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A California appellate court rejected Wal-Mart's recent attempt to avoid environmental review of its development plan, as required under CEQA. -
"Along every dimension of comparison, women have not made significant progress either economically or in reaching leadership roles during the seven years the Survey has measured the impact of gender in law firms." -
Besides being poor etiquette as a human being, insulting a judge is sanctionable misconduct. Should a dispute arise between an attorney and a judge, there are many other courses of action besides resorting to rude language and improper ex parte conduct. -
A perverse legal system reinforces bad societal behavior. Cheating pays off when an individual who has been taken advantage of cannot navigate a legal system in a time and cost frame that makes its actions relevant. And this is what is happening everyday in our society. -
David Hirschmann, the President and CEO of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Center for Capital Markets Competitiveness discusses views on the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the Dodd-Frank Act), the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), its lawsuit that invalidated the SEC's proxy access rules, and what to do if you're confronted with conflicting requirements from 32 different regulators. -
Summary of the SEC's recent use of deferred prosecution agreements and nonprosecution agreements as an instrument to resolve allegations of corporate criminal misconduct -
Recently, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced its enforcement statistics, and they are definitely revealing. -
Key issues that are newly emerging or will be especially important for corporate boards of directors in 2012. -
Juries formed from all-white jury pools in Florida convicted black defendants 16 percent more often than white defendants. -
Strategic licensing, by which the developer of intellectual property, technology or a product embeds it in the licensee's product for distribution, is typically a win-win for the companies involved.