Legal, Economic & Regulatory Affairs News 4

• A $ 9.4 Million Dollar Mistake
• A Peculiar Commercial Bribery under Chinese Law.
• A Two Edged Sword
• A Weak President in a Weaker Europe
• Accidents Happen
• Added Regulation and Higher Costs
• Amazon's Kindle Will Survive Google's E-Books
• America Needs More Nuclear Power Plants
• An analysis of China's Anti-Monopoly Bureau's decisions involving international M&A transactions, including the InBev/AB, Coca Cola/Huiyuan and Mitusbishi/Lucite transactions.
• Another way to promote R&D: More scientific and reasonable regulation
• Anti- piracy Bill passed in France
• Any Risks for GM Patents in Russia?
• As Always, the Defense Budget Is a Place to Hide Non-Defense Spending
• Asarco: Awaiting the Right Buyer!
• ASIC v. James Hardie - the spotlight on company directors and senior management
• Atlanta Candidates Offer No Plans for Using Budget to Generate Growth
• Bank stocks will crumble in the coming months
• Bankcard industry lobbies Congress to leave interchange fees alone
• Bankruptcy is the only way forward for the "big three" U.S. Automakers, General Motors (GM), Chrysler and Ford
• Bauch & Lomb Settles Major Lawsuits
• Better Strengthen Corproate Governance than Combat Symptoms
• Biopharma - Skating to Where the Puck is Going to Be
• Black Box Warnings: Not Blacklist Warnings
• Business and legal aspects of dealing with a medically compromised senior executive.
• Californians Are In Denial About The State Budget
• Cash will remain king
• CEOs Need To Make Business Decisions
• CEOs Never Had All The Answers
• China Does What Every Sane Government Should be Doing Now, and Wins
• China’s Anti-Monopoly Bureau Approves the Pfizer-Wyeth Transaction
• China's Anti-Monopoly Bureau Approves the Panasonic-Sanyo Transaction
• China's Anti-Monopoly Law is about more than protecting competition or competitors.
• China's Anti-Monopoly Law is Multi-Purpose
• China's Anti-Monopoly Law Relevant Market Definition Guidelines Emphasize Fact-Based Analysis
• China's Antitrust Review of Mergers and Acquisitions
• Chrysler & GM: Will there be any Accountability?
• Clash over Asarco heats up
• Class Actions: Certification Becomes more Difficult!
• Class Actions: Standing Requirements Lowered-Katie Bar the Door!
• CLASS Consciousness: Problems with the "Kennedy" CLASS Act
• Comforting Fantasies
• Commercial Bribery Issues in China
• Companies Gearing Up for Intra-State Poker Will Dominate Internet Gambling
• Congress might legislate reductions in bankcard fees, costing billions for issuers
• Congress poised to tackle bankcard interchange pricing
• Consumer Finance Protection Agency: Alive & well?
• Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008: Best thing since Sliced Bread!
• COPAXONE Update: Teva (NasdaqGS:TEVA) Continues FDA And Patent Fights To Delay Or Prevent Launch Of Generic COPAXONE By Novartis (NYSE:NVS) In Collaboration With Momenta Pharmaceuticals (NasdaqGM:MNTA)
• CRE Loan Losses Mount
• Creative ways to increase revenue....
• Credit Card Turmoil
• Cuba: new OPEC member?
• Cuban Oil and the Embargo
• Customer Service -- Some observations.
• Dealers Will Drag Out Chrysler's Bankruptcy
• Definition of Meaningful Use of Electronic Health Records Key To HITECH Act Incentives For Expanded Provider Use
• Don't Spend the Milk Money Bankrolling Lawsuits
• EADS Insider Trading: Are Lagardère and Daimler scott-free?
• Economics and Technology is Driving Telstra Split
• Electronic Evidence Discovery: All or Nothing?
• Ending Cuba Embargo - Will It Happen Soon Enough For U.S. Energy Interests?
• Energy Efficiency Is Our Future
• EU, US and Mexico pursue WTO case against China's export limits on minerals
• European Commission Proposes New Regulations for Hedge Funds and Private Equity
• Fall in Dollar... time to run for Euro and Yuan
• FDA Tobacco Legislation may be a Reality!
• FDA Warning On E-Cigs is Tone Deaf
• FDA: More Stringent Regulations on the Horizon!
• FDA:The Latest Regulation may greatly affect Pharmaceutical companies!
• FDA:Tobacco soon to be under its Umbrella!
