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Equitable Mootness

Daniel A. Lowenthal

Equitable mootness is a judge-made remedy that is misnamed, says the author.. Judges apply it to seek an equitable result, but mootness in the constitutional sense is absent.

Concurrent Rights Offerings by Chapter 11 Debtors

Michael H. Torkin & Chiansan Ma

A look at the Section 1145 exemption in relation to a major case.

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Business Crimes Hotline

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

The collapse of a UK Bribery case is discussed.

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In the Courts

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

Analysis of several recent cases.

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Brazil Enacts Long-Pending Anti-Corruption Legislation

Andrew M. Levine, Bruce E. Yannett, Renata Muzzi Gomes de Almeida, Steven S. Michaels & Ana L. Frischtak

Brazil's Clean Company Law, which imposes corporate civil and administrative liability for bribery of domestic and foreign public officials, is discussed in Part Two of this series.

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Criminal Forfeiture Laws

Robert J. Anello

The government has exercised wide latitude in freezing or seizing assets connected to a charged crime prior to trial.

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Bitcoin: With Virtual Currency, Does Virtually Anything Go?

Laura Grossfield Birger

All about Bitcoin: The problems and the perks.

<i>BREAKING NEWS:</i> Justices Sit Out Internet Retailers' Sales Tax Dispute

Tony Mauro

Intentionally or not, the U.S. Supreme Court chose Cyber Monday to announce it would not slow down the march of states seeking to impose sales taxes on Internet retail purchases.

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EU Parliament Overhauls Consumer Data Protection

Angela Hunt

Everyone, especially corporate leaders, got a little paranoid last year when NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden pulled the alarm on U.S. surveillance. That paranoia turned into palpable risk after reports emerged of the NSA tapping the phones of German Chancellor Angela Merkel and executives at a Brazilian oil company.

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News Briefs

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Maryland Franchise Attorneys Discuss Possible Law Changes <br>Maine Franchisees Launch Association

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