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February 04, 2010 |

BigLaw Gets Brazilian South of the Border

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March 28, 2013 |

Revising the Rules Regarding ESI Preservation

The Judicial Conference of the U.S. Advisory Committee on Civil Rules proposed that Rule 37(e) be gutted and replaced. The proposed amendment (scheduled to take effect in June) would make it far more difficult for parties requesting electronically stored information to obtain sanctions for their adversaries' failure to preserve such discoverable information.
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August 19, 2013 |

Sandusky Victims Start to Settle With PSU, Say Lawyers

Lawyers say a 25-year-old has settled with Penn State for sexual abuse he endured at age 13 by Jerry Sandusky, while seven others have agreed to settlement of their own claims. There are 31 claims pending against Penn State over Sandusky's alleged or confirmed abuse.
4 minute read
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
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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.
4 minute read
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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