• Foreign "bribery" - reconciling practicality and politics
• Foreign Corrupt Practices Act May Chill Business But Not Everyone Agrees
• Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Reach May Be Longer Than You Think
• Fourth Amendment Protections for the Digital Age
• Free Computing!: Why the Cloud Model is Growing in Government
• Gag Order Partly Lifted
• Generic ADDERALL XR Launched By Teva (NasdaqGS:TEVA) - VYVANASE Sales Of Shire PLC (NasdaqGS:SHPGY) Might Decrease
• Good News for Harrahs, Possible Break-Through for PartyGaming
• Governor Strickland Likely to Implement Slots Plan with Executive Order
• Great News for Slot Manufacturers, If Legislature Agrees
• Growing Losses at FHA
• Grupo Mexico, Asarco, and USW Corporate Campaign
• Harmful Biofuels?
• Have Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus Decided WTO is Passé?
• Health Care Tax Hikes Will Raise Unemployment
• Health Reform Equals Economic Reform
• Healthcare Reform: Pay if you lose Litigation
• Healthcare Reform:A Meeting of the Minds
• House Vote Only The First Hurdle
• How does Obama go forward in Russia-Georgia dilemma?
• How to Define the Relevant Market under Chinese Anti-Monopoly Law?
• IMF approves third tranche of the loan to Ukraine
• Implications of the Credit Card Bill of Rights Act of 2009 legislation Requirement on Capital One and Other Credit Card Companies
• Improved Services Equals Greater Profit and Agility
• In the Absence of Vicodin and Percocet, Other Options Would Remain
• Incorrect - US Science Education Sole Factor
• Indian ATM Sharing Reminiscent of Earlier US Pattern
• Investors Financing Lawsuits Presents Ethical Quagmire for Lawyers
• Is interchange protection a Custer's last stand for the bankcard industry?
• Is MasterCard's deal with the EC on interchange fees a global surrender on their legality?
• Is Visa's challenge to the EC going to prevail or propogate another global round of lawsuits?
• It Will Be a great Christmas for Managed Care Companies
• Italy Risks Isolation in EU
• Japan's New Government: Embracing Change?
• Jury Trial: Do Away with It?
• Justice and Responsibility
• Justice o f the Peace and Social Engineering
• Kansas Bids Show Some Casinos Feel We've Bottomed Out
• Kerkorian and Icahn -- Bluffing for MGM's Billions
• Key Issues As House Considers 19% Increase in FDA Budget
• Kurdish Politics after the KRG Regional Assembly Elections
• Lawsuits:Can it be the Best Investment?
• Loss of arbitration of cardholder disputes could sink card industry
• Macau’s Uncertain Future
• MBA Proposes Multiple MiniMaes and MultiMacs
• Mexico passes its own stress test
• More Form Than Substance
• More than Just a Few Inches of Water: Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM)
• Mortgage Industry: Closing the door after the horses are out!
• Nationalism a Factor in China's Merger Antitrust Reviews
• Natural Gas Reserves Surge
• Negative Economic Impact in Pre-Empting State Regualtion
• New FINRA Rule 2210-Simplification Whose Time Has Come
• No Recovery Until Consumers Come Back
• Obama's Nominee to the High Court is Pro Class Action, Pro Trial Bar
• OCEANS, CO2 EMISSION AND "OCEAN PROTECTION 101"
• Ohio Gaming Alert - Columbus Area Track May Not Go Forward with VLT's
• Ohio Gaming Alert - Governor Pushes Slot Proposal Back
• Ohio Governor Projected $73 Million in Revenue from Keno, Got only $30 million
• Ohio Payday Lenders Still Able to Charge High Fees Despite Law
• Oil Potential Gloom for the Economy
• Optimistic at Mid-term
• OXYCONTIN Update: Ratiopharm And Sandoz Infringe 2 European Patents Controlled By Napp And Purdue
• Party set to join ruling post- election coalition negative on foreign extractive interests
• PartyGaming's (PYGMF) Settlement Helps Internet Gambling
• Penn National and Dan Gilbert Already Spending Big for Ohio Ballot Issue
• Penn National Faces Uphill Battle to Win Ohio Voter Support for Casino Plan
• Perception is Reality for Iran Impact on Energy Markets
• Plaintiffs Increasingly Face "Rigorous Analysis" at Class Certification Stage
• Policing America
• Populist Politics Threaten Card Industry Recovery & Survival
• Potential Good News for Biosimilars
• Pre-emption: Greater Clarity?
