]

Privatization Hits Municipal Services

“Privatization,” which has been a conservative free-market mantra for decades, has in recent years taken a form that even some […]

DOL “Persuader Rule” Blocked By Texas Judge

The Department of Labor’s persuader rule, which requires companies to disclose information about law firms or consultants they retain for […]

Brexit Short-Term Bonanza For Law Firms, But Then What?

You could think of membership in the EU as a way to settle a lot of issues wholesale. Those issues […]

New Toxic Substance Law Will Hit Many Companies

Environmentalists and public health advocates have long criticized the U.S. regulatory regime for allowing chemicals to enter the economy without […]

Chinese Cyber-Espionage Abates

Moves by the U.S., including indictments and the threat of economic sanctions, have led to a sharp decrease in instances […]

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