Thursday, May 30, 2013

Bungled Facebook IPO Costs NASDAQ $10 Million Penalty

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• Bungled Facebook IPO Costs NASDAQ $10 Million Penalty

• FTC Sues to Block Merger of Rival Casinos

• Fired KPMG Partner Pleads in Insider-Trading Scheme

• Senate GOP Asks Justices to Hear Recess Appointments Case

• A Short-Term Solution to NLRB Impasse: A 4-Member Board

• President to Tap Former DOJ Official as FBI Director

• Boston, the Trade Center and Personal Privacy

• Shield Law Not the Answer to AP Flap

• Law School Applications Are Up (But Down)

• Bribery Prosecutions Revive Following 2012 Lag

Bungled Facebook IPO Costs NASDAQ $10 Million Penalty

The NASDAQ OMX Group agreed to pay the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission a $10 million penalty to settle charges related to "poor systems and decision-making" during Facebook Inc.'s initial public offering and subsequent trading. Read More »

FTC Sues to Block Merger of Rival Casinos

The Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday filed suit to block the $2.8 billion merger of rival casinos Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc. and Ameristar Casinos, Inc., arguing the deal would raise prices and lower quality for gamblers in Missouri and Louisiana. Read More »

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Fired KPMG Partner Pleads in Insider-Trading Scheme

A former senior partner at KPMG LLP in Los Angeles pleaded guilty on Wednesday to securities fraud related to an insider-trading scheme in which he fed information worth more than $1 million to a golfing buddy, federal prosecutors announced. Read More »

Senate GOP Asks Justices to Hear Recess Appointments Case

Senate Republicans are urging the U.S. Supreme Court not to sit on the sidelines in the legal showdown over the constitutionality of President Barack Obama's recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and... Read More »

A Short-Term Solution to NLRB Impasse: A 4-Member Board

It is time for a long-overdue dialogue on how to construct a law that is relevant to today's workplace while having a mechanism for stability and predictability in its interpretation and enforcement. Read More »

President to Tap Former DOJ Official as FBI Director

By Zoe Tillman and Todd Ruger Former senior U.S. Department of Justice official James Comey is expected to be President Barack Obama's pick to lead the Federal Bureau of Investigation, according to several reports. Comey served as the deputy attorney... Read More »

Boston, the Trade Center and Personal Privacy

As we move down the road to ever more intrusive technology, we should bear in mind that it is not always tolerable to be always on camera. Read More »

Shield Law Not the Answer to AP Flap

Vague talk about 'protecting whistleblowers' obscures the fact that some leaks are criminal. Read More »

Law School Applications Are Up (But Down)

Latest news about the law school market. Plus, a report on the report about law faculty diversity. Read More »

Bribery Prosecutions Revive Following 2012 Lag

Prosecutions under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act declined during 2012, even as 15 new countries were cracking down on such crimes involving their own government officials, according to a survey by TRACE International Inc. Read More »



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