Apparently the DOJ wants to make sure that you can get your Justin Bieber fix somewhere other than iTunes on New Music Tuesday. Not too much detail out there on this one, but we’re keeping our collective ear to the ground. There has to be more to this than just exclusivity in debuting new songs, [...]
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Lawyers begin scrambling for position in Toyota lawsuits
From The Consumerist: More than 100 lawyers from all around the country packed into a San Diego courtroom yesterday in an attempt to stake their claim to the lion’s share of any settlements that come from the multitude of federal lawsuits filed against Toyota in recent weeks. Since Toyota announced the recall of more than [...]
FCPA: Devicemakers Dastardly Deeds to be Discovered
Unfortunately, you have to subscribe to read the rest of this post, but I wanted to go ahead and post the teaser blurb> From FDANews.com: Devicemakers may face an increase in indictments as the Justice Department zeroes in on Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) violations. Justice’s FCPA and healthcare fraud units are beginning to work [...]
Why Can’t My Secretary Just Do This e-Discovery Thing?
I have been following this same argument conversation on the litsupport listserv as well, but I thought Tom O’Connor has summed it up pretty well in the following post: There has been a fascinating thread on the Lit Support ListServ this week that was started by the following post. “Why is EDD and Data Processing So [...]
Second Request Alert: Unlike Another of Same Name, Exxon Tiger Not Afraid To Show Face In Public
From Bloomberg: Exxon Mobil Corp.’s (XOM) planned buyout of independent natural gas producer XTO Energy Inc. (XTO) provided a ringing endorsement for the commodity on Monday–and could signal a modest uptick in merger activity. The deal is valued at $41 billion, including the assumption by Exxon of about $10 billion of XTO’s debt, and is [...]
Posse List Attempts to Quell the Thousands of Contract Attorneys with Anxious, Itchy Click Fingers
The Posse List posted about some of the questions people have emailed to them in regards to what they know about the Comcast/NBC Unviersal Merger. It is far too early to know how this merger/review will proceed. This deal would be a game changer in the world of media, as the various blogs have reported. [...]