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  • May 31, 2007 |

    Fund Oversight

    Government officials wade through the options for hedge-fund regulation.

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  • May 31, 2007 |

    The Regulator Rundown

    One of the greatest challenges facing general counsel is keeping up with current legal issues while anticipating future liabilities. But it's difficult to know where to turn your attention first when dealing with employee complaints, shareholder pressures, potential litigation and a host of regulatory agencies enforcing a host of constantly...

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  • May 31, 2007 |

    The Regulator Rundown

    One of the greatest challenges facing general counsel is keeping up with current legal issues while anticipating future liabilities. But it's difficult to know where to turn your attention first when dealing with employee complaints, shareholder pressures, potential litigation and a host of regulatory agencies enforcing a host of constantly...

    1 minute read

  • April 30, 2007 |

    Gold Bars

    European Commission moves to eradicate golden shares and break down trade barriers.

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  • April 30, 2007 |

    Union Power

    Critics blast Employee Free Choice Act as too pro union.

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  • March 31, 2007 |

    Trust Busters

    Brooklyn-born plaintiffs' attorney Michael Hausfeld is a betting man. He's banking that the legal environment overseas is ripe for private antitrust litigation. That's why in March, his firm--Cohen, Milstein, Hausfeld & Toll--opened an office in London, making it the first U.S. plaintiffs' firm to set up shop in Europe. "There's...

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  • February 28, 2007 |

    Directors' Duties

    Developed piecemeal through the years, the rules governing U.K. companies remained the statutory equivalent of a pocketful of cocktail napkin scribbles. A law about shareholder communications here, another about transactions there. The large body of common law was an enigmatic nightmare for in-house counsel. Parliament decided to alleviate the nightmare...

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  • December 31, 2006 |

    Patchy Protection

    UK ruling reopens the debate over business-method patents in Europe.

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  • November 30, 2006 |

    Chemical Conundrum

    EU's regulation of hazardous substances creates huge burdens for U.S. exporters.

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  • October 31, 2006 |

    Antitrust Anxiety

    Civil antitrust filings shoot up dramatically on the heels of highly publicized investigations.

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