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Another Ex-US Attorney Takes Law School Job, This Time at Alabama

The former U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama is joining the University of Alabama School of Law as a distinguished visiting lecturer in August.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

World Bank Taps Pascale DuBois as Next Integrity Vice President

The World Bank Group is set to name Pascale DuBois to its top anticorruption post as its next Integrity Vice President.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Affordable Care Act Records Part of Nonprofit's Oversight Efforts

American Oversight, a nonprofit formed by attorneys, is working to reveal information to the public about health care policymaking in Washington.
6 minute read

National Law Journal

Orrick Stokes DEA Over Alleged Marijuana Misstatements

A team from Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, representing the medical marijuana advocate Americans for Safe Access, isn't holding its breath for federal drug enforcement officials to erase their alleged misstatements about the health risks of cannabis.
12 minute read

Daily Business Review

Cruise Ship Whistleblower Sails Off With Million-Dollar Reward

Christopher Keays, a native of Scotland, was 27 years old and fresh out of the maritime academy in the summer of 2013 when he got "the chance of a lifetime" to work on a ship, as a junior engineer with the Caribbean Princess. Today he is a millionaire. A federal judge in Miami awarded Keays $1 million Wednesday for blowing the whistle on the Princess Cruise Lines' illegal dumping of oily waste into the ocean.
10 minute read

Daily Business Review

Court: Immigration Agenda Not Part of Child Dependency Review

The Florida Supreme Court decision should end the summary dismissal of dependency petitions from young immigrants seeking U.S. residency.
5 minute read

The Recorder

Google Files Rare Sealed Motion in Hiring Data Dispute With DOL

Tech giant Google filed a motion under seal Tuesday at the instruction of Administrative Law Judge Steven Berlin, in a move that attorneys said was very rare.
21 minute read

National Law Journal

Judge Rejects N.C. Blue Cross and Blue Shield's Claim for $130M in Fed Health Care Payments

Judge Lydia Kay Griggsby of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims in Washington, D.C., rejected a lawsuit brought by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina for $130 million in payments under the Affordable Care Act's risk corridor program.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

DOJ Pledges to Speed Up FCPA Investigations

Trevor McFadden, the U.S. Department of Justice's Criminal Division acting principal deputy assistant attorney general, says the DOJ intends to wrap up old cases and accelerate new investigations.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

FTC Tells Paid 'Influencers' to Disclose When Instagram Posts Are #Ads

The Federal Trade Commission is keeping tabs on the growing trend of brands hiring so-called "influencers"—athletes, celebrities and others with large followings—to promote their products on social media. Up until Wednesday, the agency has put the burden of ensuring proper advertising disclosure on the brands. The agency sent 90 letters to influencers and marketers informing them of their responsibility to "clearly and conspicuously" disclose the business relationships behind social media posts.
12 minute read

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