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Total to Pay $398 Million for Corrupt Practices

French energy company Total is to pay $398 to settle charges brought against them by the Securities Exchange Commission and…

Department of Justice Shutters File Sharing Website

A federal sting that targeted illegal downloads shuttered a popular file-sharing website on Thursday. The website has ties to Hip…

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…

DOJ Confirms Appointment of Munger Tolles & Olson Partner Pomerantz to Trial Team in Antitrust Case Against AT&T

According to the November 22nd wsj.com blog, “Munger Tolles’s Merger-Buster Joins DOJ Team”, the Justice Department confirmed in recent days…

Gloomy News for the Justice Department

You would think that with Thanksgiving just a few days away that everyone would be in a good, thankful mood.…

Nationally Recognized Advertising Attorney Joins Manatt, Phelps & Phillips

In recent days, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP  announced that nationally recognized advertising attorney Edward F. Glynn, Jr. joined the…

DOJ Veteran Joins King & Spalding’s Antitrust Division

King & Spalding announced in recent days that a 32-year veteran of the antitrust division of the U.S. Department of…

2006 Reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act Upheld for Second Time

In recent days the constitutionality of the 2006 reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act was upheld for the second time,…

Senator Carl Levin Calls Goldman Sachs a “Financial Snake Pit”

The finger of blame for the 2008 market collapse is pointing squarely in Goldman Sachs direction. Banks earned billions by…

DOJ Will Not Defend DOMA

In a letter to the Speaker of the House, Attorney General Eric Holder has informed Congress that on his advice President…

Ballard Spahr Plants Flag in San Diego

Ballard Spahr will open its 13th office with the addition of a group of attorneys from the San Diego litigation…

Skadden Arps Partner David Meister Named Head of Enforcement at U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Skadden Arps partner David Meister has been named head of enforcement at the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission. The CFTC’s…