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Wal-Mart in Compliance with Foreign Corrupt Practices Act?

Wal-Mart in Compliance with Foreign Corrupt Practices Act?

The best defense is a good offense? That’s what one may wonder after Wal-Mart Stores Inc. announced it is launching its own investigation into whether its policies, procedures and internal…

Firm’s Former Lawyer Sues Firm over Unpaid Bonuses

Firm’s Former Lawyer Sues Firm over Unpaid Bonuses

In an interesting turn of events, two lawyers from Dallas who worked together in a groundbreaking case are now going to court against each other. Those two lawyers helped acquire…

Plane Hijacking on Verge of being Solved

Plane Hijacking on Verge of being Solved

There is only one unsolved airplane hijacking mystery in the United States and federal officials might be close to cracking the case. It has been forty years since a man…

Greenberg Traurig to Open Tel Aviv Office

Greenberg Traurig to Open Tel Aviv Office

A new law office for Greenberg Traurig LLP will open in Israel early in the year 2012. This will mark the first international law firm to operate in the country…

Jerry Sandusky Arrested Again; 12 New Charges

Jerry Sandusky Arrested Again; 12 New Charges

Former Penn State University defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky was taken into custody again on Wednesday as two more accusers came forward in the sexual abuse case. Sandusky was arrested and…

Principal Retires after Sexual Harassment Suspension

Principal Retires after Sexual Harassment Suspension

A principal from Gastonia, in Gaston County, North Carolina, has decided to retire abruptly from his post. The announcement was made late Tuesday night in the wake of the principal…

Ernst & Young Coordinates External Panel to Investigate Olympus Audit

Ernst & Young Coordinates External Panel to Investigate Olympus Audit

According to the December 8th reuters.com article, “UPDATE 1-E&Y sets up external panel to probe Olympus audit”, the Japanese arm of Ernst & Young is organizing an external panel to…

Corzine, in Response to Failure of MF Global, and 8th Largest Bankruptcy in U.S. History: “I Don’t Know”

Corzine, in Response to Failure of MF Global, and 8th Largest Bankruptcy in U.S. History: “I Don’t Know”

According to the December 8th usatdoay.com article, “Corzine: ‘I simply do not know’ where MF Global money is”, Jon Corzine has plans to tell a House committee he doesn’t know…

Obama Administration’s Top Health Official Blocks Plan B Pill From Becoming OTC

Obama Administration’s Top Health Official Blocks Plan B Pill From Becoming OTC

Yesterday, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius – the Obama administration’s top health official stopped the Plan B morning after pill from being allowed to be sold over the…

The Wisconsin Business Law Initiative

The Wisconsin Business Law Initiative

Jonathan Lipson, a UW-Madison law professor, is trying to correct a major misconception about his place of employment. Lipson claims that the school’s law school is not anti-business, and that…