Most ridiculous lawsuits USA: Suspect in MTSU player’s death sues apartment complex for not intervening

USA Recht | 9. April 2012 —MTSU roommates had conflict before slaying Related Links MTSU case hit with gag order MTSU football player: Scholarship was startup for drug business MURFREESBORO — A former MTSU student accused of stabbing a Lady Raider basketball player to death at Raiders Crossing Apartm…

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The FCPA Enforcement Process: Negotiating the Penalty
The FCPA Enforcement Process: Negotiating the Penalty

USA Recht | 8. April 2012 — I recently explored the issue of ‘extraordinary cooperation’ in the context of a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement proceeding and some of the concrete steps that a company could take to reduce its overall penalty assessed by the Department of Justice (DOJ). However there is an …

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2011 Annual Report and Sourcebook of Federal Sentencing Statistics

USA Recht | 3. April 2012 — The United States Sentencing Commission’s 2011 Annual Report and Sourcebook of Federal Sentencing Statistics are now available on the Commission’s website. The 2011 Annual Report presents an overview of major Commission activities and accomplishments for fiscal year 2011. See the Commission’s…

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Most ridiculous lawsuits USA: Local Woman Claims Movie Studio Stole ‘Titanic’ Ideas

USA Recht | 2. April 2012 —Princess Samantha Kennedy Says Several Of Film’s Scenes Taken From Her Book SAN DIEGO — An Imperial Beach woman filed a federal lawsuit last Friday against Paramount Pictures, claiming several ideas used in the popular 1997 film “Titanic” were stolen from a novel she had written years earlier. …

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Most ridicuous lawsuits USA: Indiana ex-wrestler files suit over injury to groin

USA Recht | 28. März 2012 —Opponent was from Louisville A former pro wrestler from Jeffersonville, Ind., is suing an Evansville-based promoter and an opponent from Louisville over a match in which he suffered a kick to the groin. In a lawsuit filed Monday in Clark Circuit Court in Indiana, John Levi Miller accused his o…

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Most ridiculous lawsuits USA: Ex-Mass. student sues college over roommate’s sex

USA Recht | 23. März 2012 — BOSTON (AP) — A former student at a Roman Catholic college has filed a lawsuit against the school, claiming administrators didn’t do enough to help her when she complained that her roommate was having too much sex in their dorm room. Lindsay Blankmeyer said in a federal lawsuit that she suffe…

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ILR: Supreme Court Debates Rights Case Aimed at Corporations

USA Recht | 16. März 2012 —Institute for Legal Reform WASHINGTON — The question before the Supreme Court on Tuesday was whether lawsuits against corporations for some kinds of human rights violations are categorically forbidden. Some of the justices were themselves in a categorical mood, announcing not only their an…

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The Compliance Integration Risk Assessment
The Compliance Integration Risk Assessment

USA Recht | 14. März 2012 —For the want of a nail, the horse was lost. For the want of a horse, the message was lost. For the want of a message, a battle was lost. For the want of a battle, a kingdom was lost. All for the want of a nail. Many compliance practitioners are aware of the Johnson & Johnson (J&J) Deferred Prose…

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DELAWARE CORPORATION AND BUSINESS ENTITY LAWS

USA Recht | 9. März 2012 — Hier finden Sie die wichtigsten Gesetze des Staates Delaware zu den verschiedenen US-Gesellschaftsformen. …

Verbindungsbüro von DIHK und BDI in Washington DC
Verbindungsbüro von DIHK und BDI in Washington DC

USA Recht | 6. März 2012 — ... , dem amerikanischen Kongress sowie den internationalen Organisationen vertritt. Die Delegation der deutschen Wirtschaft oder ... und BDI gegenüber der US-Administration, dem amerikanischen Kongress sowie den internationalen Organisationen in ... ist RGIT Ansprechpartner zu allen wirtsch…

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Most ridiculous lawsuits USA: Judge tosses out lawsuit seeking freedom for orcas at SeaWorld
Most ridiculous lawsuits USA: Judge tosses out lawsuit seeking freedom for orcas at SeaWorld

USA Recht | 4. März 2012 — A federal judge in San Diego on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals that had sought an order forcing SeaWorld to free five orcas. U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Miller ruled that a lawsuit on behalf of the orcas could not be brought under the anti-s…

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FCPA, Code of Conduct – The Cornerstone of a Compliance Program

USA Recht | 3. März 2012 — The cornerstone of a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) compliance program is the US Federal Sentencing Guidelines (FSG). They contain seven (7) basic compliance elements that can be tailored to fit the needs and financial realities of any given organization. From these seven compliance ele…

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ILR: Obama’s Overseas Corruption Busting Efforts Target Corporations, Executives

USA Recht | 26. Februar 2012 — Institute for Legal Reform, News Daily, more to read [...] ILR Obama’s Overseas Corruption Busting Efforts Target Corporations, Executives …

FCPA: Marc Anthony Redux-We Come Not to Praise Daimler, But to Acknowledge It

USA Recht | 24. Februar 2012 — Yesterday I discussed the apparent inaction of MF Global’s Board of Directors, when the former Chief Risk Officer left the company after “repeated clashes” with company CEO Jon Corzine, over Corzine’s risk strategy. Today we take a look at a Board of Directors which performed its duty in acti…

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Auf dem Radar der US-Justiz

USA Recht | 17. Februar 2012 — ... Schweizer Handelsblatt Der transatlantische Wettbewerb zwischen europäischen und amerikanischen Firmen etwa findet zwar auf den Märkten ... Jahren strengen US-Firmen zunehmend Verfahren gegen deutsche Unternehmen an, obwohl die Fälle eigentlich gar ... Gerichtsstand USA zu tun haben», sa…

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