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July 16, 2013 |

Sources Say PSU Settlements Will Top $30 Million

The Penn State board of trustees has approved a figure in excess of $30 million to settle the claims of a number of plaintiffs claiming convicted serial child molester Jerry Sandusky sexually abused them, according to sources familiar with the negotiations.
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January 24, 2000 |

Identifiable Informant Can Support a Police Car Stop

Information a named informant supplied to police about a potential drunken driver was enough to warrant a police officer's vehicle stop, even though the officer did not witness any suspicious activity, a split en banc Superior Court has ruled.
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September 17, 2001 |

FTC Approves Oil Industry Mega-Merger

Phillips Petroleum Corp. closed Monday on its $9.3 billion acquisition of Tosco Corp. after the Federal Trade Commission said it would not challenge the oil industry merger on antitrust grounds. This is the first of the recent "Big Oil" deals where the companies did not have to sell significant assets to secure regulatory approval.
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Stakes Are High as Lawyers Prep for Kiobel Re-argument
Publication Date: 2012-09-26
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Nearly 50 amicus briefs have piled up arguing for and against corporate liability for overseas human rights violations, as Quinn Emanuel's Kathleen Sullivan prepares to argue for Royal Dutch Shell in the first case of the new U.S. Supreme Court term.

July 11, 2013 |

Cleary Leads Lobbying on Cross-Border Swaps Rules

After months of "long and sometimes difficult" negotiations, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the European Commission on July 11 announced a framework for cross-border regulation of swaps market.
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March 16, 2007 |

Act Would Create Higher Hurdles for Oil Mergers

Sen. Herb Kohl, D-Wis., the chairman of the Senate Antitrust Subcommittee, introduced legislation on Wednesday that would make it harder for gasoline mergers to win antitrust approval. The Oil Industry Merger Antitrust Enforcement Act would change the current review process by demanding proof from merging parties that their transaction will not harm competition and allow the Federal Trade Commission and Justice Department to block proposed mergers that do.
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October 15, 2012 |

Tech Circuit

LTN Editor-in-Chief Monica Bay launches "Tech Circuit," a new Law Technology News column about the legal technology community — our people, deals, events, hot trends, tips, wins, pains, and even a dash of gossip every now and then.
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June 04, 2010 |

'Cautious optimism' that hotel rates will rise

South Florida hotel room rates could increase this year from last year's levels despite fears within the hospitality industry that the oil spill will seep into the Atlantic Ocean.
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August 19, 2013 |

Lawyers Say Sandusky Cases Beginning to Settle With PSU

A 25-year-old has settled with Penn State for an undisclosed amount for the sexual abuse he experienced at the age of 13 by convicted serial child molester Jerry Sandusky in a shower, according to the plaintiff's lawyer, Tom Kline of Kline & Specter.
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Is This the Final Chapter for False-marking Whistleblower Suits?
Publication Date: 2012-05-04
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A recent order by the Federal Circuit involving Jack LaLanne Power Juicers stops a cottage industry of false marking cases.

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