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Dinsmore & Shohl > Foreign Corporate Practices Act: Is Your Company Prepared
The two main parts of the FCPA are anti-bribery and accounting provisions. These provisions work in conjunction to prohibit unlawful payments to foreign officials and require US companies to maintain accurate records and systems of internal controls
Updated: 05/20/2011 07:25P
Pannone LLP > The impact of a lovechild
An application for the provision of a house for the child can also be pursued in accordance with Schedule 1 of the Children Act 1989. These issues would obviously impact the father's divorce proceedings. Instances of the above circumstances are
Updated: 05/20/2011 07:25P
Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP > Environmental & Chemical Update
Real Property Assignee May Not Rescind Sale Due to Later-Discovered Contamination A federal court in New York has ruled that the assignee of an “as is” real estate purchase may not rescind the sale because of subsequently discovered contamination.
Updated: 05/20/2011 07:25P
Crowell & Moring > Managed Care Lawsuit Watch - May 2011
Plaintiff, an individual receiving health insurance from United Healthcare Insurance Company through her employer's group health insurance plan, brought a claim challenging the method United used to calculate a non-network benefit.
Updated: 05/20/2011 07:24P
Weil, Gotshal & Manges > FDA Says Chantix Adverse Event Reports Were
In its report released on May 19, the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (“ISMP”), a nonprofit group that monitors and reports on drug safety, stated that there was a spike in serious adverse-event reports related to Chantix in the third quarter
Updated: 05/20/2011 07:24P
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP > The Impact of Disregarding Document
Similarly, in In re NTL, Inc. Securities Litigation[3], the defendant filed for bankruptcy and emerged from bankruptcy as two different companies. As part of the bankruptcy plan, one company became the successor-in-interest for purposes of the lawsuit,
Updated: 05/20/2011 07:24P
Charles Russell LLP > Wealth protection on divorce in the Middle East
as a matter of law, always be binding. No contract can oust the courts jurisdiction to apply the factors in Section 25 of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1975 at the time of divorce but, the case did make clear that it is no longer contrary to public
Updated: 05/20/2011 07:24P
Gas line break causes 41?2-hour Hwy. 62 closure
Carl Goins, with Berryville's volunteer department, said they responded and immediately set up a command center, secured the area, evacuated nearby residents, and rerouted traffic with help from county and city law enforcement agencies.
Updated: 05/20/2011 07:23P
Two patrol cars involved in separate accidents
Tilley said Anderson police officer Alan McCoy was headed north when he tried to execute a U-turn in order to make a traffic stop. Another car that was also headed north on North Main Street struck the left front fender of McCoy's patrol vehicle,
Updated: 05/20/2011 07:23P
Inquest held into teenager's death in crash near Burnham-On-Sea
Somerset coroner Michael Rose issued a narrative verdict after considering the Weston teenager's injuries following the crash in the early hours of September 18th, 2010. Mr Rose said: "The deceased died when the BMW he was driving on the A370 Weston
Updated: 05/20/2011 07:22P
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