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Tech Company Chief Funnelled $39 Million in Ill-Gotten Gains

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Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that DAVID RILEY, former Chief Information Officer of Foundry Networks, Inc. (“Foundry”), a California-based technology company that was acquired by Brocade Communications, Inc. (“Brocade”), in 2008, was sentenced today to 78 months in prison for his participation in an insider trading […]

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The Fireball Lawyer

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Canadian litigation lawyer Rob Sutherland was having a perfectly satisfactory morning discussing a case with the Crown attorney when his morning turned into a fireball when his parked car exploded. It’s the stuff of movies – a ‘take down’ of a rebel lawyer, perhaps – but for the Nova Scotia lawyer it was something less

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Wellness Programs Alive and Well

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Sutherland Asbill & Brennan – The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has issued proposed regulations under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) regarding employer-provided wellness programs that were published in the Federal Register on April 20, 2015. The proposed regulations are intended to reconcile rules under the ADA with rules the tri-agency task force1 previously

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Dawn Raids under Scrutiny Again by European Human Rights Court

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White & Case – ECtHR rules that French dawn raids in Vinci/GTM case breached fundamental rights Jacquelyn F. MacLennan, Mark D. Powell, Jean-Paul Tran Thiet, Genevra Forwood The European Court of Human Rights (the “ECtHR”) has ruled in the Vinci case that the circumstances surrounding the electronic removal of documents and computer files during a

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Why More Law Firms Should Be Playing in the Sandbox

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It may be anathema to suggest that a law firm actually recommends a competitor for a specific job, but that is exactly what one senior General Counsel says should be occurring much more frequently.   Mark Chandler is  Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, and Chief Compliance Officer at Cisco Systems and he recommends

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Greece and the Months Ahead

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Slaughter and May  has released a briefing paper on the months ahead for Greece with details about the country since the election and the likely scenarios in the future months. The Greek Parliamentary elections of 25 January 2015 marked a watershed in Greek and, potentially, European politics with the victory of a left-wing and overtly

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