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What Statutory Construction Will The Supreme Court Give To The Alien Tort Statute?
What Are The Critical Issues At Stake In Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co., Currently Before The U.S. Supreme Court? The case of Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum was brought by Nigerian residents of the Ogoni region of Nigeria against Dutch, British, and Nigerian corporations engaged in oil...
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Socially Responsible Supply Chain Compliance
What do laws on Wall Street financial reform, child labor, human trafficking, wildlife protection, jobs promotion, and food and product safety all have in common? Despite separate enforcing agencies and very different subject matter, they are all part of an ever-growing body of federal, state and...
Read MoreEPA Issues General Permit For Stormwater Runoff Control Requirements At Construction Job Sites
Introduction Over the next three years, companies commencing new residential and commercial construction projects will become subject to increasingly stringent stormwater runoff management requirements and likely increased enforcement activity by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and its...
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Paul McCurdy – Chair Of Kelley Drye & Warren LLP: Excellence, Client Service, Inclusiveness And Engagement
Editor: Congratulations on being elected chair of Kelley Drye & Warren LLP. Please tell us about your background and experience. McCurdy: I came to Kelley Drye as an associate in 1987. I became a partner in 1996, and the chair of the Broker-Dealer practice group in 2000. I was elected to...
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Diversity: A Hallmark Of Distinction At Kelley Drye & Warren
Editor: You have chaired Kelley Drye's Diversity and Inclusion Committee since 2003. Have your diversity efforts been successful? Reid: Yes, I believe we have been successful. Our commitment to diversity has been recognized in the industry. Multicultural Law magazine ranked Kelley Drye #31...
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Tamkin Clarifies The Anti-SLAPP “Public Interest” Requirement For Entertainment Media Content Providers
California’s anti-SLAPP statute was enacted in 1992 to prevent lawsuits that would have a chilling effect on First Amendment protected free speech.1 The anti-SLAPP statute provides a mechanism for an early determination of such claims, as well as an attorneys’ fees provision that...
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SEC Charges Investment Adviser In Social Media Scam, Issues Two Alerts
The SEC charged an Illinois-based investment adviser on January 4, 2012 with trying to sell fictitious securities, allegedly offering more than $500 billion of the bogus investments on various social media web sites such as LinkedIn. In the SEC’s order instituting administrative proceedings...
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