• Private Cops--Public Woes
• Private Equity the Problem...or the Solution? Regulators Quietly Change Tune
• PRIVATE INVESTIGATIONS/SECURITY GUARDS v. LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES DEPLOYMENT
• Punitive Damages Are Fact-Specific and Thus Defy Rigid Standards
• Punitive Damages: Supreme Court may have just set the rule with its Silence!
• Punitive Damages: Will this make the Supreme Court finally decide?
• Qui Tam: A New Wave of Lawsuits
• Recovery Delusion
• Regulatory Buying
• Retail discounts won't revive our economy
• Review of federal pre-emption
• Russia Changes its WTO Strategy
• Russian Economy Fourth Quarter 4% Economy Growth: Figment of Imagination
• Russian motives regarding WTO
• Scaring the Public with Health Care Reform
• SEC decision could reduce bankcard exposure in interchange class action
• SEC: A New Potential Wave of Lawsuits!
• Sexual Harassment Allegations Investigate Carefully
• Shake-up in the Mortgage Market
• Shareholder Class-Action Suits:Do they address the real problem?
• Sherwin Williams: Rhode Island Litigation still Unresolved!
• Should Chinese Anti-Monopoly Law Protect Competition or Competitors?
• Slow Build-out After Recovery without Changes in Free Trade Policies
• slowing acceptance of IFRS by USA
• Smarter Trash: How Incentive Programs Can Motivate Participation in Recycling
• Sometimes, Breast Cancer Legislation Could Do More Harm Than Good
• South Africa's President Tries to Balance Redistribution and Growth
• State of the Private Equity sector in India
• Supreme Court Deals Serious Blow to Ohio Slots Plan
• Surprise! Sotomayor's Record is More Pro-Business Than You Might Think
• Swine Flu Presents Opportunities for Vaccine Makers And Others
• Thames airport misses the point about need for expanded hub airport for London
• The Competition Imperative Facing British Banks
• The EC brings WTO case against China’s export restrictions on raw materials
• The European Commission may struggle to reflect national views on financial sector regulation
• The FED Contributed to the Housing Bubble but was not the Sole Cause Thereof
• The Impact of the U.S. Credit Card Bill of Rights Act of 2008 to Credit Card Companies, Lending Institutions and Banks.
• The Most Important Chain of Custody: Improving Evidence Tracking with RFID
• The Problem Isn't Explaining Derivatives; It Is That the Policy Is Dangerously Flawed
• The real question should be when will the economy turn positive?
• The Real Story Behind Wall Street’s Collapse
• The Regulation of Online Games in China
• The Resources are There, but the Security is Not
• The Rising Tide of Protectionism worldwide
• the road ahead on financial reforms is green light ON for India
• The Sun Rises in the East, and Cigarette Makers Appeal
• The Very Risky Monetary Policy Adopted at the September Fed Policy Meeting
• Threats to make CARD Act worse and to regulate interchange fees
• Ticking Time Bomb
• TIME TO REVIEW ARGENTINE INVESTMENT
• Title: A World Currency Should not Reflect Oil Prices by: Riccardo Fiorito, University of Siena
• Tobacco, a Most Disingenous Regressive Tax of Obama Administration
• Too Few Questions About Public Option Are Being Asked
• Trouble for TEVA with COPAXONE
• Trucking Adapts to Technology
• Turmoil at Visa or a hopeful turn in the road?
• U.S. Cuba Policy Hurts U.S. Foreign Policy and Economic Interests
• U.S. Export Controls Must Be More Responsive to 21st Century Economic Reality
• Understanding the New Ostpolitik
• United States position would change after elections in Honduras
• Unusual times - unusual actions
• US Litigation on the Rise!
• USTR Rightfully Suggests That African Nations Get Their Own Houses In Order
• Watch Out Amazon (and Publishers): Google Editions is Coming!
• Water scarcity conditions in California don't yet incent growers while water remains inexpensive
• We Reply to Washington Post Blast at Federal LTC Insurance
• What do hedge funds and venture capture bring to society.
• What For? Democratic Decentralization in Indonesia
• What Happened to Highway Safety and Jobs?
• Why are merchants in the EU resuscitating their war against bankcard interchange fees?
• Why We Don't Need a Value Added Tax
• Will Bilski Require Patent Holders to Re-evaluate Their Portfolios?
• Will half a "tablet of Viagra" do the trick?
• Willingness to Take Risk Is What Got Humans to the Top of the Food Chain
• Wind Power and Infrastructure
• WR Grace: Criminal Proceeding seems to have the handwriting on the wall!
• WR Grace: Criminal Trial Testimony does not look Good!
• WR Grace: Is it really over?