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The High Court has continued an injunction obtained by the Rathwood home and garden furniture firm restraining a warehouse company from disposing of furniture the retailer says is held for its benefit. Rathwood Home and Garden World Ltd says its…
Public-private co-creation is when the government and private companies bring together their respective knowledge, technology, resources, and networks to work jointly on solving social issues. In traditional public-private partnerships, the relationship was often characterized by the government deciding on the…
A Texas bankruptcy judge Tuesday approved alcohol distributor Republic National Distributing's Chapter 11 liquidation plan, overruling arguments from the U.S. Trustee's Office that the plan contained nonconsensual third-party releases. Try our Advanced Search for more refined results The Practice of Law Deep…
A bakery owner who was refused a business license after hosting an event featuring "infused" treats can revive her constitutional lawsuit against officials of a Chicago suburb, the Seventh Circuit ruled Monday, finding that a lower court wrongly concluded the…
The Delaware Chancery Court last week approved a $250 million settlement of litigation over Microsoft Corp.'s acquisition of Activision Blizzard Inc., while Albertsons Cos. Inc. accused Kroger Co. of rejecting changes that could have saved their $24.6 billion merger, and the…
When I served in the Peace Corps, the people of the West African village where I was stationed helped me acclimate to my new surroundings and enabled me to develop problem-solving, teamwork and empathy skills that have bolstered my legal…
A Tennessee federal judge has denied an attempt by the chief executive of a whiskey maker to block asset sale efforts by the company's receiver pending an appeal of the court's decision to keep the receivership in place. Try our…
For government contractors, the 10 factors described in the U.S. Department of Justice's recent corporate fraud enforcement directive function as a de facto scoring rubric for internal audits that mirrors what prosecutors will prioritize, say attorneys at Spencer Fane. Try our Advanced…
The U.S. Department of Justice’s recent directive outlining corporate fraud enforcement priorities is mostly a management document instead of a policy, but one part may actually undermine the directive's goals by leading to worse outcomes for organizational defendants and less corporate…
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