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DOJ Offers FCPA Carrot Before Administration Change

Election years mean change in Washington. Some priorities will remain unaffected (e.g., national security), but others may change as the new administration decides how to focus limited resources.
8 minute read

The American Lawyer

The Global Lawyer: A Modest Proposal to Roll Back Citizens United

A proposal to limit foreign influence in U.S. politics is unlikely to survive a vote by the Federal Election Commission. But the idea may find a way forward in the courts.
15 minute read

Law.com

UC Law Schools Get $4.5M for Public Interest Fellowships

The University of California has established a $4.5 million annual public interest fellowship program open to students and recent graduates at four of its law schools. University President Janet Napolitano unveiled the program, called the University of California President's Public Service Law Fellowships, Wednesday at the University of California at Los Angeles School of Law.
6 minute read

International Edition

SFO spending more on legal fees despite Government funding cuts

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) increased the proportion of funding it spends on legal fees by 31% between 2009 and 2012, despite the agency's overall budget being cut by more than a fifth in that time. In 2012 the independent Government department spent £4.5m on all legal fees, defined as a combination of counsel's fees, solicitor's fees and court fees for work on all criminal investigations and prosecutions, restraint and confiscation proceedings, and advisory matters.
2 minute read

International Edition

Kent Council to launch trainee lawyer programme

Kent County Council's legal team is to launch its own trainee programme, with the move coming as the local authority eyes a series of white label and cross-selling initiatives.
2 minute read

International Edition

Government to finally unveil panel of external advisers

The Government is gearing up to unveil its long-awaited panel of external legal advisers – nearly two years after starting the review process.
2 minute read

International Edition

BLP in talks with Yorkshire Water over Managed Legal Service deal

Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) is in early-stage talks with Yorkshire Water over a possible deal with its Managed Legal Service (MLS) arm, as it emerges the firm also held discussions with Buckinghamshire County Council this summer.
2 minute read

International Edition

Same-sex marriage consultation: a chance to clarify pension benefits for civil partners

Charmian Johnson of Squires Sanders says the Government needs to make clear where civil partners stand on pensions
5 minute read

International Edition

Woolf's 'Inquiry into Inquiries' aims to bring rigour and best practice to process

"If you have an inquiry that takes an inordinate amount of time and money, it detracts from the reason for the inquiry itself" - Lord Woolf on a project to usher in a template for effective public inquiries
6 minute read

International Edition

Burden of trust - will moves to cut red tape let bad employers off the hook?

Will the Government's drive to reduce the regulatory burden allow less-principled businesses to slip through the net? Bond Pearce's Nicky Loadsman discusses the implications of earned recognition
9 minute read

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