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In this episode of Trekking Through Compliance, we consider the episode The Doomsday Machine which aired on October 20, 1967, Star Date 4202.9. Compliance Takeaways: 1. How do you terminate a third party? 2. How do you evaluate your risk...By: Thomas Fox

In this monthly series, legal recruiting experts from Major Lindsey & Africa interview law firm management from Am Law 200 firms and other industry leaders about how they navigate an increasingly competitive business environment. In the final part of...By: Major, Lindsey & Africa

In Marchand v. Barnhill et al. (“Blue Bell”),1 the Delaware Supreme Court on June 19 unanimously reversed the dismissal of a shareholder derivative lawsuit against the members of the board of directors and two officers of Blue Bell Creameries USA,...By: Dechert LLP

A dewy-eyed perspective persists about American health care: miracle-working doctors, community-minded hospitals, and cuttingedge medical devices and drugs. All of it's true, especially about the selfless motives of many doctors and nurses. But...By: Patrick Malone & Associates P.C. | DC Injury

For at least two decades, Pennsylvania law has recognized an exemption from strict liability for prescription drug manufacturers based on the state Supreme Court’s interpretation of the Restatement (Second) of Torts Sec. 402A cmt. k. Comment k carves...By: Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Part 42.15 of the FAR entitles federal contractors to submit comments and receive agency review of an unfavorable performance evaluation in the Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS). If the contractor’s rebuttal is unsuccessful,...By: Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

On March 19, 2019, the European Union adopted a regulation for the screening of foreign direct investments into the EU (the Regulation). The Regulation sets forth national security factors that EU member states (Member States) and the EU Commission...By: Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Massachusetts Financial Services Co. (MFS) has reached a settlement of nearly $7 million in a lawsuit alleging that the company enriched itself at the expense of its employees’ retirement savings by loading its 401(k) plans with costly,...By: Ary Rosenbaum

With or without a trade deal, national security concerns regarding China are here to stay - Since President Trump took office, the U.S.-China trade relationship has been at the center of the administration’s foreign policy agenda. While a broader...By: Hogan Lovells

Guernsey SPV not resident in the UK - In Development Securities plc and others v HMRC, the Upper Tribunal (UT) has overturned the prior discussion of the First-tier Tribunal (FTT) in favour of the taxpayer in an important tax residence case...By: Proskauer Rose LLP