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Recent rulings of importance.

An immense wave of Dodd-Frank litigation will sweep the federal courts this year, following two years of desultory rule-making by the relevant federal agencies.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has thrown the concept of criminal liability for misbranding by means of off-label-use promotion into turmoil in United States v. Caronia.

The new Guidance raises the question of how much, if any, knowledge and control of a subsidiary's bribery, as opposed to its actions generally, the government believes is necessary for a parent to be held liable under the FCPA's anti-bribery provisions ' and whether the answer is different for the DOJ than for the SEC.

Who's doing what; who's going where.

Highlights of the latest franchising news from around the country.

Highlights of the latest franchising cases from around the country.

Proponents of mandatory arbitration clauses were given a victory in November when the U.S. Supreme Court vacated a decision by the Oklahoma Supreme Court in which the Oklahoma court had ruled that an employment non-compete agreement could be reviewed by a state court, despite an arbitration requirement in an employment contract.