Morrison and international RICO: Kaplan's take in Chevron case - Thomson Reuters News & Insight


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Morrison and international RICO: Kaplan's take in Chevron case
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It's been relatively easy for district courts to figure out how to apply the US Supreme Court's 2010 ruling in Morrison v. National Australia Bank in securities cases -- unless the defendant is a US-listed company, shareholders are pretty much out of ...

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Former CFTC Acting Chairman and Commissioner Michael V. Dunn Appointed ... - MarketWatch (press release)


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Former CFTC Acting Chairman and Commissioner Michael V. Dunn Appointed ...
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Dunn will report to DTCC President and CEO-elect Michael Bodson, recently named to succeed Donald F. Donahue in July. Dunn will play an instrumental role in DTCC's development of its US SDR, ensuring open lines of communication with its clients, ...
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Akin, Gump, Steptoe, Gibson Dunn: Business of Law - BusinessWeek

Akin, Gump, Steptoe, Gibson Dunn: Business of Law
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The case is US v. Gupta, 11-cr-907, US District Court, Southern District of New York (Manhattan). Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP may file for bankruptcy protection within weeks, the Wall Street Journal reported on May 18. Joff Mitchell of restructuring firm Zolfo ...

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Clemens Jury Hears of Pettitte, Knoblauch Alleged HGH Use - San Francisco Chronicle

Clemens Jury Hears of Pettitte, Knoblauch Alleged HGH Use
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US District Judge Reggie Walton, who earlier ruled out such testimony as too prejudicial to Clemens, changed his mind today, accepting the government's argument that McNamee's cross- examination "opened the door" to evidence showing the former ...

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Edwards Lied to Cover Affair During Campaign, US Says - Bloomberg

Edwards Lied to Cover Affair During Campaign, US Says
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Edwards lied and manipulated staffers and friends to make sure the “nasty little evidence” of his affair with Rielle Hunter didn't come to light, Assistant US Attorney Robert Higdon told jurors in closing arguments today in federal court in Greensboro, ...

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Medical pot not protected by disabilities act, 9th Circuit rules - PennLive.com

Medical pot not protected by disabilities act, 9th Circuit rules
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A three-judge panel of the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit filed by severely disabled medical marijuana users against Costa Mesa and Lake Forest, Calif. The suit charged that the Orange County cities were violating the ...

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Kostick v. Nago: Reply Memorandum in Support of Plaintiffs' Motion for ... - JD Supra (press release)

Kostick v. Nago: Reply Memorandum in Support of Plaintiffs' Motion for ...
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5 Citizens for Equitable and Responsible Gov't v. County of Hawaii, 120 P.3d 217 (Haw. 2005) ................................ 15 Daly v. Hunt, 93 F.3d 1212 (4th Cir. 1996) ............................................... 6 Dunn v. Blumstein, 405 US 330 ...

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