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Sovereign Immunity, Absolute Immunity, Qualified Immunity, Use Immunity, Transaction Immunity and Qualified Privilege claims that may be advanced by public officers and employees involved in litigation and, or, administrative hearings

19 Feb 2018, 12:00 am by Public Employment Law Press

Significantly, the court said that “The question is not what a lawyer would learn or intuit from researching case law, but what a reasonable person in [the official’s] position should know about the constitutionality of the conduct. [read post]

New York Public Personnel Law - https://publicpersonnellaw.blogspot.com/

IAFP opens nominations for annual awards in food safety

30 Jan 2018, 9:00 pm by News Desk

Silliker Lecture was established by Silliker Inc. [read post]

Food Safety News - http://www.foodsafetynews.com/

Year-End Post: A Completely Random Screed, Addressing Topics Near and Dear

27 Dec 2017, 7:00 am by Kenneth J. Vanko

One area that seems to be problematic for researchers is the ability to track employees over time, in terms of their job advancement and wage rates. [read post]

Legal Developments In Non-Competition Agreements - http://www.non-competes.com/

Passive Fund Providers and Investment Stewardship

21 Dec 2017, 6:12 am

Related research from the Program on Corporate Governance includes The Agency Problems of Institutional Investors by Lucian Bebchuk, Alma Cohen, and Scott Hirst. [read post]

The Harvard Law School Corporate Governance Blog - http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/corpgov

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6 Dec 2017, 1:19 pm by ligitsec

Time agreed to pay $25,000, $12,500 in advance and an additional $12,500 at publication, in exchange for the right to excerpt 7,500 words from Mr. [read post]

Nick Woolridge, Esq. Blog - http://www.nylitigationfirm.com/blog

This Week in Regulation

16 Nov 2017, 9:30 pm by Sarah Madigan

Monsanto, Inc. along with several agricultural industry groups sued the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment for listing the herbicide glyphosate as a carcinogen—a substance known to cause cancer—following a 2015 International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) report listing glyphosate as probably carcinogenic. [read post]

RegBlog - http://www.regblog.org/

Canadian Courts Are Taking a Step Toward Corporate Liability of Multinationals for Wrongdoings Abroad

15 Nov 2017, 10:44 am by Hanibal Goitom

Hudbay Minerals Inc, para. 4). [read post]

In Custodia Legis - http://blogs.loc.gov/law

Canadian Courts Are Taking a Step Toward Corporate Liability of Multinationals for Wrongdoings Abroad

15 Nov 2017, 10:44 am by Hanibal Goitom

Hudbay Minerals Inc, para. 4). [read post]

In Custodia Legis - http://blogs.loc.gov/law

New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli announced the following audits and reports were issued during the week ending October 21, 2017

21 Oct 2017, 7:30 am by The Public Employment Law Press

House of Representatives’ Energy and Commerce Committee recently advanced a bill that would reauthorize the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund, which provides grants for water systems. [read post]

New York Public Personnel Law - https://publicpersonnellaw.blogspot.com/

Novel Defensive Tactics Against Activist Shareholders

18 Oct 2017, 6:03 am

Related research from the Program on Corporate Governance includes The Long-Term Effects of Hedge Fund Activism by Lucian Bebchuk, Alon Brav, and Wei Jiang (discussed on the Forum here); The Myth that Insulating Boards Serves Long-Term Value by Lucian Bebchuk (discussed on the Forum here); and Who Bleeds When the Wolves Bite? [read post]

The Harvard Law School Corporate Governance Blog - http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/corpgov

Judicial Reforms Propelled by China’s Belt & Road Initiative; October Seminar on China’s New IP Case System Featuring Chinese and U.S. Judges

10 Oct 2017, 2:28 pm by The CGCP Team

John Liu (Chief Technology Officer, Gridsum Holding Inc.), and Professor Leon Lee (Executive Director, Case Law Research Center, School of Law, Central University of Finance and Economics). [read post]

China Guiding Cases Project Blog - https://cgc.law.stanford.edu/

The Rise of Robo-Advisers

26 Sep 2017, 9:01 pm by Tamar Frankel

(Morningstar) and two subsidiaries of Prudential Financial Inc (Prudential). [read post]

Verdict - http://verdict.justia.com/

New Paper Posted: "From a “Two Thrust Approach” to a “Two Sword One Thrust Strategy” to Combat Criminal Corruption: Corporate Compliance, Prosecutorial Discretion, and Sovereign Investor Oversight"

15 Sep 2017, 5:57 pm

Ohio National Fund, Inc. said the "escalating fraud investigation seems to us a thesis changer. [read post]

Law at the End of the Day - http://lcbackerblog.blogspot.com/

Lab-made meat, poultry get big funding boost from big food

14 Sep 2017, 9:00 pm by Cookson Beecher

On Aug. 22, Memphis Meats Inc. [read post]